Brigham Young University. Dept. of Business Education and Office Management

The Department of Business Education and Office Management was created with two general purposes in mind: to prepare those planning on teaching business subjects at the high school level and to train executive secretaries in office skills and management techniques. The creation of this dually purposed department was in response to the increasing demand for graduates in the business field. Established in 1956 it was headed by the following chairmen: Lars G. Crandall (1956), Edward L. Christensen (1957-1958), Lars G. Crandall (1959), Edward L. Christensen (1960), and Richard D. Bell (1961-1963).

Variant names

Brigham Young University. College of Commerce. Dept. of Business Education and Office Management

Brigham Young University. College of Business. Dept. of Business Education and Office Management

Brigham Young University. Business Education and Office Management Dept.

Description

Established: 1956

Abolished: 1964

Location: Provo, Utah (1956-1964)

Functions

The Department of Business Education and Office Management was responsible for the teaching of courses on the classes of basic classroom procedures, secondary curriculum and participation, secondary student teaching, fundamentals of business education. It was also responsible for the teaching of courses that focused on general office management including the classes of calculating machines, basic office procedures, machine accounting, records control and office machines, directed office experience, office management, business English, business report writing, shorthand, applied stenography, typewriting, secretarial and statistical typewriting, and transcription.

Assets and Administrative Structure

Brigham Young University. College of Commerce. Dept. of Business Education and Office Management.

Brigham Young University. College of Business. Dept. of Business Education and Office Management.

Associated Units

Superior unit: Brigham Young University. College of Commerce (1956-1959)

Superior unit: Brigham Young University. College of Business (1959-1964)

Earlier unit: Brigham Young University. Dept. of Secretarial Training (1956)

Earlier unit: Brigham Young University. Dept. of Business Management (1954-1956) (1956)

Later unit: Brigham Young University. Dept. of Business Education (1964)

Sources

Brigham Young University, 1975: v. 4, p. 494 (names of chairmen from 1956-1959)

Brigham Young University Annual Catalog, 1956-1957: p. 165 (purpose of creating the department) p. 167-170 (list of courses)

Maintenance Information

Record ID: EAC-2009-00285

Creator: RSP