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Quantifying Time Value Errors, George A. Mangiero, Susan M. Mangiero

WCBT Faculty Publications

Focuses on the quantification of the magnitude of error when the mathematical function for present value is ignored and interpolation is used to determine the discount factor in the time valuation of cash flows. Length of discounting period; Linear interpolation between table present value factors for periodic interest rate and same interest rate plus one per cent; Sensitivity of maximum error timing to interest rate.

Participative Learning Experiences In The Professional Studies Classroom, Scott R. Colvin

WCBT Faculty Publications

Professional studies courses often focus on mastering a common body of knowledge but ignore student interaction and the development of critical thinking and communication skills. In a cost accounting course at Connecticut's Sacred Heart University offered in fall 1993, various group and individual activities were implemented to incorporate these skills into the course. The requirements of the course included two quizzes, a computer project, class participation and activities, and a final examination. The approach to the course was based on pedagogical recommendations developed by the Accounting Education Change Commission (AECC) in 1989, which stressed the importance of solving unstructured problems …

Effective Communication In The Intranational Workplace: Models For Public Sector Managers And Theorists, John F. Kikoski

Political Science & Global Affairs Faculty Publications

This article discusses theoretical models for effective interpersonal communication in the intranational workplace for public sector managers in the U.S. Effective communication is complete when the message has been understood. A message has been understood when it has been both clearly sent and received. Effective communication is a requisite to every step in the organizational process--from the mutual recognition and understanding of a topic or problem that triggered the communication in the first place to its final resolution. The second classical model of interpersonal communication was published by David Berlo. Berlo elaborated upon the Shannon-Weaver model. He recognized that interpersonal …

The Effects Of Corporate Strategy And Workplace Innovations On Union Representation, Thomas A. Kochan, Robert B. Mckersie, John Chalykoff

WCBT Faculty Publications

This paper explores the decline of union membership within partially organized firms. Using data from two Conference Board surveys of labor relations practices (1977 and 1983), the authors test a series of propositions concerning the effects of corporate industrial relations values and strategies and workplace innovations on union representation and membership. The results show that whereas the average firm reduced the number of workers represented by unions by approximately 977 from 1977 to 1983, firms that placed a high priority on union avoidance reduced union representation by an average of 2,647 workers over the same period. Moreover, the typical firm …

Strategic Human Resource Management (Book Review), John Chalykoff

WCBT Faculty Publications

Book review by John B. Chalykoff.

Fombrun, Charles J., Noel M. Tichy, Mary Anne Devanna. Strategic Human Resource Management. New York: Wiley, 1984.

ISBN 9780471810797

A Collaborative Learning Model: The Rhetorical Situation As A Basis For Teaching Business Communication, Michelle Loris

English Faculty Publications

Describes a unit of instruction that involves the rhetorical situation of an in-class corporation to give students experience in abstract and report writing.

Risk Taker, Caretaker, Or Undertaker: Which Are You?, Albert F. Varner

WCBT Faculty Publications

Learn to rate your own decision-making abilities and those of others in your organization.

Nonprofit managers must encourage, nurture, and promote decision making by subordinate level managers. They must avoid creating circumstances which discourage decisions being made. Objective and informed management recognizes that its primary responsibility is to create an environment which enables subordinates to make better decisions and to take an acceptable amount of risk.

Making Sense Of Wage And Salary Surveys, Leonard N. Persson

WCBT Faculty Publications

This article provides the reader with guidance on the effective selection and use of wage and salary surveys to assure the availability of accurate data to which the firm's rates of pay can be compared. This paper has concentrated on the need for and method of careful selection of survey data, with the intent of assuring the greatest possible degree of comparability and accuracy in the data, prior to statistical analysis. The method of selection is important because even the most careful analysis of bad data produces only more bad data.