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Selecting Optimal Portfolios With A Futures Market In A Stock Index, Dwight Grant

Historical Working Papers

Futures in a stock index offer investors an important complement to the risk and return expectations of the basic portfolio.

A Linguistic Analysis Of Accounting, Gail E. Farrelly

Historical Working Papers

Examples of crucial word meanings are given that tend to obfuscate issues and may diminish the professional role of accountants.

Reasons For Quitting: A Comparison Of Part-Time And Full-Time Employees, James R. Salter, Lawrence H. Peters, Ellen F. Jackofsky

Historical Working Papers

Based on the construct of "partial inclusion", it was hypothesized that the turnover of full-time employees would be best explained by job-related reasons and that of part-time employees by non job-related reasons. To test these hypotheses, data were collected from 1558 part-time and 640 full-time persons who voluntarily quit their jobs. With the exception of three items dealing with work schedules, the results tended to support the hypotheses. These results were discussed with regard to the management of turnover within full-time and part-time employee groups and the importance of continued research aimed at identifying company controllable factors whih influence the …

A Further Inquiry Into The Market Value And Earnings' Yield Anaomalies, John W. Peavy, Iii, David A. Goodman

Historical Working Papers

The apparent existence of two stock market anomalies, the earnings' yield (E/P ratio) and the market value (MV) effects, has stimulated considerable research. This study expands the E/P - MV literature by detecting the following: (1) both an E/P and a MV effect exist among a sample of industrial stocks over the 1970-1980 period; (2) using risk-adjusted returns, each of the E/P and MV effects persisted even after controlling the other; (3) an adjustment for a significant time bias in the returns data caused the MV anomaly to disappear after controlling for E/P ratios, but a significant E/P effect remained; …

Teaching A Financial Planning Language As The Principal Computer Language For Mba's, Thomas E. Perkins, Paul Gray

Historical Working Papers

This paper describes the experiences at SMU in using a financial planning language (specifically, the Interactive Financial Planning System (IFPS)) as the primary computer language taught to MBA's. The language was introduced to extend the students' ability to solve business problems. Experiences with teaching the language, the extent of its use, and the results of a student suvey are discussed.

A Typology Of Small Businesses: Hypothesis And Preliminary Study, Neil C. Churchill, Virginia L. Lewis

Historical Working Papers

Growth of companies through various stages of development is explored and validated by comparison with companies described by current company officers who were participating in a training program. Since data used were not representative of small business, full validation of the evolutionary model was not completed.

Reporting On The Annual Report, Gail E. Farrelly, Gail B. Wright

Historical Working Papers

Annual reports provide an important source of information for investors. The SEC guidance to companies that requires "forward-looking" discussions of events is far from uniform but a constructive step in providing information.

The Senior Marketing Officer - An Academic Perspective, James T. Rothe

Historical Working Papers

This paper reports the summary observations and opinions associated with the performance of the senior managerial task and reassesses the marketing educator's responsibilities in light of the experience. The observations and opinions are based on a recently completed two year experience as Senior Vice President of Marketing for the Searle Optical Group (Pearle Vision Centers). Critical observations are made about the role of marketing in the firm, the most vital aspects of thee job, the art-science debate, marketing and finance, working with people, dealing with inflation, and time pressures. These observations are then discussed in the context of the mar;keting …

Put Budgeting Back Into Capital Budgeting, Michael F. Van Breda

Historical Working Papers

Use of accrual accounting in both the decision making and subsequent control phase of management can make the the entire process both more understandable and accountable with referring to laborious mathematical models that require advanced skills to assimilate.

Replicating Electric Utility Short-Term Credit Ratings, John W. Peavy, Iii, S. Michael Edgar

Historical Working Papers

The market has devised a more detailed public utility commercial paper rating scherre than presently exists at the major rating bureaus. This stuiy identifies the key financial variables that contribute to market rating differences. A multiple discriminant model is developed that employs these variables to replicate not only agency ratings, but also the more precise market ratings. The empirical results verify the contention that public utility paper issuers can be effectively classified into more distinct quality categories than are currently provided by the agency raters.

Job Turnover Versus Company Turnover: Reassessment Of The March And Simon Participation Model, Ellen F. Jackofsky, Lawrence H. Peters

Historical Working Papers

This study is designed to test the proposition that both intraorganizational and inter-organizational mobility, as opposed to interorganizational mobility alone, may be a more appropriate criterion for testing conceptual propositions regarding the prediction of turnover. To this end, the March and Simon (1958) participation model was tested utilizing two different dependent measures, job turnover and organizational turnover, among a sample of 290 retail sales employees. Measures of job satisfaction and the expectation of finding alternatives were administered and eight months later turnover data were collected. Using moderated regression, it was found that with the criterion, job turnover, the ease x …

Faculty Senate Yearbook, 1982-83, Wmu Faculty Senate

WMU Faculty Senate Yearbooks

No abstract provided.

