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
A Study of the Gainsville Junior College as it Compares with the Other Municipal Junior Colleges of Texas (open access)

A Study of the Gainsville Junior College as it Compares with the Other Municipal Junior Colleges of Texas

The problem undertaken in this study is a comparison of the Gainesville Junior College with the other municipal junior colleges of Texas. There are many ways in which this comparison could be made, but to attack the problem from every angle would involve too many problems. Therefore, only the instructional staff, the curriculum, the plant facilities, the extracurricular activities, and the costs to students in these junior colleges will be considered.
Date: 1950
Creator: Lucas, Lois Greer
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Survey of Accounting Majors at North Texas State College from 1944 to 1950 to Evaluate Their Academic Training for the Vocational Positions Now Held (open access)

A Survey of Accounting Majors at North Texas State College from 1944 to 1950 to Evaluate Their Academic Training for the Vocational Positions Now Held

"This study attempts to review informatively the status of graduates from the School of Business Administration in that period in which students have first been graduates with a major in accounting."--1.
Date: May 1950
Creator: Cunningham, John A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Operation of Centralized Purchasing for the State-Supported Institutions of the State of Texas and Selected States (open access)

The Operation of Centralized Purchasing for the State-Supported Institutions of the State of Texas and Selected States

The investigator made a study of the history, philosophy, method, and operation of centralized purchasing as it now exists for the state-supported institutions in the State of Texas and other selected states (New Hampshire, Montana, Michigan, Nebraska, and Minnesota).
Date: June 1950
Creator: Duckworth, Earl Mead
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
An Evaluation of the Business Writing Course at North Texas State College (open access)

An Evaluation of the Business Writing Course at North Texas State College

This study is an attempt to evaluate the Business Writing course at North Texas State College and to determine whether the course as it is now presented meets the needs and desires of the students.
Date: August 1950
Creator: Robertson, Mary Coston
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
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
A Study of the Retail Trading Area of Denton, Texas (open access)

A Study of the Retail Trading Area of Denton, Texas

"The purpose of this study is to find what information is available from secondary sources on retail trade areas and to assemble and analyze it so that the information will be of value to those interested in the economy of the area...the following general conclusions are drawn: 1. The Denton retail trade area is primarily agricultual. Indicators of this fact are so many and so definite that there is little doubt but that agriculture and the rural population of the area will affect, to a considerable extent all business activity. 2. In 1947, the Denton retail trade area was not highly industrialized. The trading center is not centrally located within the state of Texas, but several markets are a few miles away. A good supply of labor is available within the area. With the present trend toward decentralization of industry, these facts point toward an expansion of manufacturing in the trade area. 3. In 1948, retailing in the trade center and in the area as a whole indicates a strong retail trade center. 4. The fact that the retail trade center would be a good sampling area for companies introducing new products is indicated by the youth of the population …
Date: June 1951
Creator: Brooks, John M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparative Study of Odessa College, Odessa, Texas, with Business Colleges in the Odessa Area to Determine the Effectiveness of Training Received by Business Students (open access)

A Comparative Study of Odessa College, Odessa, Texas, with Business Colleges in the Odessa Area to Determine the Effectiveness of Training Received by Business Students

The potential college students of the Odessa area need to know which type of school best suits their personal needs. The area around Odessa offers the highest paid secretarial Jobs in the state, with some 500 oil and oil supply firms employing from one to fifty full-time secretaries, with salaries ranging from $200 to 4325 per month. The opportunities for accountants, bookkeepers and auditors in the Odessa area is unlimited, and they earn from 4350 to $450 per month. The Odessa area also employs approximately 30 business teachers. 1 The. high school graduate is often at a loss as to whether to take advantage of a business course in a private business college in Odessa or whether to study business administration for one or two years at the local junior college, either in preparation for a job or for additional education at another college or university. A great deal of time and money may be wasted if a potential student attends the school that does not fulfill his needs. In view of the above, the purpose of this study is to make comparisons between the two types of schools in an effort to determine the type of school most suited …
Date: August 1951
Creator: Woods, John C.
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
Gift-wrapping Methods in Selected Department Stores in the North Texas Area (open access)

