The purpose of the research project was to teach the management
of perpetual and periodic inventory systems to university students in
the field of food systems management through the use of a microcomputer
software program developed for this purpose. The objective
of the study was to determine the classroom simulation's effectiveness
in enhancing students' understanding of inventory systems
management.
The population sample consisted of 68 students enrolled in a
senior level food systems management course at Oregon State University.
Simple random sampling was used to divide the population sample into
two groups: an experimental group and a control group. All the
participants completed a pretest to measure existing knowledge of
inventory management concepts. This was followed by two fifty-minute
classroom educational modules on the management of perpetual and
periodic inventory systems in foodservice facilities. The members
of the experimental group participated in using the microcomputer
simulation program of food item inventory systems after the classroom modules. All the participants of the experimental and control groups
completed a posttest approximately three weeks after the pretest.
The difference in pretest mean scores between the experimental and
control groups was not significant (P [less than or equal to] .05) as determined by the
student's t-test. This indicated the two groups were similar to each
other in previous knowledge of inventory management. The difference
in posttest adjusted mean scores between the experimental and control
groups was significant (P [less than or equal to] .05) as determined by analysis of
covariance. Therefore, the microcomputer simulation was effective
in enhancing students' understanding of the management of the perpetual
and periodic inventory systems. / Graduation date: 1986
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ORGSU/oai:ir.library.oregonstate.edu:1957/27279 |
| Date | 01 May 1986 |
| Creators | Cloninger, Barbara J. |
| Contributors | Messersmith, Ann M. |
| Source Sets | Oregon State University |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis/Dissertation |
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