Typical Responsibilities and Needed Qualifications of the Industrial Foreman (open access)

Typical Responsibilities and Needed Qualifications of the Industrial Foreman

The problem with which this study is concerned is that of the selection of those persons in an industrial organization who are most likely to become effective and successful foremen on the production line and of developing these persons into well-rounded, successful industrial foremen. The purpose of this study is to determine some of the major traits and qualifications which a man should possess if he is to become a successful foreman in industry.
Date: 1951
Creator: Jenkins, Floyd Harold
System: The UNT Digital Library
Personnel Policies for Salesmen in Nash Automobile Dealerships in Texas (open access)

Personnel Policies for Salesmen in Nash Automobile Dealerships in Texas

The automobile dealership is one of the more important types of small business. The operation of such a business is an integral part of the economy of the country, and conditions existing in the automobile field are usually fairly representative of those in other types of small business; therefore, the general personnel policies of an automobile dealership are basically similar to personnel policies of other small businesses in the distributive field. A study of personnel policies in this field will be of some use to anyone interested in the problems of small business.
Date: 1951
Creator: Laney, Samuel Duke
System: The UNT Digital Library
Some Effects of Color on Personnel in Industry (open access)

Some Effects of Color on Personnel in Industry

The problem of this study is to determine some effects of color on personnel in industry. Consideration is given to management-employee relationship, employee's physical and mental health, and the resulting increase of both quality and quantity of production.
Date: 1950
Creator: Wages, Morris L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Needed Improvements in the Office Management of the Goodyear Retail Stores (open access)

Needed Improvements in the Office Management of the Goodyear Retail Stores

It is the purpose of this study to analyze certain basic problems of office operations and personnel administration in the Goodyear Retail Stores, and to make recommendations as to improvements most needed. Specifically, this study is undertaken with the intention of determining to what extent proper planning, more efficient operating procedures, and improved personnel relationships can aid in the success of office management in the Goodyear stores.
Date: 1952
Creator: McDow, J. B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Centralized Purchasing Arrangements in a Selected Group of Oil Companies in the Southwest (open access)

Centralized Purchasing Arrangements in a Selected Group of Oil Companies in the Southwest

The purpose of the study is threefold: (1) to make a survey of the type of purchasing organizations used by a selected number of oil companies operating in the Southwest, (2) to determine the extent or degree of centralized purchasing used by these firms, and (3) to evaluate briefly the organizational arrangements found in light of accepted principles.
Date: 1951
Creator: Strong, Jerry C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Recent Developments in Basing-Point Pricing in the Steel Industry and Their Probable Effects on the Southwest (open access)

Recent Developments in Basing-Point Pricing in the Steel Industry and Their Probable Effects on the Southwest

This investigation is being made in an effort to determine the probable effects on the Southwest of the basing-point changes recently instigated as a result of the Federal Trade Commission rulings.
Date: 1950
Creator: Kamenitsa, William
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Status of Inventory Valuation in Texas Cotton Mills, 1950 (open access)

The Status of Inventory Valuation in Texas Cotton Mills, 1950

The problem is to determine the status of the methods of inventory valuation in Texas Cotton Mills. This study is also conducted to determine how much uniformity, if any, exists in this particular industry.
Date: 1950
Creator: Edwards, Jesse G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Development of the Punched Card Registration System at North Texas State College (open access)

Development of the Punched Card Registration System at North Texas State College

This study presents a history of the development and implementation of a punched card registration system in North Texas State College. The study also covers planning stages of registration materials, and a description of the various stages and processes involved in a typical semester from pre-registration preparations through posting the student's grades to the permanent record. To help fill the need for ready reference to methods used in various institutions across the nation, this study will present a history of the development and implementation of a punched card registration system in North Texas State College, with emphasis placed upon those areas of probable major interest to other colleges faced with a similar problem. The study will cover planning stages of registration materials, and will then present a a description of the various stages and processes involved in a typical semester from pre-registration preparations through posting the student's grades to the permanent record.
Date: January 1956
Creator: Harvey, Laurence Edwin
System: The UNT Digital Library
Job Evaluation as Used by Selected Concerns in Dallas, Texas (open access)

Job Evaluation as Used by Selected Concerns in Dallas, Texas

This study intends to discover the extent and use of job evaluation in selected business concerns in Dallas, Texas, and through this discovery to derive conclusions which may indicate current trends in the use of job evaluation in this section of the country.
Date: August 1950
Creator: Wright, Edwin E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Follow-up of Students Having Attended Draughon's Business College, Wichita Falls, Texas, During the Years 1946-1950 (open access)

Follow-up of Students Having Attended Draughon's Business College, Wichita Falls, Texas, During the Years 1946-1950

This study is made in that it may serve as a basis of guidance of the Draughon's Business College. This problem was selected in the hope that it might contribute something worthwhile to the administrators, teachers, placement directors, and students of Draughon's Business College, Wichita Falls, Texas.
Date: June 1951
Creator: Meador, Rowe Morgan
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparison of the Qualifications of Junior College Business Education Teachers in Texas with the Qualifications Desired by Junior College Presidents (open access)

A Comparison of the Qualifications of Junior College Business Education Teachers in Texas with the Qualifications Desired by Junior College Presidents

The purpose of this investigation was twofold, namely: 1. To determine the personal characteristics and qualifications of the junior college business teachers in Texas; 2. To determine how well these characteristics match the desired qualifications given by college hiring personnel--presidents.
Date: August 1954
Creator: Vail, Harold W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Production Control Systems of Nine Texas Shoe Manufacturers (open access)

