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
Salary Administration of College Faculties (open access)

Salary Administration of College Faculties

The purpose of this thesis is to explore the salary levels of college faculty.
Date: August 1953
Creator: Frazell, Melba James
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study to Determine Criteria for Predicting the Success of Less than "C" Average Transfer Students in North Texas State College. (open access)

A Study to Determine Criteria for Predicting the Success of Less than "C" Average Transfer Students in North Texas State College.

An important problem in the field of education is determining the criteria by which academic success of students can be predicted. This study sets up criteria for predicting the success of a comparatively small group of students, those who have attended one or more other colleges and have made less than a "C" average in all subjects attempted at those other colleges before enrolling at North Texas State College.
Date: August 1953
Creator: Honea, Robert Lynn
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
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
Reactions of Regular Personnel to Junior Executive Training Programs in Selected Oil Companies (open access)

Reactions of Regular Personnel to Junior Executive Training Programs in Selected Oil Companies

This thesis has as its primary purpose determining what, if any, resentment toward junior executive programs may exist among regular or "old" employees of a selected group of petroleum companies in the Port Arthur, Beaumont, and Port Neches area of Texas. At the same time, measures taken in these companies to cope with the problem will be studied and appraised.
Date: August 1952
Creator: Lumbley, John H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Annual Average Prices of Veal Calves at Chicago Compared to Annual Average Weekly Earnings of Employees in All Manufacturing Industries, 1900-1951 (open access)

Annual Average Prices of Veal Calves at Chicago Compared to Annual Average Weekly Earnings of Employees in All Manufacturing Industries, 1900-1951

This study traces the annual average prices received per hundredweight for veal calves at the Chicago market and the annual average weekly earnings of employees in all manufacturing industries. The period of time covered by the study is 1900 to 1951.
Date: August 1952
Creator: McClung, William S.
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
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
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
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
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
A Distributive Education Display Manual (open access)

A Distributive Education Display Manual

The problem of this investigation is to prepare a merchandise display manual that can be used by the teacher-coordinator, students of distributive education, other trainees, training sponsors, and salespeople.
Date: August 1952
Creator: Edwards, Robert L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Organization of the Controller's Division, Dallas Assembly Plant of the Ford Motor Company (open access)

Organization of the Controller's Division, Dallas Assembly Plant of the Ford Motor Company

The purpose of this study was to conduct a case study of the controller function of one of the assembly plants, which is typical in organization and functions of all the assembly plants within the Ford Division. The Controllership of the Dallas Assembly Plant of the Ford Motor Company was studied, and its functions and relationship to management were shown.
Date: August 1955
Creator: McCullough, H. E., Jr.
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
A Survey of Programs for Developing Store Managers for Retail Shoe Chain Organizations (open access)

A Survey of Programs for Developing Store Managers for Retail Shoe Chain Organizations

The purpose of the study was to determine the practices of a selected number of chain shoe store organizations in training management personnel for their retail shoe outlets. The data secured from these sources will also be compared with the opinions of several authorities in the field of management to determine the extent to which the practices in actual use agree with those recommended.
Date: August 1955
Creator: Slater, W. B., Jr.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Union Attitudes Toward Job Evaluation (open access)

Union Attitudes Toward Job Evaluation

Because union attitude toward formal systems of job evaluation can make or break proposed or existing installations, the ferreting out of these attitudes is of utmost importance in achieving mutual understanding which is necessary for a successful program. The purpose of this study was to determine the consensus of unions toward job evaluation and to obtain some indication of just how wide the variation in attitude actually is.
Date: August 1956
Creator: Noe, Robert M.
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
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
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