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A Computerized Partnership Accounting Model For Use On The Ibm 360 With Applications To Teaching Beginning Accounting, Janet Eck

Anderson School of Management Theses & Dissertations

Students of business and businessmen no longer require assurance that the digital computer will play a vital role in commercial activity. Simple observation will substantiate the acceptance of electronic data processing by private enterprise. At the university, the necessity of providing an elementary introduction to data processing for business students has become clear. Unfortunately, education in data processing does not always cross disciplinary boundaries. All too often, a student acquires a knowledge of computers in one course and continues to make tedious manual computations in another. Efforts to integrate data processing and accounting education have, to date, been minimal. It …

Theory Of Perpetuating Deprivation Factors: A Study Of Oppressive Factors In Selection And Payment Of Negro Personnel., Wilbur W. Bigelow

Anderson School of Management Theses & Dissertations

In surveying the industrial scene one becomes impressed with the economic deprivat1on of the American Negro. In most cases, Negroes find their pay checks substantially smaller than those or their white counterparts. Negroes are usually the first to be released during production cut backs regardless of their productivity. It is to this problem that the paper directs its attention. Chapter I introduces the problem in some depth and then hypothesizes a number of causes. Herein a causation model is used to illustrate how a series or factor responses may initiate the problem. The remainder or the thesis attempts to establish …

Problems In The Formulation Of A General Global Marketing Plan., Homer Leroy Crumley Jr.

Anderson School of Management Theses & Dissertations

Objective

The objective of this paper is to determine what adjustments and/or modifications to the domestic marketing plan are necessary to develop a successful global marketing plan.

Hypothesis

The formulation of a global marketing plan requires not only adjustment of the domestic marketing variables, but consideration and inclusion of new marketing variables.

Approach

The approach used in this paper will be that of a theoretical analysis based on literature research on domestic and international marketing, including case studies, to identify basic domestic and global marketing variables. The operational framework of a general domestic marketing plan will be established. The marketing …

Discrepancies Between Historical Accounting Data And The Theoretical Data Requirements For Economical Order Quantity Application, James Edward Joyce

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

The Use Of Value Engineering In The Aerospace Industry, Ranson J. Gaskill

Anderson School of Management Theses & Dissertations

The purpose of this paper is to exemplify the techniques and uses of value engineering and to evaluate their significance in the aerospace industry. The recent development of value engineering stems from several basic factors. The highly competitive nature of the aerospace industry since World War II has placed increasing importance on cost-oriented efforts. At the same time the characteristics of the industry require exceptional levels of reliability and product research as well as compressed delivery schedules. Fiscal procurement policy changes by the government have also emphasized the increasing concern over aerospace costs. Considering the fact that government aerospace expendtures …

A Technique For The Evaluation Of Competitive Marketing Strategies, Roger D. Eck

Anderson School of Management Theses & Dissertations

As originally conceived, this thesis would have defended a preferred marketing strategy for use in the United States for electrical impulse counters. Such as effort would have required the collection of sufficient data to permit the formulation and testing of a model of the market for electrical impulse counters. With a defensible model- -that is, a model of acceptable accuracy- -the extent to which each of several alternative marketing strategies might satisfy a specified set of objectives could have been evaluated. Investigation indicated that the required data could not be obtained at an acceptable cost in time. In its present …

A Comparative Study Of The 5- And 3-Meal Plans In Six Convalescent Hospitals In San Bernardino County, Donna J. Meek

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

A study comparing the 3- and 5-meal plans of food service, as used in long-stay geriatric units in San Bernardino County, have been compared. Three homes utilizing the 5-meal plan and three utilizing the 3-meal plan, to serve as controls, were chosen. A random sample of ten patients from each home was observed for three days to find the daily average nutrients in the foods served, eaten, and wasted. Also, interviews to compare factual information and attitudes were utilized for sample patients and personnel. The nutritional data was analyzed on the computer.

The results indicated that those on the 5-meal …

Patient Satisfaction With Nursing Care During Labor And Delivery, Afton G. Pratt

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

Within the scope of the questionnaire designed for this study, it was proposed to determine the satisfactions and dissatisfactions of obstetrical patients at a selected hospital. The study was concerned with patients' perception of nursing care through labor and delivery. Thirty postpartal clinic patients were interviewed in the hospital, using the interview guide which was constructed by the nurse researcher. Groups of questions in the interview guide corresponded to five categories. These five categories comprised the analysis sheet. The findings of the study are given for each of the following categories: One-A--Congeniality of Nurse to Mother. Friendliness of the admitting …

A Study Of Long-Term Leases As A Method Of Financing And Their Disclosure In Corporate Financial Reports., Wendell A. Nelson

Anderson School of Management Theses & Dissertations

The widespread distribution of corporate securities and the growth of the corporate form of business have made it necessary to develop better methods for the distribution of information to interested parties. Corporation managers have an obligation to supply information to owners, prospective investors and regulatory bodies. Over the years techniques have been developed for reporting information to these owners and other int rested parties.

