Well the management circle suggests that we try something with an expected outcome, measure the outcome, and then adjust accordingly and try again. And so, examining the discussion site, I realize that much more structure is needed. A nod to Jordan McClary and a few others that have made contributions in 5130, others of you…

http://mh9.brownstone.net/classes/acct5130s090/ That link works! DLE

Well in the presentations at my symposium on Friday the book reps of course extolled the virtues of their various on line homework sites.  I pointed out to one rep that the problem is that students no longer are buying the high priced books bundled with the registration code.  And of course I was assured…

I have posted the outline of Deming’s fourteen points and seven deadly diseases.  I also gave you another handout on Deming and Jurel.  You can certainly google for other information, and I certainly recommend Mary Walton’s book on the Deming Management Method, ISBN 0 399 55000 3. I am not looking for a laundry list…

I mentioned the coming Pickup Wars in a recent post.  Well the country that gave us the Honda Civic and the Toyota Prius Hybrid has now gotten on the bigger is better bandwagon, at least in full sized trucks.  Check out the Toyota Tundra  at this link.  Relax ladies, I won’t be asking you questions…

Well that dictum seems simple enough, but Detroit often fails to do it.  And so Mike Jackson at Auton Nation is demanding Detroit pay attention.  He hired McKinsy to data mine what equipment customers want on which vehicles.  For example, what should be a $24K Chrysler Sebring covertible when optioned to $32K won’t sell, the…

Page A15 of the 2/7/07 WSJ contains an interesting take on hedge funds.  When for example does a fund become the very exchange it is chasing?  Fidelity Magellan got so big it could do little more than mimic the overall exchnage itself.  GE shred of the jet engines  is little more than a hedge fund…

Steve wants the music industry to remove DRM Digital Rights Management (rights for who I wonder) from iTunes and other sites, see WSJ page one 2/7/07.  After all CDs don’t have DRM and the music can be shared and played anywhwere, not so with download sites.  The record execs of course say this is all…

Our first topic in CcATS the Community College Accounting Teachers Symposium this February is internships presented by Harvey Zimmerman. One student writes in B/W that the Dumbest Decision she made was to take a part time internship while still staying in grad school. Well under or grad, her points are still valid. Click on Dumbest…

While Jim Rogers extols the Chinese  as great capitalists, the article by Ross  Terrell on page  A 17 of the Feb 6 07 WSJ reminds us that they are still communists.  Which is to say that like any dictatorial sociey, they throw anyone who disagrees in jail.  Mr. Terrell recounts that three intellectuals were jailed…