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Management, Helen Kjelmyr

UND Departmental Histories

This departmental history was written on the occasion of the UND Centennial in 1983.

Improving Academic Departments, Sher Riechmann Hruska

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

Individual VS. Departmental Development Models

Sample Models

Conditions for Success

Staff Skills

Results

Summary

References

Intervention: Moving University Units Toward Organizational Effectiveness, David B. Whitcomb, Susanne W. Whitcomb

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

Background

Figure A The OD Cube: A scheme for Classifying OD Interventions

Theoretical Underpinnings

Application

Sample Case

Problem/Situation/Setting

The Intervention

Feedback Session

The Results

Follow-Up Evaluation

Analysis

Gibb's Checklist

Additional Outcomes

Discussion of Other Interventions

Summary

References

Behavioral Sciences Center 1983-84 Bulletin, Nova University

CPS Undergraduate Course Catalogs

No abstract provided.

Robust Regression: Method And Applications, Vijay Mahajan, Subhash Sharma, Jerry Wind

Historical Working Papers

Four approaches to linear robust regression analysis are presented. In the presence of outliers or bad data points in marketing data, these procedures provide formal methods to identify outliers and to reduce their influence on the final estimates of the regression coefficients. Use of these procedures in regression models is considered in two typical marketing applications and superiority of these procedures, as compared to the traditional ordinary least squares procedure, in reducing the effect of influential observations is documented. The paper concludes with suggested guidelines for their use in marketing applications.

Environment,Strategy And Performance: An Empirical Analysis In Two Service Industries, William R. Bigler, Jr., Banwari L. Kedia

Historical Working Papers

This paper conceptually and empirically examines the Environment, Strategy and Performance linkage in two service industries. The paper's primary objective is to show that viewing these constructs as an insoluble system provides us knowledge that perhaps would not be forthcoming otherwise. The authors argue that delving into these constructs as a system within and between the two industries highlights certain disparities in conventional OT/Strategic Management thinking.

Current And Potential Application Of Microcomputers In Banking -- Survey Results, Chun H. Lam, Geogre H. Hempel

Historical Working Papers

A survey of 57 bankers attending a continuing education program is used to assess the areas in which microcomputers are being used in banks. Results show microcomputers being used by all types of bank staff and in all departments.

Strategy As Goals-Means Structure And Performance: An Empirical Examination, William R. Bigler, Jr., Banwari L. Kedia

Historical Working Papers

Sampling of CEOs and top managers of 90 Louisiana banks is used to explore the relationship between goals and the means to accomplish those goals. Results indicate that a "main thrust" kind of goal may be identified for an organization but goals remain rather poorly related to performance. The relationship to performance may be strengthened by obtaining more precise goals and increasing the number of outcome criteria to encompass outcomes meaningful to more stakeholders.

An Interactive Approach To Pension Fund Asset Management, David A. Goodman, John W. Peavy, Iii

Historical Working Papers

Pointing to anomalies that suggest the market is not entirely efficient, a new hybrid strategy is proposed that plays on the strengths of bothsecurity analysis for undervalued securities and risk return analysis in choosing investment targets.

Diversity And Performance: The Elusive Linkage, C. K. Prahalad, Richard A. Bettis

Historical Working Papers

Studing diversified firms, the key element is revealed that the mindset of management and its ability to adapt to management of a new enterprise is a key element in the success of a diversified business.

Teaching Software System Design: An Experiential Approach, Thomas E. Perkins

Historical Working Papers

A curriculum approach is presented that provides students with experience incorporating user input into the software design process.

Differences Between Futures And Forward Prices: An Empirical Investigation Of The Marking-To-Market Effects, Hun Y. Park, Andrew H. Chen

Historical Working Papers

Using six commodities and four foreign currencies a comparison is made of the value of futures and forward contracts. Results indicate that the detected differences are attributable to the continual resettlement procedure embedded in futures contracts.

Rural Versus Urban Bank Performance: An Analysis Of Market Competition For Small Business Loans, Jonathan A. Scott, William C. Dunkelberg

Historical Working Papers

Using data from surveys of the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), an analysis is made to determine the competitiveness of rural versus urban banking markets. Looking at interest rates and credit availability there appears to be no less of a competitive position among rural banks. Service performance, which is subjectively derived, seems to be greater among rural banks.

Small Business Evaluates Its Relationship With Commercial Banks, William C. Dunkelberg, Jonathan A. Scott

Historical Working Papers

Characteristics of banks that serve small business are studied within the scope of formal studies that have been completed. Apparently larger, primarily urban, banks are less able to provide the personal contacts that small business owners want in dealing with a banking institution.

