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A Study Of Productivity Levels Under Theory X And Theory Y Management Styles, Kevin R. Hranicka

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This thesis will focus on management and the effect of management orientation and style upon work group productivity.

Researchers have attempted to find methods for managers to use to increase employee work output or productivity for decades. As early as the beginning of the nineteenth century industrialists were experimenting with different methods of operation and organization in the hopes of raising output levels and increasing worker satisfaction. In the last fifty years management styles and employee productivity have played an ever increasingly important role in the economy as society has continued to institutionalize its needs and its providers.

This change …

Women's Resource Centers, Nora Ann Boland

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This study was done to determine if the women of St. Charles County know about the concept of Women's Resource Centers and their preferences as to the types of services they would use.

The survey was conducted in the St. Charles area. The sample consisted primarily of women. The participants were from varied age groups, income levels and educational backgrounds. There were 350 surveys distributed. Two hundred surveys were used for the results.

There were two survey groups; health care workers and the public sector, and results were compared with each other. This comparison was to determine if there was …

Computer Use In Educational Presentation Systems, Randy J. Malta

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Computer based Interactive Multi-Media has many uses in creating educational presentations. Apple's HyperCard has unlimited applications for use in Interactive Video presentations. Basic Interactive Video terminology and the five levels of Inter active Video Programs are defined. The process of producing an Interactive Videodisc, as well as the necessary production equipment is described. Interactive computer programs have an exciting future of use and expansion in the many and varied aspects of education.

Benchmarks: A Collection Of Short Stories, Frank Wesley Meyers

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Pay Equity: The Time Is Now, Stephanie Ann Nowack

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The thesis "Pay Equity: The Time Is Now" by Stephanie Ann Nowak explores the persistent issue of wage disparity between men and women in the United States. Highlighting historical and societal factors, Nowak examines how traditional gender roles have contributed to systemic pay inequities, with women consistently earning less than men in comparable positions. This wage gap, exacerbated by societal expectations and occupational segregation, has been perpetuated by entrenched biases that undervalue women’s work, even in fields requiring similar skills to male-dominated roles.

Nowak discusses the impact of landmark legislation, such as the Equal Pay Act of 1964, which aimed …

Discounting Undivided Minority Interests, John J. Schlueter Iii

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The thesis explores how real estate ownership, when held as undivided minority interests (i.e., shared ownership where individual shares are not physically divided), leads to valuation challenges. Schlueter argues that such interests are typically worth less than a simple proportional share of the full property’s value due to factors like lack of control, marketability issues, and limited access to financing. He supports his case with legal definitions, historical context, valuation theory, interviews with real estate professionals, and analysis of real market data—including discounted sales of partial interests. Ultimately, the thesis concludes that discounting is necessary to reflect the real-world limitations …

Functional Priorities Within Marriage: Moral Values, Spouse, Children, And Occupation, John Paul Splinter

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There are many components involved in creating healthy marriages. This search examined one of these components: Establishing functional priorities within marriage. Therefore, this research was a study of the priorities in marriage, priorities which will provide moral direction, a certain amount of structure, and a balanced approach to handling activities and relationships.

These priorities were, in order of importance: (a) Moral or spiritual values; (b) the dyadic (husband-wife) relationship; (c) the triadic (husband-wife/child) relationship; and (d) occupation. It was the thesis of this study that these priorities offered most to a marriage unit when maintained in the order prescribed here. …

Modern Black Psychological Theories Versus European Methodology And How They Relate To Corporate Savvy, Lynda Williams Smith

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There has been extensive research done on Black Theoretical Constructs versus European Constructs. It is the intent of this project to provide its readers with an insight into the problems that exist with racist and oppressive theories and their applications and methodologies (past and present); I will also explore the "Afrocentric Model" (a black frame of reference), and how that model of Black personality theories can be developed to "deal with" White corporate situations.

Racism and oppression are two critical problems of our time for which some have theories, but no one has an answer. Every man, in a sense, …

Quality And Productivity Improvement Through Defect Prevention And Worker Involvement, Ralph (Randy) R. English

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The intent of this project is to suggest a more efficient way to increase productivity and reduce errors in customer shipments. This method will save our facility $1.7 million annually while costing nothing to implement. In the Service Parts Operation in St. Louis, we service some 1,200 dealers in 14 states. At G.M. Parts, our goal is to offer a better, more effective distribution network to service our dealers and satisfy their customers. To maintain this high level of service, we must constantly strive for new ways to reduce errors, cut cost and improve worker satisfaction, We must not only …

Sexual Harassment Of Unskilled Working Women, Jane Marie Goebert

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This study was done to develop an understanding of what determines a sexual harassment victim. The purpose was to determine if women, who are unskilled and lower paid, have a higher risk of being sexually harassed.

The survey was conducted in the St. Louis area. The sample consisted of both men and women working at various skill levels and incomes. There were 201 respondents, consisting of 132 women and 69 men.

The survey results were analyzed and compared to surveys taken in other geographical areas. This was to determine if there were any differences based on demographics.

The findings of …

International Purchasing, Mary Gisi

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The purpose of this research is to examine the factors of why the purchasing professional is procuring foreign vs domestic commodities.

