Brigham Young University. College of Business
Dates
- Existence: 1959 - 1988
Biography
The College of Business (1959-1988) was the college relating to business administration at Brigham Young University.
The College of Commerce was renamed the College of Business in 1959. In 1979 it came under the administration of the School of Management, where it remained until it was dissolved in 1988. Between 1959 and 1979, the college was administered by the following deans and acting deans: Weldon J. Taylor, Bryce B. Orton, and Merrill J. Bateman.
The College of Business was originally organized to provide training for students to make an effective contribution to the stability and abundance of the economy in order to acquire economic self-reliance and personal satisfaction. Moreover, some of the objectives of the college included training in analysis, business operations, oral and written communication, and understanding human characteristics and social aspects of business.
The College of Business was the administering body for the following departments: Accounting, Business Education and Office Management, Business Management, Economics, Statistics, Business Education, and Organization Behavior. The college was administered by a dean under the direction of the president of the university.
Citation:
Brigham Young University organizational history project website, viewed Jul. 26, 2011 (College of Business; established 1959; previously the College of Commerce; came under the administration of the School of Management, 1979; dissolved in 1988; administered by the following deans and acting deans: Weldon J. Taylor, Bryce B. Orton, and Merrill J. Bateman; organized to provide training for students to make an effective contribution to the stability and abundance of the economy in order to acquire economic self-reliance and personal satisfaction. Moreover, some of the objectives of the college included training in analysis, business operations, oral and written communication, and understanding human characteristics and social aspects of business; administering body for the following departments: Accounting, Business Education and Office Management, Business Management, Economics, Statistics, Business Education, and Organization Behavior. The college was administered by a dean under the direction of the president of the university)Found in 61 Collections and/or Records:
Photograph of William F. Edwards
Point Four Program correspondence, 1951-1955
BYU correspondence, 1951-1955; U of U correspondence, 1951-1954.
Point Four Program files on Iran, 1950-1960
Includes personal correspondence, published and unpublished writings, instructional materials relating to his administrative assignments which included U.S. Point Four Program in Iran, the Destiny Fund, and planning a new building for the College of Business.
Point Four Program personnel files, correspondence, memos, travel information, 1951-1960
Personnel files, including correspondence.
Point Four Program reports, 1953-1960
Efficiency reports, monthly reports, and completion reports.
Point Four Program shipping and travel information, 1951-1956
Security forms, applications, rosters, correspondence, memos, travel information, packing and shipping files, local departure instructions, regulations, procedures, financial and cost information, etc.
Point Four Program subject and financial files, 1950-1956
Program correspondence, memos, policies, procedures, rosters, summaries, reports, maps, and newsletters; files for the Nepal Project and the Iran Project, foreign policy breifing, applications, contract information, contracts and amendments, fiscal information, payroll information and claims, salaries, annual/sick/sabbatical leave information; files of the Utah Extension, Educational Exchange, and S.A. Levant Express Transport, personnel files, etc.
A. Smith Pond collection
Collection includes reports, minutes, correspondence, recommendations, objectives and evaluations concerning higher education, educational programs, general education information, bibliographies, school curriculum, and economic education, committees, associations, curriculum, and superior students.
School of Management dean correspondence
Contains correspondence about the International Executive of the Year award, the Management Society, the Executive Lecture Series, employees, and the National Advisory Council.
Skaggs Institute files, undated
Brochures