An Integrated Program For Effective Organizational Change Within A School District Involving Staff, Student, And Citizen Participation (Group Culture, Management Skills, Team Building, Integrated Planning, Incentive), Patricia Schofield Schank

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to develop an integrated program for effective organizational change within a school system involving staff, student, and citizen participation. Concepts and practices pertinent to strategic planning and in harmony with systems theory were examined and applied to educational planning. The complex human elements of an organization that can act as barriers against or channels for facilitating planned change were reviewed as interdependent with strategic planning and participative decision-making; Five steps to organizational success were presented as forming an integrated approach to planned change within a school system. Built upon each other in sequential order …

Handicapped Advocacy: Inherent Barriers And Partial Solutions In The Representation Of Disabled Children, David H. Neely

UC Law Journal

Handicapped children have long had difficulty in obtaining effective legal representation. This Article first identifies the factors that have rendered such representation complex and problematic, then enumerates several responsibilities that must be undertaken by an effective advocate in this field. These duties include the duty to consult with the client, his or her caretakers, and outside consultants; the duty to identify and resolve conflicts among clients or between the attorney and his or her clients; and the duty to negotiate actively with adversaries and concerned nonparties. The Article reviews current and proposed A.B.A. Codes of Professional Responsibility and concludes that …

Podcan Final Program: 1982 Annual Conference

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Conference Materials

1982 Annual POD Conference Planning Committee

Welcome to 1982 Conference Professional and Organizational Development Network

General Information

Conference Activities

Planning Sheet

Crummer Graduate School, Rollins College

Text Materials of Central Florida

Rollins College catalogue with list of faculty and students and courses by department.

Teambuilding For Nurse Managers, Juanita L, Moore

Theses

Unavailable.

Management And Staff Development: Carl Workshop Proceedings, Jo Bell Whitlatch, Celia Bakke, Judy Reynolds

Faculty Publications

Staff development is a relatively new addition to the traditional responsibilities of managers. Managers have always been concerned about production and quality of product but not so formally about staff development responsibilities. Library workers themselves did not have all of the expectations about being developed on the job. The workshop theme also touches on such issues as the professional role, collective bargaining, and the effects of new and rapid developments in library technology upon management.

1982-1983 Undergraduate Course Description, Rochester Institute Of Technology

RIT Digital Archives

No abstract provided.

Audit Problems Encountered In Small Business Engagements; Auditing Research Monograph, 5, D. D. Raiborn, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Computer Services Executive Committee

Guides, Handbooks and Manuals

No abstract provided.

Establishing The Content Validity Of An Assessment Center: An Empirical Approach, Joseph T. Sefcik

Retrospective Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Aicpa Annual Report 1981-82; Message To Members, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants

AICPA Annual Reports

No abstract provided.

William Law, Nauvoo Dissenter, Lyndon W. Cook

BYU Studies

No abstract provided.

Consultant Training In Counselor Education: North Central Region, John Jurowicz

Dissertations

No abstract provided.

An Analysis Of Program Plans For Staff Development In The Unit School Districts Of Dupage County, Illinois, Richard B. Olson

Dissertations

No abstract provided.

A Critique Of Consultation Theories And Development Of A New Model Of Consultation, Joan L. Vougis

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

The Fiftieth Anniversary Of The Udvandrerarkiv, Aalborg, Inger Bladt

The Bridge

On July 3, 1982, Det Danske Udvandrerarkiv in Aalborg will celebrate its fiftieth anniversary and look back on an existence marked by great difficulties. During critical times, in fact, its continued existence often seemed in doubt.

Bulletin Of Yale University School Of Nursing 1982-1983, Yale School Of Nursing

Yale School of Nursing Bulletins and Catalogues

Series 78, Number 13

September 1, 1982

Utilization Of Resources Through Information Systems Planning In Higher Education., Glenn Devon Crowe

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Today, higher education administration's task is one of unprecedented complexity. The multiple burdens provide sufficient reason for real interest in utilization of effective information systems. Consequently, new functions affecting the production, retention, and delivery of information have emerged. This study is not about the computer as such, but how to use it, what administrative information it can provide, and academically, how to let it serve higher education's purposes more sensitively and beneficially. The immediate and long-term information needs of a selected university were identified under the philosophy that good administrative use of the computer can help preserve educational resources in …

College Of Health And Public Affairs Annual Report, 1980-81, University Of Central Florida. College Of Health Related Professions

Research Activities & Annual Reports

University of Central Florida College of Health Related Professions Annual Report, 1980 - 1981.