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Implementing Enterprise Bi For Meridian Bioscience, Inc., Paul Hansford

Master of Information Systems Capstone Executive Summary

Meridian Bioscience, Inc. is a life science company, which engages in the development, manufacture, sales, and distribution of diagnostic test kits primarily for gastrointestinal, foodborne, viral, respiratory, and parasitic. The main crux of this capstone project was to provide Meridian with the ability to take action on data insights based on CRM data. This primary need calls for a Business Intelligence (BI) solution. The underlying value propositions for the Meridian Bioscience BI implementation will include the man hours saved, by federating data from multiple systems and distributing reports near real-time for front office knowledge workers.

Social Media Effectiveness In Small Business Environments, Gena R. Bradshaw

Master of Information Systems Capstone Executive Summary

PCE stands for Permanent Cosmetics Effects. The company’s main specialty is the provision of exemplary cosmetic services as well as training. In order for PCE to enhance its revenues, it is essential for the management embrace modern marketing systems. It is crucial for PCE to identify the most suitable social networking alternatives.

Dhdi-Dpl Helpdesk Initiative, Brian H. Moody, Jackie N. Sisco

Master of Information Systems Capstone Executive Summary

The main idea for a DP&L Helpdesk Initiative was to reengineer the current helpdesk ticketing process which the end result will be able to enhance reports, provide options to the customers like retrieving knowledge and placing tickets, and also to assist the current helpdesk personnel.

Aslac Ems-Ng-E Diacap, Aaron Wolfe

Master of Information Systems Capstone Executive Summary

Army Strategic Logistics Activity Charleston (ASLAC) located in Charleston, South Carolina maintains and oversees a Navy fleet of prepositioned Army equipment for rapid deployment to soldiers in the field. Almost three years ago, ASLAC contracted with O’Neil & Associates, Inc. (O’Neil) to create a test system that would connect multiple O’Neil Electronic Maintenance System Next Generation Viewers (EMSNG) together while on an isolated computer network. The EMSNG application is used to display interactive electronic technical manuals (IETMs) which aid in the repair and maintenance of military vehicles at ASLAC’s facility and throughout the military. To connect these multiple EMSNG applications …

A Modern Hr For Modern Seepex, Michael L. Brooks

Master of Information Systems Capstone Executive Summary

The progressive cavity pump manufacturing, seepex Inc., has started a rapid growth phase. The Human Resources department was especially vulnerable to the growing pangs association with such growth due to its small size of one and reliance on paper-based manual functions. This work discusses the opportunities for improvement available, the philosophy behind the decision making process, the implementation process, the results of implementation, and the retrospective view of applying techniques learned during the course of Wright State University’s Master of Information Systems program.

Commission And Rebate Admin Process Evaluation, Michael W. Andrews, Robert E. Schlein, Anthony A. Taylor

Master of Information Systems Capstone Executive Summary

Company “X” provides products and services for healthcare providers. Their divisions include medical, dental, and animal health. They are currently parallel processing the commissions, rebates, and administrative fees on a monthly basis with the outsourced healthcare technology organization Vendor “Y”. After thoroughly examining the processes in each division, the final recommendation of the team is to ultimately terminate all aspects of the Vendor “Y” contract. Company “X” has the ability to bring the processes in-house by utilizing the Oracle ERP system.

Application Virtualization Utilizing Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (Sccm), Garrett Goodin, Lindsey Mason, Tim Mischler

Master of Information Systems Capstone Executive Summary

The National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC) is the Department of Defense’s (DOD) primary source for intelligence on foreign air and space threats. Supporting the NASIC mission is the Communications & Information (SC) directorate. To continue to support the mission, SC has made the decision to explore virtual applications to create a more dynamic and flexible application deployment model that focuses on delivering end users applications quicker and more efficiently. To better understand the benefits of virtual applications the team established a Proof of Concept (PoC) and implemented Microsoft's Application Virtualization (App-V) solution, as well as, reviewed the integration …

Using Common-Pool Resource Principles To Design Local Government Fiscal Sustainability, Shui‐Yan Tang, Richard Callahan, Mark Pisano

