Difference between revisions of "Brigham Young University. Dept. of Business Education and Office Management"
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Revision as of 15:36, 22 September 2009
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. This department was created in 1956 and was headed by the following chairmen: Lars G. Crandall (1956), Edward L. Christensen (1957-58), Lars G. Crandall again in 1959.
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Description
Established: 1956
Abolished: 1959
Location: Provo, Utah (1956-1959)
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, beginning shorthand, shorthand dictation, intermediate shorthand, applied stenography, fundamentals of typewriting, intermediate typewriting, production typewriting, secretarial and statistical typewriting, transcription, advanced transcription and speed-building, expert shorthand, advanced expert shorthand and introduction to court reporting.
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Associated Units
Superior unit: Brigham Young University. College of Commerce (1956-1959)
Later unit: Brigham Young University. College of Business. Dept Business Education
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)
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