YOUR ASSIGNMENT IN ENGLISH 465

Your job in this course is to write a research paper on a topic in your major which can be used to make practical business decisions. You should rely heavily on the knowledge you have gained from the courses in your major. We will provide you with a list of possible topics given to us from professors in your various major areas. You are not restricted to these topics, but you are encouraged to work on these topics.

Research topics: Marketing, Management, Business Administration (Dr. Buhler)

Humor in the workplace

Business ethics

Organizational politics

Group conflict and resolution

Perception

Trends for the future workplace

Worker needs - What makes them "tick'

Flexibility in the workplace

Expatriate manager

Organizational structure and design

The "learning organizational"

Creativity and innovation as necessities in business

Attributes of a "good" manager

Masculinity vs. femininity traits in managers (or androgenous managers)

The multinational corporation today

Use of the strategic audit

Stakeholder management

Social responsibility

Corporate whistleblowing

Benchmarking

Quality management

Research Topics: CIS or MIS (Mr Stomieroski)

1) * Distributed computing

2) * Data Communications

- Internet

- Data compression

- Connectivity

3) Multimedia

4) * Database systems

5) * Operating systems

6) Scalable computing systems

7) * Open systems

8) Information Super Highway

Research Topics: Marketing, Management, Business Administration ()

A. New research techniques used to identify behavioral trends.

B. Learning models

C. Multi cultural marketing

D. American subcultures and their effects on domestic marketing strategies

1) Consumer behavior

2) Private labeling

3) Vertical marketing systems

4) Retailers' strength vs. Manufacturers' strength in channel system control and development

5)Global marketing strategies

6)Licensing

7) Wholesaling's role in the 1990's

8)Science marketing

9)Telemarketing

10)Electronic retailing

11) Micromarketing

12) Market nichers

13) The art of negotiating a sale

14)The value of personal selling in the 90's.

15)Minority representation in entrepreneurial pursuits. ( Women in marketing )

16)The movement from large corporate ventures to small business

-success of small business

-growth of franchising

Research Topics: Finance, Management, Business Administration ()

Major areas of academic finance:

Corporate

Institutions

Insurance

Investments

Markets

Real estate

Finance - General

The following is a compilation of the sub-research areas, many of which fall under one or more of the major categories above.

Research/ professional interest areas Main relation to

General areas

Agency theory *

APT / CAPM (Financial models) *

Bonds *

Capital Budgeting Corporate

Capital Structure Corporate

Commercial Banking Institutions

Computer / Info Systems *

Consumer finance *

Corporate restructuring Corporate

Cost of Capital Corporate

Dividend Policy Corporate

Financial Analysis *

Financial Education *

Financial Planning - Corporate Corporate

Financial Planning - Personal *

Futures/Options Markets

Insurance Insurance

International *

Investments Investments

Investment Banking Corporate

Leasing Corporate

Macro-finance *

Management of Financial institutions Institution

Market efficiency Market

Mergers Acquisitions Corporate

Mutual funds/Institutional investors *

Portfolio management Investments

Real estate Real estate

Regulated Industries Corporate

Risk *

Security regulation / exchange *

Small Business *

Statistical techniques *

Systems analysis/Design *

Valuation *

Working capital management Corporate

Research Topics: Business Communications ()

- Media influence in politics in the American culture

- Use of the media by terrorists

- The effect of globalization on communication skills of the American workplace

- Ethics and the media

- The impact of telecommunications on the print media

- Can the newspaper industry be saved ?

- Ethics in advertising

- Interactive television and its impact on educational

- Interactive television and its impact on the marketplace

- The use of subliminal messages by various sectors of the media

- The effects of audience-generated feedback on the media

- Methods for increasing cultural sensitivity and their effect on competitive marketplace

Research Topics: Marketing, Management, Business Administration ()

1. Gainsharing v. profit sharing - how effective are each ?

2. How are today's unions coping in an environment that is moving towards TQM principles ?

3. How has the Family and Medical Leave Act that took effect August 5, 1993 had an impact on businesses, especially smaller ones ?

4. 360 degree feedback as a performance review technique

5. Managing diversity in the workplace -

* What are some of the actual benefits that organizations have experienced ?

* How are organizations implementing this policy ?

6. Expert systems in business and industry - what are some recent applications ?

Research Topics: Administrative Management (Professor Lee)

Appraising the performance of office employees

Ergonomics

Salary administration

The telecommunications revolution in the workplace

The office environment : space, equipment, sound and lighting

The effects of staffing via temporary agencies

Computer piracy in the workplace

Research Topics: Accounting (Mr. Marsland)

1. A History of the governing boards of accounting

FASB and SEC

APB

GASB

2. Perspectives on accounting ethics

3. Accounting for post-retirement benefits (FASB and its benefits)

4. Accounting for capital leases v. operating leases

5. Accounting changes and error analysis (Use APB opinion #20 as main source)

6. Full disclosure in financial reporting

7. Compare governmental and private sector accounting (Include financial st. presentation under GAAP with the "Comprehensive Annual Financial Report" required by GSAB

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