This paper will review the early history when the U.S. started to buy goods offshore and continued over the years to expand their foreign vendor base.

An examination of literature and periodicals have suggested the reasons why the purchasing professional will need to expand his/her foreign vendor base of companies as to assure that the quality, technology and availability of needed materials will be at his/her disposal in order to compete in the global market place.

To develop conclusions …

Why (Most) Mergers And Acquisitions Fail: The Causes, The Effects, And How To Lessen The Risk Of Failure, Sheldon R. Chesky

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Most mergers and acquisitions fail to meet the original goals set forth for engaging in the merger. Merger failure is the failure to meet these goals in a reasonable time frame, usually five years. As a result, most mergers and acquisitions fail.

There are several causes of merger failure which are described in detail. The most significant causes are that most corporations merge or acquire for the wrong reasons, and that they fail to do adequate strategic planning before and during the merger process . As a result, up to ninety percent of the mergers and acquisitions consummated during the …

Comunicacion: A Newsletter For Independent Missionaries To Mexico, Marilyn Ann Burton Railey

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The purpose of this study was to produce an effective newsletter representing a group of independent Christian Church missionaries in Mexico. This project became a reality while pursing the Master of Science Degree in Business Communications at Lindenwood College.

In this project, I will provide as background the courses of study followed which provided a foundation for this undertaking. Continued education keeps an individual expanding his/her horizons in more areas of life than simply fulfilling employment requirements.

The unique autonomous structure of independent Christian Churches and Churches of Christ finds the communication process of most congregations and missionaries being performed …

The Reduction Of Stress As Perceived By The Alzheimer Patient Caregivers Through The Use Of Support Groups, Linda Blewer Swindle

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This thesis explores how support groups can reduce perceived stress among caregivers of individuals with Alzheimer’s disease. Linda Blewer Swindle, a registered nurse, provides a comprehensive look at both the emotional and practical challenges faced by those providing care, particularly as the disease progresses through its stages. The work begins with a clinical overview of Alzheimer’s, differentiating it from normal aging and emphasizing the disease’s slow, irreversible, and deeply disruptive nature.

Swindle then examines the concept of stress, highlighting both physiological and psychological dimensions, and describes Rational Emotive Therapy (RET) as a tool to help caregivers reframe negative thought patterns. …

Provident Counseling Inc.: A Marketing Video, Roberta Holler

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Baseball Cards As An Investment, David L. Jackson

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Baseball card manufacturing began in the late 19th century. Collecting those cards soon followed . This child's hobby continued largely unnoticed until the late 1970's. At that time the hobby started a period of exponential growth. In 1979 there was one baseball card manufacturer, in 1989 there are six. Because of this extra demand, baseball cards became an investment vehicle .

This project will examine baseball cards as an investment. It will attempt to discover what motivates those involved with the hobby, why they entered the hobby, their present activity in the hobby and their opinions about baseball cards as …

Aging Society: Conflict And Struggle Toward The Establishment Of The Meaningful Life For All Generations, Yasukatsu Kudo

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Winter of our life-- A smell of leaves is fallen. The chill finds its way in the dry wind. Leaves little room for a coy disguise. Reflection of our life, Underneath the crammed seams, Is vivid and no-lies. Only a blind man, sitting on the corner, Busy smoothing his gray beard, Can recall his dreams . A song of geese is beaten on the ground. When the ice engraves our wrinkles, Our memories are flatten And worn out.

Statistically, the past few decades showed the rising living standards of the elderly. Social Security benefits have increased almost 50 percent in …

Cooperative Learning Workshop, Kathy Boessen

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The purpose of this workshop was to inform Lincoln County R-III teachers of the valuable aspects of cooperative or team learning . Research has shown that students at all grade levels have benefitted both academically and socially. Also, with this learning method alternative, teachers and students alike derived pleasure from the improved relaxed atmosphere brought about by collegial learning . The workshop, staged in 3 two-hour sessions, enabled elementary, junior-high, and secondary teachers to learn about cooperative learning while being cooperative learners . They worked cooperatively on various projects which could be adapted in their own classrooms. Subsequent informal gettogethers …

The Alcohol Industry: Can It Survive The Next Round Of Price Wars? Or, Is It Time To Focus On Price Quality Relationships, Timothy Angus Mccreery

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Situation Analysis And Promotion Plan For Cushman Interiors, Caroline Mclver Pendleton-Hillmar

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The quality, price and availability of a product (or company) are only important to consumers if they have a need for that product and if they are aware that the product exists. Advertising and promotion make the consumer aware that something is offered to them. Without consumer awareness nothing is sold.

