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Comparisons Of Current Practices Of Computer Use And Training By Industry Type Of Small Businesses In The Portland Area, Don Gregory Langenhorst

Dissertations and Theses

The problem was to determine what are the current computer uses, and training practices for small businesses in the Portland area. Comparisons were made by industry type.

An Analysis Of The Effect Of State Regulation Of Commercial Income Tax Preparers On The Quality Of Income Tax Returns, Jeanie Grace Sumner

Dissertations and Theses

Occupational regulation of many professions has grown in magnitude and complexity in the past fifty years. Statutes relating to occupational regulation are often implemented by state legislatures without sufficient quantitative analysis.

Prior studies have analyzed the need for regulation to protect consumers. Some research has been published which addresses the differences in the quality of services offered by regulated and unregulated professions. Due to lack of data, the effect of state regulation on commercial income tax preparers has not been quantified.

Recently data from the 1979 cycle of the Taxpayer Compliance Measurement Program (TCMP) has been made available by the …

A Survey Of Treaty Oak Community College Students Enrolled In A Program Of Study From 1986-1989 And Of Businesses Located In The Treaty Oak Community College Service Area, Kathleen Marie O'Brien

Dissertations and Theses

A study was conducted to assess Treaty Oak Community College's (Treaty Oak) accomplishment of its mission in terms of responding to the educational and training needs of the community. A questionnaire was sent to students who were enrolled in a program of study from 1986-1989.

This survey was to evaluate the assistance Treaty Oak gives students in reaching their goals, to determine employment or student status and to assess the effectiveness of the academic and student services at Treaty Oak. A second questionnaire was sent to local businesses to evaluate the contribution that Treaty Oak makes in meeting the business …

Self-Concept Competency Of National Aeronautics And Space Administration Research And Development Managers, Mark A. Beymer

Dissertations and Theses

Boyatzis has stated that "true" management competencies are characteristics of a manager which differentiate superior from average and below average performance. Boyatzis, however, treats a manager's self-image (self-concept) as a "threshold" rather than a "real" competency. Lafferty's research, which has measured relationships between several lifestyle (self-concept) variables and corresponding organizational behavior, has found that performance differences between average and high performing managers are associated with differences in self-concept construction. The researcher proposes to treat variations in self-concept measurements from managers as indications of their relative management competency. Thisresearch investigates seventeen hypotheses relating to the self-concepts of high performing, mid-level technical …