The primary objective of the research was to investigate the mailing practices and filing methods in a computer support or administrative environment involving the resulting abuse of paper. In applied research, an exploratory investigation focused on selected higher education institutions in Gauteng with a structured questionnaire as measuring instrument. In the analysis and interpretations of the findings, correlation and cross-tabulation on all sets of variables determined whether any meaningful associations could be found. The investigation indicated that the war against paper abuse is not over by any means. Perceptions regarding a paperless office and assumptions that technology could assist organisations to combat paper abuse were unfounded, mainly because of a lack of guidance, training interventions and control measures. Consequently, follow-up research is presently conducted whereby models will be designed and implemented concomitant with specified computer software features in order to counteract the abuse of paper and facilitate the effective use of information and communication technology interfaced work processes and procedures. This article focuses only on the electronic mail and filing components of the investigation.

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Regency, a manufacturer of stationery and paper related products, invented a novel file, designed with many (from two to seven) intemal leaves or segments. This created an effect of having many files within a file -or "files within a file" concept. A patent was secured to protect the design and a trademark called "PIGGYBACK FILES" was registered. To determine the potential business opportunities, in terms of market share and profit that could be realised, Regency conducted a marketing survey with respondents from different industries and was encouraged by the findings, in that the inventive Piggyback file was well liked and found to be innovative, with highly functional features. It was now up to Regency to expedite and develop a marketing strategy to exploit the business opportunities. / Thesis (MBA)- University of Natal, 2003.

Thesis (M. Tech. (Office management & Technology)) -- Vaal University of Technology / The primary objective of this research project was primarily to investigate filing methods and mailing practices in the computer support or administrative environment with specific focus on the abuse of paper. The research design consisted of an exploratory investigation in selected Higher Education Institutions in the Province of Gauteng whereby a structured questionnaire was used as a measuring instrument. The investigation was sub-divided into two categories, namely, paper-based filing systems and mailing systems as opposed to electronic filing and mailing systems. In the empirical findings, analysis and interpretations, correlation and cross-tabulation were done on all sets of variables in order to determine whether any meaningful associations could be found. With reference to the title of this study "Combating the corporate paper war: optimising electronic mail and electronic filing", it has been proven that the war against paper abuse is far from over. Perceptions regarding a future paperless office and assumptions that technology such as the electronic mail facility and electronic filing could assist organisations to combat paper abuse were unfounded, due to a lack of guidance and control measures in the corporate environment. Consequently, it is recommended that an e-filing and e-mailing model be created and followed in conjunction with specified computer software features in order to counteract the abuse of paper. Follow-up research could focus on electronic filing methods versus scanning of documents for filing purposes.

In November 2002, the Securities and Exchange Commission released a final ruling regarding a filing requirement change. The proposed requiredment change was for domestic companies to file annual and quarterly reports within 60 and 30 days, respectfully. This requirement was recommended for companies with a market value of at least $75 million and would reduce by 30 days the time allowed to file these reports. The Wall Street Journal article announcing this proposal stated the change was an effort to address some of the problems arising from accounting scandals such as the Enron scandal of 2001. A potential added benefit of the SEC rule change might be a reduction in earnings management. The purpose of this study is two fold. The first part is to test the theory that earnings management takes time. The second purpose is to examine the question of market recognition of earnings management. Sloan (1996) and other researchers report that the market does not recognize earnings management in the long term. Xie's (2001) results suggest that the market over prices earnings management. Balsam et al. (2002) found the market reacted negatively to abnormal accruals. The current research study uses a larger sample including firms not suspected of earnings management and fails to confirm the Balsam et al. result. The findings of the current study suggest that the results of the Balsam et al. study are either the result of the data selection process used in that study or the data selection processs used by Balsam et al. controlled for other market fluctuations not included in the current study. The results of this study suggest a positive relationship between earnings management and the time to file annual reports. Thsi finding supports the theory that moving earnings management from a future period to the current period requires time. Thus, the SEC rule change to reduce the time to file annual reports should reduce a company's ability to manipulate earnings.

Thesis (D. Min.)--Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, 1987. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 344-355).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1970. / Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references.

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The focus of Master Thesis is on design and development of a web application. The application is used for archive and documents management in an organization. Thus, the main objective of the thesis is development of software for small and medium enterprises, which will help these organizations with their archives. Programming languages used in development phase are HTML, CSS, PHP jQuery and MySQL for database. The final software is universal and can be used in any organization.