Production Control Systems of Nine Texas Shoe Manufacturers

The general production control practices of the shoe industry are basically similar to the production planning of other small businesses in the consumer field. This study will reduce to concrete form the types of production control used by the shoe industry of Texas.
Date: August 1954
Creator: Worley, George Dow
System: The UNT Digital Library
Private Beliefs of America's Financial Analysts--1953 (open access)

Private Beliefs of America's Financial Analysts--1953

This study will furnish the reader with general and specific investment advice as taken from questionnaires sent to a group of men who specialize in giving investment and financial advice -- financial analysts.
Date: March 1954
Creator: Hansel, John
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis of Personnel Programs Currently in Use in Selected Texas Banks (open access)

An Analysis of Personnel Programs Currently in Use in Selected Texas Banks

It is the purpose of this study to survey and appraise the personnel programs currently in use in selected Texas banks.
Date: August 1954
Creator: Honea, Arthur A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of the Sales Growth for 100 Large Corporations (open access)

A Study of the Sales Growth for 100 Large Corporations

The purposes of this study are (1) an attempt to set up a standard of measurement whereby an investor can evaluate favorable or unfavorable sales growth of a particular company over a period of years, and (2) to provide a list of companies which have shown unusual ability to grow.
Date: January 1955
Creator: Vaughn, Donald Earl
System: The UNT Digital Library
Advantages of Marginal Costing as Compared to the Hour Rate or Normal Costing Now Used as the Basis of Price Determination in the Forms Division (open access)

Advantages of Marginal Costing as Compared to the Hour Rate or Normal Costing Now Used as the Basis of Price Determination in the Forms Division

This thesis is designed to emphasize and illustrate that marginal costing is a tool of management that can make clear the how, when, why, and wherefor of the price determining affect and its results.
Date: May 1955
Creator: Evans, Wayne W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Development of a Series of Objective Examinations for Cost Accounting by Adolph Matz, Othel J. Curry, and George W. Frank (open access)

The Development of a Series of Objective Examinations for Cost Accounting by Adolph Matz, Othel J. Curry, and George W. Frank

In order that the task of student evaluation will be simplified, that the final evaluations will be more accurate, and that instructors and professors in the field of cost accounting will have more time available for research and study, the purpose of this study is to make available a series of valid and reliable objective examinations to instructors and professors who adopt Cost Accounting by Adolph Matz, Othel J. Curry, and George W. Prank as a textbook.
Date: January 1953
Creator: Taylor, Glen L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Development of Industrial Management Curriculum for North Texas State College (open access)

Development of Industrial Management Curriculum for North Texas State College

This thesis will concentrate on a two-fold purpose: first, to determine whether an industrial management program at North Texas State College is justified; and second, to present a broad outline that will form a foundation upon which the content of such a program can be based.
Date: August 1950
Creator: Orr, Jack Kennedy
System: The UNT Digital Library
Employment Criteria of the Community and Recommended Business Curriculum for Frank Phillips College, Borger, Texas (open access)

Employment Criteria of the Community and Recommended Business Curriculum for Frank Phillips College, Borger, Texas

The purpose of this survey and study is to attempt the establishment of ways in which the business administration department of Frank Phillips College may help its students to prepare to fill the employment needs in the commercial offices of the area.
Date: August 1951
Creator: Ayers, Paul J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Human Relations Case Problems in the Aircraft Industry in the North Texas Area (open access)

Human Relations Case Problems in the Aircraft Industry in the North Texas Area

The specific purpose of this investigation is to compile selected case problems for use in teaching human relations by the case method. This investigation will include those case situations that involve many of the factors that cause differences of opinion and friction between individuals or groups. The cases selected are limited to those that actually became the subject of a grievance in the aircraft industry of the Dallas-Fort Worth area of North Texas.
Date: January 1954
Creator: McCauley, Jerome Brooks
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparative Study of the Experiences of both Companies and Unions with Stock Ownership Plans for Employees (open access)

A Comparative Study of the Experiences of both Companies and Unions with Stock Ownership Plans for Employees

The purpose of this study is to gain answers an opinions from both companies offering stock ownership plans for their employees and from unions who participate or have members that participate in plans. In order to obtain answers from both companies and unions concerning plans, this study describes broadly the types of plans that are now in existence. An attempt was made to determine the most popular features of stock plans from both company and union viewpoint, and where possible, to gain recommendations leading to the formulation of more efficient and more popular plans.
Date: January 1954
Creator: McClain, Frank W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis of the Correspondence-improvement Program at Great American Reserve Insurance Company Dallas, Texas (open access)

An Analysis of the Correspondence-improvement Program at Great American Reserve Insurance Company Dallas, Texas

A preliminary purpose of this study in the area of business communications was that of determining the status of correspondence improvement in stock life insurance companies in Dallas. However, the major purpose, which stemmed from the preliminary one, was to study intensively the approach used in Great American.
Date: June 1954
Creator: Brock, Luther A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Guides to Executive Job Evaluation (open access)

Guides to Executive Job Evaluation

This study will endeavor to point out, discuss, and objectify the more fundamental considerations basic to any investigation of the subject. In conjunction with the above aims, this study will include a description of the problems found in evaluating managerial positions and some of the ways these problems have been met.
Date: 1957
Creator: Donelson, John F.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Accounting for Self-Insurance--Theory and Practice (open access)

Accounting for Self-Insurance--Theory and Practice

This study is an investigation of the theoretical accounting viewpoints and the accounting procedures used in business practice for the origination and administration of a self-insurance program. The purpose of this study is to compare the correct theoretical accounting procedures for self-insurance planning with those used in practice today.
Date: August 1957
Creator: Saleh, John Thomas
System: The UNT Digital Library