Public and Nonprofit Administration

This article analyzes local government fiscal sustainability as a common-pool resource (CPR) problem. By comparing the experiences of Los Angeles County, San Bernardino City, and San Bernardino County, the analysis applies a framework developed from three decades of CPR research to show the importance of six micro-situational variables — communications with the full set of participants, known reputations of participants, high marginal per capita return, entry or exit capabilities, longer time horizon, and agreed-upon sanctioning capabilities — in shaping collective-action dynamics and building the trust and reciprocity among stakeholders needed for achieving fiscal sustainability. The underlying contextual conditions for these …

Corporate Social Responsibility And The Nonprofit Sector: Assessing The Thoughts And Practices Across Three Nonprofit Subsectors, Richard D. Waters, H K. Ott

Public and Nonprofit Administration

Scholars have increasingly been studying the impact of corporate social responsibility as a business strategy in for-profit institutions, and results frequently indicate benefits to the organizations such as increased reputation, sales, and reduced reputation damage during crises. Little is known about the impact of corporate social responsibility on organizations from the nonprofit sector, however. Using in-depth interviews with nonprofits sponsoring festivals in the San Francisco Bay Area in 2013-2014, this study examines how nonprofits representing agriculture, arts and culture, and sexual health view corporate social responsibility as it affects their communication efforts. Results indicate that nonprofit communicators downplay the corporate …

Corporate Social Responsibility: Perspectives Of Hotel Frontline Employees, Sun-Young Park, Stuart E. Levy

Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Strategy

Purpose – The aim of this paper is to examine hotel frontline employees' perceptions of corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities at the hotel they currently work, and how their perceptions influence their level of organizational identification, an indicator of their relationship quality with the hotel.

Design/methodology/approach – This study uses 575 responses of hotel frontline employees in the US, collected through a national online survey.

Findings – Results show that hotel employees' perceptions of CSR activities encompass the host community, colleagues, and customers, beyond green practices. Moreover, their perceptions of CSR activities positively and significantly influence the level of organizational …

The Impact Of New, Renewal And Termination Sponsorship Announcements On Share Price Returns, T. S. Kruger, Michael M. Goldman, M. Ward

Sport Management

What impact do sport sponsorship announcements have on the share price returns of the sponsoring firms? The purpose of this research is to examine the impact of new, renewal and termination sponsorship announcements on share price returns. The research employed the widely acceptable event study methodology to analyse 118 announcements made by 19 firms over a period of more than 11 years. The mixed findings across all three announcement types point to the lack of consideration given to the sponsorship investment by investors. The findings suggest that, although some firms may position their sponsorships as a contributor towards competitive advantage, …

Sports On Television: The How And Why Behind What You See, Michael M. Goldman

Sport Management

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A Bayesian Approach To Ranking Private Companies Based On Predictive Indicators, Matthew Dixon, Jike Chong

Business Analytics and Information Systems

Private equity investors seek to rank potential investment opportunities in growth stage private companies within an industry sector. The sparsity of historical investment transaction data for many growth stage private companies' may present a major obstacle to using statistical methods to discern industry specific features associated with successful and failed companies.This paper describes a Bayesian ranking approach based on i extracting and selecting features; ii training support vector machine classifiers from feature pairs of labeled companies in an industry; iii non-parametric estimation of posterior probabilities of success and failure; and iv ranking unlabeled companies within a cohort based on scores …

A Case Study On Empowering A Non-Profit Organization To Better Help People With Disabilities Through M-Health, James Lawler, Hannah Moller, Robert Salloum

Wilson Center for Social Entrepreneurship

Local non-profit organizations are constrained in developing efficient methods for helping people with disabilities confined at their own homes. The cost of labor of physically serving such people is a continued issue at the organizations. This case study explores an entrepreneurial focus on best-in-class applications of m-Health devices for improving methods of home medication support furnished by a leading metropolitan non-profit organization. This study explores further the potential of hosted infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) m-Health remote monitoring systems technology. The findings of this study can benefit non-profit organizations considering economic entrepreneurial innovation in interactive managed care technology.

