Brigham Young University. Training and Development

The Training Department was organized in University Personnel Services in 1968 to provide supervisory training programs, safety promotion and reporting, special workshops, promotion of Management-by-Objectives program, conducting of employee attitude survey, preparation of a secretarial handbook, and publication of the employee newsletter, the “Communicator”. Its purpose was to bring about the maximum utilization of the University’s human and financial resources. Managers included: Nad Brown (1970-1971); Mark Stoner (1971-1979); Don Jay Brown (1979-1990); Rebeca Arciniega (1990-1993); Boyce A. Ator (1993-1996); Kevin R. Miller (1996-2003); Anna Wight (2003-2005); Dana Seager (2005-2009); Greg Danklef (2009- ).

Variant names

Training

Training Office

Training Department

Training and Safety Dept.

Training and Development Office

Organizational Development and Training

Training and Development Department

Training and Development Services

Professional Development

Description

Established: 1968

Location: Provo, Utah (1968- )

Functions

The Training Department provided supervisory training programs to employees of the University. They also assisted with safety promotion and development. It developed programs to teach productive and effective management to administrative personnel and efficient work techniques to staff employees.

Assets and Administrative Structure

Training and Development reported first to Student Personnel Services until the department settled and then to the Director of University Personnel Services. Since 1990, Training and Development functioned under the direction of the Managing Director of Human Resource Development under Human Resource Services. It was run by Managers until 2003 when it was run by a Coordinator, and then a Specialist from 2007, and then a Consultant from 2009.

Associated Units

Superior unit: Brigham Young University. Student Personnel Services (1968-1969)

Superior unit: Brigham Young University. University Personnel Services (1969-1989)

Superior unit: Brigham Young University. Human Resource Development (1990- )

Associated Archival Materials

Personnel Services (UA 580 box 2)

Sources

Brigham Young University Human Resource Development Records, 1969-1987: (Training and Development Department) (UA 1143)

Ben E Lewis Records and Correspondence, 1948-1980: (Training, variant name; Training Department, variant name; organized in 1968; functions: supervisory training programs, safety promotion and reporting, special workshops, promotion of Management-by-Objectives program, conducting of employee attitude survey, preparation of a secretarial handbook, publication of the employee newsletter “Communicator”) (UA 1326 box 18)

Office Handbook, ca. 1970: (Training Office, variant name) (UA 938)

Register of the Brigham Young University Human Resource Development Records, 1969-1987 via WWW, April 27, 2011: http://lib.byu.edu/EAD/XML/UA1143.xml (Organizational Development and Training, variant name)

Brigham Young University Personnel Services: box 1 (The Training Dept. developed programs to teach productive and effective management to administrative personnel and efficient work techniques to staff employees; Its purpose was to bring about the maximum utilization of the University’s human and financial resources) (UA 773)

BYU Telephone Directory, 1990-1991: p. 21 (Rebeca Arciniega)

BYU Telephone Directory, 1993-1994: p. 46 (Boyce A. Ator)

BYU Telephone Directory, 1996-1997: p. 44 (Kevin R. Miller, manager)

BYU Telephone Directory, 2003-2004: p. 37 (Anna Wight, coordinator; Professional Development, variant name)

BYU Telephone Directory, 2005-2006: p. 28 (Dana Seager, coordinator)

BYU Telephone Directory, 2007-2008: p. 52-53 (Dana Seager, Specialist)

BYU Telephone Directory, 2009-2010: p. 51-52 (Consultant for Training and Development: Greg Danklef)

Maintenance Information

Record ID: EAC-2011-00069

Creator: UPB