Date of Graduation
5-1966
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration (PhD)
Degree Level
Graduate
Department
Management
Advisor/Mentor
Robert D. Hay
Committee Member
Darrell L. Spriggs
Second Committee Member
Walter B. Cole
Keywords
Management practices, management principles, college fraternities, social fraternities
Abstract
This research tested the hypothesis that the better managed are social fraternities, the more successful they will be. The stated purpose of the study was to provide information to answer the following questions: 1) To what extent are selected management practices and principles utilized by college social fraternities? 2) Is there any significant relationship between the adherence to these managerial principles and practices and the degree of success achieved by the fraternities studied? Research design. Success was measured in comparative terms—how well the fraternity being studied ranked when compared to the other groups with which it competed. Six criteria were selected to serve as the basis for ranking: size, scholarship, rush results, initiation rate campus leadership, and campus opinion. The writer defined management in terms of six managerial functions—determining objectives, planning, organizing, actuating, coordinating, and evaluating—and identified 33 management practices to serve as a measure of the extent to which these functions were performed.
Citation
Muse, W. V. (1966). An Inquiry into the Possible Relationship Between the Success of a Social Fraternity and its Adherence to Business Management Practices and Principles. Graduate Theses and Dissertations Retrieved from https://scholarworks.uark.edu/etd/3544
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