Shedding Gender Stigmas: Work-Life Balance Equity In The 21st Century, Erica M. Southworth

Faculty Creative and Scholarly Works

The gender stigma of work-life balance (WLB) policies as concessions for mothers and female caregivers originated with the push by the Women’s Movement for gender workplace equity in the late 20th century. Unfortunately, this perception continues in the 21st century and retains the additional stigma of employee participation in these policies–—regardless of gender–—as a detrimental career move. Thus, home and work responsibilities for professionals of all genders who desire more occupational flexibility remain unreconciled. Despite this dominant national and international outlook, this article encourages new century organizations and profes- sionals to reject the traditional perception of occupational inequity through gender- …

Follow Me! Followership, Leadership And The Multigenerational Workforce, Ronald M. Johnson

HCBE Theses and Dissertations

This research was designed to develop an understanding of today's multigenerational workforce with respect to a preferred styles or characteristics of followership and leadership. Specifically this research sought to determine if there was a relationship between an individual's generational cohort and the preferred styles of leadership and followership, as measured by implicit theories of leadership and followership. Therefore, this study draws upon generational theory (Mannheim, 1952), implicit theories of leadership (Epitropaki & Martin, 2004) and implicit theories of followership (Sy, 2010). The changes in the composition of the US workforce which have occurred, and which will continue to occur in …

“Nobody Beats Our Price”: Examining Current Pricing Theory And Strategy Within The Sport Industry [Abstract], Jason D. Reese, Stephen Shapiro, Joris Drayer, Daniel Rascher, Jim Alexander, Timothy Deschriver

Faculty Publications

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Pricing Tactics Used By Professional & Intercollegiate Sport Organizations [Abstract], Jason D. Reese, Lacole Mcpherson

Faculty Publications

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Fixing Advising: A Model For Faculty Advising, Robert M. Crocker, Marlene Kahla, Charlotte Allen

Faculty Publications

This paper addresses mandates to fix the advising process with a focus on faculty advising systems. Measures of student success and satisfaction, administrative issues, and faculty concerns are among the many factors discussed. Regression analysis is used to explore long-voiced faculty complaints that students do not follow advice. A case study is used to illustrate changes in one department’s advising process and measures of student satisfaction are reported. A model of advising components is offered to illustrate practices suggested to realize the full potential of the advising process.

Cash Holdings Of S&P Firms Over The Past Decade, Mary Fischer, Treba Marsh, Todd A. Brown

Faculty Publications

Over the past decade, financial research suggests US firms hold a significant amount of cash. This growing amount of cash has attracted attention from economists, the business press and government. A firm’s cash balance could well indicate the firm elects to hold cash rather than invest in suboptimal investments. There are trade-offs between holding too much cash and holding too little. This exploratory study attempts to find financial relationships that explain the cash held by S&P 100 firms over the decade from fiscal year 2002 to 2011.

The Self-Introduction Exhibit, Clive Muir

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

A Review Of Business Communication Under The Leadership Function, Clive Muir

Faculty Publications

An effective way to perpetuate an academic discipline is to identify and to define its intellectual and historical roots, then to set such roots in the foundation textbooks and courses of the discipline. In that regard, Business Communication still struggles to establish its roots when compared to other disciplines in business schools, particularly Management. For this study, we undertook an extensive review of significant scholarly works on Business Communication as a discipline. We discovered there are prevalent themes in the broader context of rhetoric, technology, culture, dissemination, and impression; and this was confirmed by our examining the tables of contents …

Can Universities Encourage Students Continued Motivation For Knowledge Sharing And How Can This Help Organizations?, Nikki Shoemaker

Faculty Publications

Both practitioners and researchers recognize the increasing importance of knowledge sharing in organizations (Bock, Zmud, Kim, & Lee, 2005; Vera-Muz, Ho, & Chow, 2006). Knowledge sharing influences a firm's knowledge creation, organizational learning, performance achievement, growth, and competitive advantage (Bartol & Srivastava, 2002; Bock & Kim, 2002; Vera-Muz et al., 2006). However, an individual's natural tendency is to hoard knowledge rather than to share knowledge (Davenport, 1997; Ruggles, 1998). So, how can knowledge sharing be encouraged?

