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Modern Problems and Practices of Management as Revealed in Selected Contemporary American Novels

Description: This study is an examination of the hypothesis that selected contemporary American novels offer vivid illustrations of modern problems and practices of management as seen in business and industry. Too often, university management courses treat management processes as isolated cases in limited and static settings. Novelists, on the other hand, treat these same processes in a broader context and often deal quite subtly and perceptively with everything from the mammoth corporation to the single pr… more
Date: May 1972
Creator: Ashley, Janelle Coleman 1941-
Partner: UNT Libraries
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A Systems Approach to Organization Design, Employing Minimum Required Coordination as a Design Parameter

Description: The purpose of the research effort was to investigate the relationships that exist between managerial functions and organizational structure with the specific objective of employing the managerial function of coordination as a design parameter in designing organizations.
Date: May 1972
Creator: Goff, Wayne Hulen
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Systems Implementation: a Gaming Approach

Description: The research objective is to demonstrate that a game-implementation process can serve as a means of solving some key implementation problems and for integrating the components associated with developing a quantitative based system. Thus, the study has the following objectives: 1. To demonstrate by means of a case study example that gaming can be successfully employed as a systems implementation tool. 2. To identify a game-implementation approach which would be useful in developing and implement… more
Date: May 1972
Creator: Davis, Kenneth Roscoe
Partner: UNT Libraries
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An Analysis of the Methods and Effectiveness of the Downward Flow of Communications at Texas Instruments Incorporated

Description: This study is for the purpose of identifying the flow of internal downward communication and its effectiveness in a particular large industry, Texas Instruments Incorporated. Specifically, the following questions are examined in this study: (1) Has information which has been sent down by top management been spread to all levels, and is it being understood? (2) Are employees at all levels receiving the information they desire and sometimes need for their work? (3) For different types of subject … more
Date: August 1972
Creator: Saunders, Gail S.
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Predictors, Correlates, and Consequences of Job Satisfaction in a University Library

Description: The problem with which this investigation is concerned is that of determining the predictors, correlates, and consequences of job satisfaction in a university library. A managerial model was constructed for the purpose of providing an overall framework of analysis. It was hypothesized, in the managerial model, that organizational effectiveness in any organization is linked closely to the concepts of job satisfaction and employee satisfactoriness. These two concepts, in turn, are closely related… more
Date: August 1972
Creator: Vaughn, William John, 1931-
Partner: UNT Libraries
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[News Script: Vineyards]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about issues between management and labor in California vineyards.
Date: October 11, 1972
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Vineyards]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about issues between management and labor in California vineyards.
Date: October 11, 1972
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Money]

Description: B-roll video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: May 6, 1977, 6:00 p.m.
Duration: 35 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Summary and Analysis of Cultural Resource Information on the Continental Shelf from the Bay of Fundy to Cape Hatteras: Final Report, Volume 4 -- Management

Description: This is the fourth volume in a four volume set on the study of archaeological and historical shipping on the Atlantic Continental Shelf. This volume focuses on management, methods, and materials for use in the study.
Date: 1979
Creator: Roberts, Michael E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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