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Counseling the Troubled Employee
Personal problems can and do have a negative effect on employee performance and behavior in the workplace. Numerous studies suggest that the number of U.S. workers being negatively affected by personal problems such as divorce, drug abuse, marital discord, and poor health are on the upswing. For this study, in depth tape-recorded interviews were conducted […]
Owners’ Perceptions of Personnel Problems in Small Business
This study examines owners’ perceptions of the nature and frequency of personnel problems in small businesses. The results suggest that, while owners leave jobs as subordinates in order to secure independence and control, in their interactions with subordinates they have only limited amounts of these factors. The study concludes with four suggested explanatory factors and […]
Portfolio Constraints Versus Special-Effect Stock Returns
Investors with less than $200 million may receive higher than expected returns generated by the common stocks of small firms, by stocks with low price-earnings ratios, and by stocks neglected by large institutional investors. It is suggested that large investors do not receive these returns because of two constraints: a portfolio diversification constraint and […]
Compensating Balance Practices by Midwestern Banks
A compensating balance requirement is an arrangement between commercial banks and business customers whereby a customer must hold a deposit balance to compensate the bank for granting a loan, establishing a line of credit or performing certain services. This study presents the results of a survey of midwestern commercial banks regarding their practices with respect […]
Developing a Productivity Budgeting System
Reduction of unit product or service costs, even though many resource prices are increasing, has a high priority in many manufacturing firms due to competitive pressures from worldwide producers. Cost savings can occur when resource quantities per unit are reduced. This article describes an approach to formally recognizing productivity improvement goals in divisional and factory […]
Revitalizing Management: Education Survey Design For Relevance in Business Schools
A survey of employers and business school alumni was undertaken to ascertain the knowledge, skills, appropriate learning experiences and required attitudes and values considered fundamental to success in the business world and significant to curriculum design. Returns from 331 management graduates and 258 employers provided rank-order evaluations establishing similarities and differences in the views of […]
A Private Remedy for False Comparative Advertising
Comparative advertising first emerged in the United States in the mid 1960’s. Initially, it was proclaimed to be a new and powerful advertising tool. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) publicly encouraged the use of comparative advertising by their statements and by adopting a “hands off” approach to complaints from aggrieved competitors.
The U-Haul v. […]
Business-Government Relations: Attitudes of Involved Private Sector Managers
This paper looks at the current business-government relationship from the perspective of private sector managers who were involved in a cooperative business-government program. The attitudes of this participant group are considered in terms of three general themes in the business-government relations literature: (1) the government is the opposition, (2) the private sector is superior to […]
