US Foreign Trade Legal Environment (pdf)

A short paper with a short history of foreign trade followed by an example of an attempt by a company to obtain trade protection from Japanese imports during the Reagan Administration.

Business Complexity (pdf)

A short paper looking at a history of the increasing complexity of business and how it has impacted business ownership, the development of the professional manager class, and the impact of complexity on the roles of business manager and business employee.

Turnaround Management
Paper(pdf) and
Presentation(pdf)

This paper and presentation were written for a cost accounting class. The subject is using computer simulation to learn the fundamentals of cost accounting. The computer simulation chosen was Sim City Classic. Learning accounting shouldn't be all boring numbers.

Photography Studio (pdf)

This paper was written for a managerial information technology class. It concerns selection of equipment for a small photography studio for a small antique business. It also spends some time on the processes involved in setting up and maintaining the Web site for Petticoat Lane Antiques.

New Product Development and Procurement (pdf)

This short paper was written for a Contracts and Procurement class. It is basically an investigation into the business trend of focusing on a set of core competencies and outsourcing other activities. This paper was written in the Summer of 1998 providing a possible strategy for Nortel Networks to pursue regarding changes to its New Product Introduction Process.

SW Costs of Defects (pdf)

This paper was written for a Cost Accounting class. It is an investigation into software defect reduction and elimination practices and the costs of such practices. The paper not only contains a survey of defect reduction methods and their effectiveness it contains data from a project that I was involved with as an assistant project manager.

Suggested Improvements to Using Small Teams (pdf)

This paper was written for an Organizational Behavior class. The paper takes a look at the introduction of small teams within Access Networks of Nortel Networks. Access Networks is changing from a functional organization to a projectized organization. The major issue faced by Access Networks, as well as most other technology organizations, is to increase the productive capacity of assets including people. Self directed product development teams have the possibility of doing so while providing an environment which encourages people development. This paper is the result of an exploration into what further changes may be needed at Access Networks to better utilize the productive capacity of the organization.