Application of the punched-card method to the statistical and accounting problems of Texas business as exemplified by representative case studies

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dc.contributor.advisorStockton, John Robert, 1903-
dc.creatorTraweek, Stella
dc.date.accessioned2023-02-01T00:02:08Z
dc.date.available2023-02-01T00:02:08Z
dc.date.issued1949
dc.descriptionThe modern punched-card method is a natural outcome of the increasing size of business operations. It is one of the children mothered by necessity, and necessity in Texas is great enough to warrant more use of punched cards than is made at present. It is evident, also, that progress is being accelerated in her industrialization and that her need for fast and efficient methods is increasing rapidly. Routine tasks and paper work of all kinds show signs of becoming an impeding burden. I have attempted here to set out-some of the observations I have made in a study of representative Texas businesses and to present some suggestions for improvement. I have found superlative enthusiasm on the part of the users of the punched-card method. Not only have they been universally cooperative in explaining the advantages of the method in their individual businesses, but it has seemed throughout my studies that they have a gospel they are anxious to preach for the good of their fellow workers with quantity records. Once the machines have been used with punched cards to prepare records, it is hard for the user to understand why everybody with any quantity or variety of record keeping does not adopt the method. When a new machine is offered to further shorten or simplify a troublesome process, some Texas users are quick to install and use it. The Texas Department of Public Welfare had the first check-writing collator in this part of the nation. Humble Oil and Refining Company installed one of the first IBM electronic multiplying punches. Yet there are many places in Texas business for profitable use of the punched cards where they are not being used. The most important fact that has been evidenced is the need for education in the use of the punched-card method -- formal education in the colleges and universities for future leaders in Texas business, on-the-job education for people in business who resist the use of the method because they do not understand its advantages. It is my hope that I have set out a picture of the punched-card potentialities in Texas that may assist in the progress of the State toward utilization of the best available devices for increasing speed, efficiency, and precision in keeping business records
dc.description.departmentBusiness Administrationen_US
dc.format.mediumelectronicen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2152/117379
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.26153/tsw/44260
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.relation.ispartofUT Electronic Theses and Dissertationsen_US
dc.rightsCopyright © is held by the author. Presentation of this material on the Libraries' web site by University Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin was made possible under a limited license grant from the author who has retained all copyrights in the works.en_US
dc.rights.restrictionOpenen_US
dc.subjectPunched card systemsen_US
dc.subjectTexasen_US
dc.subjectCase studiesen_US
dc.subjectBusiness recordsen_US
dc.subjectPunched-card methoden_US
dc.subjectBusiness accounting methodsen_US
dc.subjectBusiness statistical methodsen_US
dc.subjectPunched card machinesen_US
dc.subjectPunched card useen_US
dc.subject.lcshPunched card systems--Texas--Case studies
dc.subject.lcshBusiness records--Texas--Case studies
dc.subject.lcshBusiness enterprises--Texas--Statistics--Case studies
dc.subject.lcshAccounting--Texas--Case studies
dc.titleApplication of the punched-card method to the statistical and accounting problems of Texas business as exemplified by representative case studiesen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.type.genreThesisen_US
thesis.degree.departmentBusiness Administrationen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineBusiness Administrationen_US
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Texas at Austinen_US
thesis.degree.levelDoctoralen_US
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophyen_US

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