In order to effectively create consumer awareness, an advertiser must know the mood of the buying public, the competitors, and the industry. Through organized gathering of information advertising and promotion may be developed so that consumers may be reached, advertising created, and products sold. This is true of any …

Lindenwood College Resource Center: A Development Plan, Elizabeth Ann Herod

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This project developed out of the need for an in-house on-campus graduate and post graduate training program for the non-traditional students of LCIE (Lindenwood College for Individualized Education> in Professional Psychology. The need for a college counseling center to meet those training expectations was established by literature review. Colleges need counseling centers which offer a variety of high quality services and training to students and to the community. Off-campus practicum sites are beset with problems. Graduate students who have the opportunity to involve themselves in training programs at college centers reap the optimum benefits of professionalism and ethics in coordination …

Apocalypse And Fortune - Digest, Lila M. Held

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The premise upon which this study is based is that German Expressionist art has undergone an expansion in marketability, and aesthetic recognition during the past decade. German Expressionism is defined as an art of protest, an art that expressed its fundamental precepts visually through distortion, brutal images, and the emotive use of color and form.

I chose to use Ludwig Meidner to exemplify the characteristics of the movement. The basic tenets of Expressionism are apparent in both Meidner's visual and literary endeavors. Ten years ago, this artist's name and work were obscure. Today, his art appears in galleries, his name …

An Analytical Review Of The Events Leading To The Stock Market Crash Of October, 1929 Versus The Stock Market Crash Of October, 1987, Barbara Lee Peoples

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Investors, scholars, and economists are still arguing about what caused the October, 1929 stock market crash, and the probability is that decades from now, their successors will remain in disagreement about what caused the October, 1987 crash.

As a result of the stock market crash of 1929 , the Great Depression began. Conventional dating of the downturn based on evidence from a variety of sources puts the slump of our economy near the middle of the year. In the popular consciousness - then and now - nothing happened until the stock market crash in the fall of the year. Stock …

My Written Thesis: An Attempt At Linear Communication, Mary Strubbe

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False Illusions: Animals, Nature And Consumerism, Jo-Anne Landriaux

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Structural Aspects Of Bis(Quadridentate)Zirconium(Iv) Complexes, Brian P. Cleary

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The synthesis of bis(quadridentate)-zirconium (IV) complexes was completed of which two new complexes, bis(N,N'-disalicylidene-cis-1,2,diamino-cyclohexane( zirconium (IV) and bis(N,N'disalicylidene-trans-1,2-diaminocyclohexane)zirconium(IV), were deemed suitable for physical and chemical comparisons to bis(N,N'-disalicylidene-1,2-phenylenediamino)-zirconium(IV). Using H-NMR spectroscopy at low temperatures, it was determined that the interconversion of the cyclohexane moiety of bis(N,N'disalicylidene-cis-1,2-diaminocyclohexane) zirconium(IV) begins to slow whereas, the motions associated with the backbones of the other two complexes do not. Furthermore, using H-NMR spectroscopy, it was determined that heating solutions of pairs of the complexes for four days at 155 C causes the complex to exchange ligands to form mixed-ligand complexes.

Implementation Of A Modula 2 Subset Compiler Supporting A 'C' Language Interface Using Commonly Available Unix Tools, Raymond Shear F.

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Modula 2 has been proposed as an appropriate language for systems programming. Smaller than PASCAL but more structured than 'C\ Modula 2 is intended to be relatively easy to implement. A realization of a subset of Modula 2 for the MC68010 microprocessor is presented. Widely available UNIX tools and the 'C language are used for the implementation. A mechanism for calling 'C language functions from Modula 2 (and vice versa) is suggested. Critical source code, grammar, and an extensive bibliography pertinent to the implementation are included as appendices.

Hops: A Hierarchical/Object-Oriented Programming Environment System, Ryuichiro Kodama

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The concept of object-oriented programming is becoming an important paradigm in which programmers represent and solve problems. HOPS (Hierarchical / Object-oriented Programming Environment System), developed in this thesis project, employs this concept to represent and manipulate the resources of a programming environment. All the resource objects (such as files, directories, simple integer data and so on) are hierarchically arranged for easy access and management, as the user moves through a tree structure just as in the UNIX file system. HOPL (Hierarchical / Object-oriented Programming Language), whose grammar is similar to C language, has been designed so that the expression of …

Amused: A Multi-User Software Environment Diagnostic, Mary Ann Foltman

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As software projects grow in size and complexity, many individuals take over the responsibilities for one project, creating a potential for new errors in the development process. Software version inconsistency, unfamiliarity with the tools used, and software tool restrictions are but some of the problems encountered in a multi-programmer environment. These problems are not always self-evident to the programmer and may require a dedicated software support representative or experienced programmers to assist. These problems can be reduced through the development of a multi-user software environment diagnostic expert system, AMUSED (A Multi-User Software Environment Diagnostic). The AMUSED expert system is designed …

Effects Of Irradiation On The Rate Of Water Vapor Transmission Of Food Packaging Materials, Reginald L. A. Vas

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Food can be preserved by irradiation which is the exposure of food to ionising radiation, high energy electron from electron beams or X-rays or gamma rays from Cobalt-60 or Cesium-137 radioisotopes. Irradiation does not leave a residue in the food and it does not make it radioactive. The low level energy levels of Cobalt and Cesium isotopic gamma rays does not induce any radioactivity. Irradiation has the same preservative effect on food as heat treatment, but because irradiation does not appreciably raise the temperature of the food, it is known as 'cold sterilization'.

Irradiation can potentially be used to preserve …