Extrinsic rewards are believed to effectively motivate desired behaviors (Bartol & Locke, 2000). Under certain environmental conditions, extrinsic rewards are also believed to develop …

Recognizing Intellectual Capital As An Asset, Mary Fischer, Treba Marsh

Faculty Publications

The revised definition of an asset by the FASB and GASB gives way to the recognition of the fair value of another off-balance sheet value. Interest in recognizing intellectual capital as an asset of the organization has grown out of dissatisfaction with traditional financial accounting and reporting directed toward manufacturing, trading of goods, and service activities which ignore the organizational asset values based on knowledge, expertise and technology. The growing interest in intellectual capital (IC) and knowledge management reflects an awareness of the need for identification, utilization, and measurement of an organizations most valuable asset. This paper identifies the importance …

Keystone Xl Pipeline, Violet C. Rogers, Jack R. Ethridge

Faculty Publications

The Keystone Pipeline and everything it entails has taken over the news and the majority of North America. Most people around the United States did not know the Keystone Pipeline already existed before all of the uproar and protesting began back at the end of 2011. The part of the pipeline that does not exist is the additional expansion, the Keystone XL Pipeline, which was proposed in 2008. Since the approval of the project in March 2010, the Keystone XL Pipeline has been a problematic proposition ever since the idea was introduced by the TransCanada Energy Company. While the project …

Does The Classroom Delivery Method Make A Difference?, Esther Bunn, Mary Fischer, Treba Marsh

Faculty Publications

This study seeks to determine if a difference exists in student performance and participation between an online and face-to-face Accounting Intermediate I class taught by the same professor. Even though students self-selected which course section to enroll, no significant difference was found to exist between the delivery method of the two courses based on the student's major field of study, gender, and whether or not they commuted to class. No significant difference is found between the assessments of the two class sections membership except the students' course performance. Contrary to prior research, the students enrolled in the online sections did …

Is The Community Health Needs Assessment Replacing The Certificate Of Need?, Pamela C. Smith, Kelly Noe

Faculty Publications

The purpose of this paper is to question the need for Certificates of Need at the state level. At the Federal level the Affordable Care Act requires hospitals must justify their community impact through a Community Health Needs Assessment (IRS Form 990 Schedule H) in order to retain their tax-exempt status. Not-for-profit hospitals will save money, time and personnel resources if the CON is combined with the CHNA and all states accept this change, no longer requiring the CON.

A Descriptive Comparison Of Two Sources Of Occupational Fraud Data, George L. Hunt

Faculty Publications

The propose of this study was to determine if the data contained in the Internal Auditor Roundtable and Fraud Finding columns are consistent with data reported in the ACFEs Report to the Nation. Cases of fraud reported in the Internal Auditor columns were analyzed, summarized, and compared to the data contained in the Report to the Nation. The results show significant similarities between the two data sources.

Quarterly Business Indicators 3rd Quarter 2014, Unl Bureau Of Business Research

Leading Economic Indicator Reports

The Quarterly Business Indicators for the 3rd quarter of 2014 continue to show a surging Lincoln economy. Most segments of the Lincoln MSA economy are growing, and many are growing rapidly.

The Lincoln MSA unemployment rate continues to decline (Figure 1) and remains half of the U.S. rate (Figure 2). Employment growth is strong. Non-farm employment, which is measured via a survey of business, grew by 2.6% in the Lincoln MSA between the 3rd quarter of 2013 and 2014 (Figure 4).

Among individual industries, construction, manufacturing, other financial services (primarily banking), health care and education, and state government employment all …

Can I Have Your Attention? Implications Of The Research On Distractions And Multitasking For Reference Librarians, Pauline Dewan

Library Publications

The media have identified the last decade as “the age of distraction.” People today find it harder to work on long, sustained tasks because distractions are eroding their attention span, fostering a culture of discontinuity. Fields as diverse as psychology, business, education, human-computer interaction, and communication studies have produced a wealth of studies on interruptions, distractions, and multitasking–research that has important implications for reference librarians. The nature of our jobs invites interruptions by the public, requires familiarity with the latest technology, stimulates curiosity about a broad range of subjects, and demands adeptness at multitasking–all factors which can atomize attention.