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The Indigenization Of Western-Based Theories Of Administration For Administrative Development In The Third World, Gail E Johnsen May 1991

The Indigenization Of Western-Based Theories Of Administration For Administrative Development In The Third World, Gail E Johnsen

Archived Theses and Dissertations

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Inventory Ordering Decisions Over The Product Life Cycle, Matthew J. Seiler Apr 1991

Inventory Ordering Decisions Over The Product Life Cycle, Matthew J. Seiler

Honors Theses

This report will link two key business concepts together. It will first examine the characteristics of different inventory replenishment systems used by purchasing managers. Second, it will bring the marketing phenomenon of the product life cycle into the picture. The varying demand patterns found in a typical product life cycle curve will become test data for a simulation exercise to determine which of four ordering models yield the lowest combination of holding and ordering costs. The costs related to holding finished good inventories account for a large portion of a firm's total cost structure (Adam and Ebert, 1989). To stay …


A Structural Model And Test Of The Antecedents And Outcomes Of Organizational And Professional Commitment, Mary Ann Evans Jan 1991

A Structural Model And Test Of The Antecedents And Outcomes Of Organizational And Professional Commitment, Mary Ann Evans

Dissertations and Theses

The major purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between commitment to one's profession and commitment to one's employer and the role this relationship plays in predicting satisfaction, performance and turnover. In order to accomplish this purpose the antecedents and outcomes of the commitments were modeled and tested using covariance structural modeling techniques. The data source was the 1990 Kaiser Permanente, Northwest Region Employee Survey. The study included a wide range of occupations. The literature is ambiguous about the definition and measurement of professional and organizational commitment. Professional commitment is characterized either as a unidimensional or multidimensional construct …


Creación Y Montaje De Una Fábrica De Producción De Chapa Y Triplex, Con Comercialización A Nivel Nacional E Internacional, Ivonne Tangarife Torres Jan 1991

Creación Y Montaje De Una Fábrica De Producción De Chapa Y Triplex, Con Comercialización A Nivel Nacional E Internacional, Ivonne Tangarife Torres

Administración de Empresas

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Japanese Business In The United States: Unintentional Definition Of The Other, Yujin Yaguchi Jan 1991

Japanese Business In The United States: Unintentional Definition Of The Other, Yujin Yaguchi

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

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