Finding Aid for the Graduate School of Management. Administrative files of Robert Tannenbaum, Professor of the Development
of Human Systems.
1954-1975.
Finding aid prepared by University Archives Staff, 1987 April; finding aid revised by A.S. Beecroft, S. Luftschein, S. Roud,
2005 May; Katharine A. Lawrie, 2013 January; machine-readable finding aid created by Katharine A. Lawrie, 2013 June.
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©1987 April
Title: Graduate School of Management. Administrative files of Robert Tannenbaum, Professor of the Development of Human Systems.
Identifier/Call Number: University Archives Record Series 68
Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
0.4 linear ft.
(1 box)
Date: 1954-1975
Abstract: Record Series 68 contains the administrative files of Robert Tannenbaum, Professor of the Development of Human Systems. Files
regard the UCLA Graduate School of Management (GSM) dean selection, faculty evaluation and review, and planning activities
for new GSM programs and facilities. Materials include committee files, planning reports, and evaluations.
Creator:
Graduate School of Management.
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Historical note
The College of Business Administration at UCLA was founded in 1935, offering just six major fields for the BS degree, and
accounting and office management dominated the program. In 1939 it was authorized to institute a MBA program and the first
27 graduate students in business entered the university. The curriculum de-emphasized functional specialization, legitimized
research, and raised student qualifications. In 1950 the College was renamed the School of Business Administration. A doctoral
program was initiated in 1953 and in 1955 the graduate programs were used to form a graduate school of business separate from
the undergraduate school, named the Graduate School of Business Administration. Special agencies were then added to the graduate
school among them Western Data Processing Center (1956) and the Western Management Science Institute (1960). In 1961, a Master
of Science degree was added to the graduate school's curriculum, the school library was established, and the school moved
to a new building on Hilgard Avenue. Before the end of the 1960's the undergraduate school and its BS degree in Business Administration
were phased out leaving the Graduate school of Business Administration as the only source of business education on the UCLA
campus. In 1971 it was renamed the Graduate School of Management. A 15 million dollar donation by John E. Anderson allowed
the construction of the new Management Education complex, which opened in 1995. The present name of John E. Anderson Graduate
School of Management was bestowed on the school in 1987.
Robert Tannenbaum (1915-2003) was recruited in 1948 by Neil Jacoby, Dean of the College of Business Administration at UCLA.
Tannenbaum's first position was as Acting Assistant Professor and Assistant Research Economist. His last position was as Professor
of Human Systems Development. He served on various administrative committees and was actively involved in the search for a
new dean in the late 1960's.
Scope and Content
Record Series 68 contains the administrative files of Robert Tannenbaum, Professor of the Development of Human Systems. Files
regard the UCLA Graduate School of Management (GSM) dean selection, faculty evaluation and review, and planning activities
for new GSM programs and facilities. Materials include committee files, planning reports, and evaluations.
There are no records from the period 1955-1959.
This is an inactive Record Series; no additional University records are expected to be added.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Box 1, Folders 1-2
Dean of the School - Special Committee to Select a New Dean, General File.
1968-1969.
Box 1, Folder 3
Dean - Special Committee to Select a New Dean, Biographies of Candidates.
1968-1969.
Box 1, Folder 4
Dean H.M. Williams - "Philosophy & Thrust of Graduate School of Management."
1972.
Box 1, Folder 5
Departmental Task Force on Faculty Evaluation.
1960-1969.
Box 1, Folder 6
Departmental Task Force on Faculty Evaluation, Promotion and Development.
1974-1975.
Box 1, Folder 7
Establishment of the Graduate School of Business Administration.
1954.
Box 1, Folder 8
Evaluation of Dean Neil H. Jacoby.
1961-1962.
Box 1, Folder 9
Evaluations (External) of UCLA Graduate School of Management.
1962; 1965.
Box 1, Folder 10
Long Range Planning.
1964-1970.
Box 1, Folder 11
MBA Professional Degree Program.
1963-1964.
Box 1, Folder 12
Mission of the School-Comm. to Update & Enlarge Mission & Name of School.
1966-1967.
Box 1, Folder 13
Moving the School to the Business Administration Building.
1961-1963.