Analyzing Dividend Policy: A Questionnaire Survey, Richard B. Edelman, Gail E. Farrelly

Historical Working Papers

A survey of financial executives in three industry groups to ascertain the impact of dividends on stock value. Results reveal that there is a belief dividends are important to investors despite a widespread controversy over that very question. Dividends may serve as a signaling device to investors, regardless of economic impact. Some difference in dividend policy between the utility industry and other industries suggests that industry specific information is lacking.

Bonds Issued Between Interest Dates: What Your Textbook Didn't Tell You, Elbert B. Greynolds, Jr., Arthur L. Thomas

Historical Working Papers

Inconsistencies in calculating the interest that accrues to bonds due to application of straight line allocation is investigate. The authors suggest that compound interest should be appropriately calculated to avoid paradoxical outcomes.

Advertising, Pricing And Stability In Oligopolistic Markets For New Products, Chaim Fershtman, Vijay Mahajan, Eitan Muller

Historical Working Papers

Models of market strategy are examined to determine the effect a firm's goodwill might have on the introduction of new products. Modeling is based on assumptions that products are essentially non-durable, that goodwill is generated by advertising, and production costs are the same, and that firms are generally equal in discounting profits and have similar objectives.

How Have The Professional Standards Influenced Practice?, Wanda A. Wallace

Historical Working Papers

Audit performance has improved steadily, largely attributable to the new standards, although definite room for improvement exists. Areas for improvement include exchanging audit reports between internal and external auditors, the use of audit programs and the use of statistical sampling.

Building Bridges In Rotary, Michael Van Breda

Historical Working Papers

The author demonstrates,through organizational changes in a not-for-profit organization, how matrix organization practices can change the perspective and operational efficiency of an organization.

Accounting Paradigms And Short-Term Decisions: A Preliminary Study, Michael Van Breda

Historical Working Papers

A survey was conducted of firms that were chosen based on the perception that it would be easiest to observe management and production variables. The study attempted to find what variable mattered most in measuring success within the firm. Results show that short term accounting variables are almost exclusively the measures used in American business to evaluate performance.

A New Approach To Variance Analysis, Michael Van Breda

Historical Working Papers

Use of indexes is demonstrated as a tool for analyzing the effects of cost changes. Indexes provide the ability to compare costs for different product lines and with other firms.

Multiple Key Informants' Perceptions Of Business Environments, William L. Cron, John W. Slocum, Jr.

Historical Working Papers

The study validates the need for multiple informants from the breadth of the organizational structure to obtain valid information about the business environment.

Predicting Salesforce Reactions To New Territory Design According To Equity Theory Propositions, William L. Cron

Historical Working Papers

This paper analyzes the various parameters that affect the design of fair sales territories. Among these parameters are the effects of age, seniority, compensation schemes, and market structure. Since human motivation plays a part, there is considerable complexity in modeling the parameters.

Network Generating Models For Equipment Replacement, Jay E. Aronson, Julius S. Aronofsky

Historical Working Papers

Optimum timing for replacement of equipment is modeled to provide decision makers with data that can be coupled to critical path decision making.

Bank Performance In The Emerging Recovery: A Changing Risk-Return Environment, Jonathan A. Scott, George H. Hempel

Historical Working Papers

The authors argue that loan rates lag behind prime rate during economic recovery and never reach the low limits that might otherwise occur due to changes in the regulatory and market environment. The changes referred to specifically include competition between market components, changes in bankruptcy law, and the introduction of new financial instruments such as money market deposit accounts.

What Attributes Of An Internal Auditing Department Significantly Increase The Probability Of External Auditors Relying On The Internal Audit Department, Wanda A. Wallace

Historical Working Papers

Utilizing data from 117 companies, it was possible to ascertain that external auditor reliance on internal auditing outcomes is influenced greatly by the allocation of man-hours to internal audit activities and to a lesser extent by the magnitude of the firm's investment in the internal audit function.

Taxes, Insurance, And Corporate Pension Policy, Andrew H. Chen

Historical Working Papers

ERISA connects retirement plan value to general corporate financial decision making and outcomes. The complex interaction between retirement plan regulations, taxation, and corporate finance is not well understood by stakeholders and particularly by beneficiaries.

Profile Magazine, Vol. 10, No. 02 (1983), Brigham Young University Hawaii

Profile Magazine

No abstract provided.

University Of Minnesota Morris Annual Report 1982-83, University Of Minnesota - Morris

Annual Reports

No abstract provided.

A Century On The Northern Plains: The University Of North Dakota At 100, D. Jerome Tweton, Robert P. Wilkins, Thomas W. Howard, Lee Bohnet, James F. Vivian, Dan F. Rylance

UND Publications

This is the Centennial History of the University of North Dakota, published in 1983.