Development Of Automation Of The First National Bank Of Albuquerque, Donald R. Douglass

Anderson School of Management Theses & Dissertations

The following thesis is submitted to fulfill partially the requirements for the degree of Master of Business Administration from the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Entitled "Development of Automation of the First National Bank of Albuquerque", it relates the historical background and the development of the automation of demand-deposit accounting procedures at that New Mexico bank. In our ever-growing economy, banking has and will continue to play an increasingly vital role. The growth of its mechanisms and facilities is important and pertinent to each and every citizen. Automation is the latest, and perhaps one of the most striking …

An Inquiry Into The Possible Relationship Between The Success Of A Social Fraternity And Its Adherence To Business Management Practices And Principles, William Van Muse

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This research tested the hypothesis that the better managed are social fraternities, the more successful they will be. The stated purpose of the study was to provide information to answer the following questions: 1) To what extent are selected management practices and principles utilized by college social fraternities? 2) Is there any significant relationship between the adherence to these managerial principles and practices and the degree of success achieved by the fraternities studied? Research design. Success was measured in comparative terms—how well the fraternity being studied ranked when compared to the other groups with which it competed. Six criteria were …

An Evaluation Of The Small Business Investment Company Program, It's History And Development, With Emphasis On The Utah Sbic Industry, J. G. Dursteler

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Does the small business concern in this country have access to sufficient amounts of growth capital? For the past several years there has been much controversy concerning this question. Articles have been written both pro and con voicing opinions as to whether small businesses are being discriminated against in the acquisition of long-term loans to finance growth and business expansion. The majority of the written information on this subject appears to support the theory that too many small business firms are under-capitalized and the sources of long-term investment and growth funds are seriously limited to the small businessman. The Small …

Perception And The Administrator An Investigation Into The Perceptual Areas Of Difference Between The Various Levels Of An Organization, W. W. Mcintire

Masters Theses

Introduction

It is frequently voiced that most of the problems that occur in organizations are "people problems." There are the result of misunderstandings, differences of interpretation, and inadequate coordination of effort. This study is concerned with this problem area, but it should be made clear that no attempt will be made to investigate "problem people" in organizations. They may legitimately be considered as part of the problem area, however, investigation of them is beyond the realm and scope intended for this study.

Direct Costing, Gordon J. Paul

Anderson School of Management Theses & Dissertations

Cost accounting developed in three stages, the later ones building on the earlier. These stages are, in order of development: Cost finding, cost control, and cost analysis and projection.

The Valuation Of Closely Held Stocks For Federal Estate Taxes, Carroll Lee Saine

Master's Theses

The purpose of the thesis, stated simply, is to give some insight into the problem of intelligent valuation and attempt to show that no rigid formulas can be developed to solve the unsatisfactory situation that now exists in taxing closely held stocks.

Economic Effects Of An Industrial Plant Locating In A Rural County, Willie Calvin Rigsby

Master's Theses

Since the end of World War II, there has been a measurable tendency for new manufacturing plants to be built in rural areas in the South. The predominantly rural and agricultural counties of Virginia have a considerably higher proportion of the new plants than they had of the total number of manufacturing plants in 1950.1 In Virginia, this trend has been aided by the Division of Industrial Development and Planning, and industrial departments of railroads and electric utilities, which have used their influence to encourage the building of new manufacturing plants in low-income rural areas when economically feasible.

In the …

The Labor Philosophy Of James Riddle Hoffa, Francis X. Quinn

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Depreciation Practices Under The Internal Revenue Code, Vito Addotta

Student Theses and Dissertations

This study evaluates methods for computing depreciation and evaluates them against the tax code.

The Development Of A Global Marketing Plan:A Case Study Of An Individual International Organization, Rex W. Lasley

Anderson School of Management Theses & Dissertations

In many parts of the world, recent years have brought with them a rapid increase in such things as new products on the market, new consumer demands, as standards of living increase, and new and faster transportation to join these supply and demand elements. One part of the world may be better suited, in terms of land, labor, capital, technology, and management to produce a given product than another. Thus the idea of global marketing has been raised from a position of comparatively minor importance to that of the complex giant it is today.

The Rise Of European Commercial Association During The Middle Ages, Ellen Douglas Moule

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The unity of Western Europe has not yet approached the political, economic and religious entity realized under the Roman Empire. Nor is it likely to duplicate such a centralized and authoritative basis of organization. It is the purpose of this paper to explore European economic association on the basis of co-operation rather than dominance. For this purpose historical cornerstones of economic co-operation and commercial endeavor will be discussed.

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Among them the individuals and groups who pursued trade not only revived the collapsed commerce known to the Roman world, but provided the framework for modern commercial and financial activity and …

Job Duties And Qualifications For Computer Programmers In Selected Organizations Of The Richmond, Virginia, Area And Implications For An Electronic Data Processing Curriculum At The Richmond Professional Institute, Edwin E. Blanks

Theses and Dissertations

The tremendous impact of electronic data processing on the lives of the American people is being felt in every segment of our economy. Regardless of the area of activity, be it business, education, government, industry, or the service areas, electronic data processing is performing an increasingly· important function. The volume of paper work, the magnitude of government reports, and the demands of management for information, have created mammoth challenges for electronic data processing. These challenges are complex. However, electronic data processing equipment and personnel are making favorable gains on the problems posed by these challenges.