Gift-wrapping Methods in Selected Department Stores in the North Texas Area

The study is limited to a survey of the gift-wrapping departments of selected stores in Dallas, Fort Worth, and Denton.
Date: August 1952
Creator: Curry, Betty Jeannette
System: The UNT Digital Library
Procedures and Methods Used by Dallas - Fort Worth Food Brokers in Securing New Accounts (open access)

Procedures and Methods Used by Dallas - Fort Worth Food Brokers in Securing New Accounts

The chief problem of this study was to analyze the methods used by food brokers in the Dallas - Fort Worth area and to determine the general policies which were followed by those brokers in the selection and procurement of those accounts which later proved successful.
Date: August 1952
Creator: Fouts, Theron Judson
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Evaluation of the Business Administration Curriculum at Panola County Junior College (open access)

An Evaluation of the Business Administration Curriculum at Panola County Junior College

The primary purpose of this study is to evaluate the business administration curriculum at Panola County Junior College, located at Carthage, Texas, to see how well it fits the needs of both the students and the businessmen in Panola County and the surrounding territory from which the college draws its students.
Date: August 1953
Creator: Conlee, Elaine
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of Denton's Shopping Goods Trade Losses to Dallas and Fort Worth (open access)

A Study of Denton's Shopping Goods Trade Losses to Dallas and Fort Worth

"The primary objective of this study was to determine the proportion of shopping goods trade Denton merchants are losing to other cities. A secondary objective was to find reasons for the loss of trade. Since Denton is within the trade orbit of Dallas and Fort Worth, special emphasis was placed on finding the percentage of trade going to these two cities...The major finding of this study is the indication that approximately 81 percent of Denton's retail shopping goods trade is actually done in Denton. "-- leaves 1,58.
Date: August 1953
Creator: Anderson, Roy C.
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
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
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 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
A Study of the Minimum Salary Commission of the North Texas Conference of the Methodist Church (open access)

A Study of the Minimum Salary Commission of the North Texas Conference of the Methodist Church

"This paper is limited to a study of a sample of churches receiving support from the Commission on Minimum Salary of the North Texas Conference of the Methodist Church. It is further limited to the phases of membership, budgets, World Service, and minimum salary. The period to be covered is the four years from June, 1949, to June, 1953, during which time the Commission operated under the same principles and officers."-- leaf 1.
Date: January 1955
Creator: Traster, Elden Douglas
System: The UNT Digital Library
Executive Compensation Practices of Twenty-Five Texas Companies (open access)

Executive Compensation Practices of Twenty-Five Texas Companies

The specific purpose of this study will be: (1) to find what factors determine the amount of pay that executives in twenty-five Texas companies receive, and how personal factors are ranked in setting their salaries; (2) to determine present and proposed utilization of formal job evaluation methods among the twenty-five Texas companies in setting executive salaries; (3) to find which methods of remuneration are used for executives of different levels in the twenty-five Texas companies; (4) to determine who has the final responsibility for the administration of executive salaries in the twenty-five Texas companies; and (5) to determine the means used in appraising executive merit or worth in determining salary adjustments while an individual remains in the same position.
Date: August 1955
Creator: Demetruk, Jack Fredric
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of the Shopping Goods Trade Flow from Lewisville, Lake Dallas, Sanger, and Valley View, Texas (open access)

A Study of the Shopping Goods Trade Flow from Lewisville, Lake Dallas, Sanger, and Valley View, Texas

"The purpose of the study is to determine the trading centers that receive significant amounts of shopping goods trade flow from the communities surveyed. The position that the Denton trading center holds as a source of shopping goods for households in these communities is compared with the postions held by some competing trading centers. This study is made in cooperation with the Denton Chamber of Commerce for the benefit of the merchants of Denton. It is based on a survey made in December 1953, by the Business Administration 470 (Marketing Research) class of North Texas State College."-- leaves 1, 58.
Date: August 1955
Creator: Robinson, David Charles
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