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Show ! rrr ... .n0AKtnnitv savs new dean UUoliico BY SHEKRILL GORDON Staff Writer Why would the director of the nationally-prestigious Bureau of Industrial Relations at the University Univer-sity of Michigan resign his posi-tion posi-tion and come to Utah? "I was looking for a ten year crusade," said George S. Odiorne recently appointed dean of the College Col-lege of Business at the University of Utah. "Utah offers lots of opportunity. op-portunity. I feel that the next great area of development will be in the Rocky Mountains, and it could very well be located In Utah." - 0 III - Dr. Odiorne said he plans sever-al sever-al changes in the College f Sua ness "The conventional busuiess ucts such as typing an " hand are being "At one time, u a peisu" out' "his intended maioch as engineering, he would transfer rcXge of Business -w has the same math reqements as engineering. Today, the CoUege of Business is not the school for drop-outs." o, . Three Levels of Study "There are now three levels of h,p College of Business: . -1 I executives to return excutive devetoP' mahle jevd was de vd to faculty in p' goals for fessional and ftgrj Coafer. the year, an Obje cti ence was scheduled "1, Dr-Tn ft6 anyone, purpose is notto .. DOr Ts rE it is to prompt programs. Rather w ourselves as a facuiry purposeful effort !n explaining the progr problem would be to compare the diversity to a train," he said. .For every one person on the throttle, there are 100 people on the brake. "Under the present system, the University is not making things happen, it is preventing things froThappening. There is no in-novation. in-novation. By contrast, in the Collet Col-let of Business for every one person on the brake, there are 100 people on the throttle. Resistance to change at the University is immense; im-mense; yet. students are highly desirous of change." University's Role In discussing the University's role in Utah's economy, Dr. Odiorne Odi-orne had several comments. "The University generates knowledge for the community. With proper development, Utah could turn into a community rich in social, culture and industrial enrichment. Utah has a great investment in-vestment in human capital. Educated Edu-cated people are economic assets. They can generate new ideas into assets and further economic development. de-velopment. "The University has a great potential po-tential and responsibility to develop de-velop 'softwart' ideas, skills, and brain power. "The one great disadvantage I notice in Utah is the,,( tahty ' Dr. Odiorne ' are too few enr: to security and not en , !; on given to develop business leadership K Dr. Odiorne hopes n, students won't stereo in business. "They ofe tellectual challenge. f "and the opportunity' 0( J alization that comes to w assume positions of bfcf ership. "Business is an exefc. productive career. We y'' lege of Business are J only the best students," Precious Expert,, Dr. Odiorne was directtr-Bureau directtr-Bureau of Industrial Rtvl Michigan for ten years' perience also includes with General Mills Inc., I can Management Assceife American Can Company He has taught manage economics at Rutgers tj York universities. He r; bachelor's degree from P-and P-and an MBA and Ph.D. York University. He also? on several boards ol fc-corporations fc-corporations and civic ins:; fully, Dr- odl' orne said, "Under "Un-der this program, the faculty outlined out-lined the objectives objec-tives they wished to accomplish this year in one or lined the objec -more of five S areas: teaching, research, writing, Dr. Odiorne executive devel executive development, adult education edu-cation and other special areas. Tans way, if a faculty mem-ber mem-ber wants to spend mis year con-centrating con-centrating on becoming a better teacher he will be free to develop teaC l' ,in without having along these lines witnoui to worry about the "publish or perish" syndrome. This program fncourages the faculty to excel by setting down definite plans and achieving specific goals. "Along the same lines, the college col-lege of business now has an effective effec-tive student council, Dr. Odiorne added. "They too have developed ! objectives they wish to achieve, their ideas have been accepted, and they are in the process of making the College of Business better through change. Improving the University Dr. Odiorne's personal theory of how to improve the University in general is based on decentralization. decentral-ization. "Big universities should be 'broken up into smaller units. There should be more decentralization. decentral-ization. Students are even becoming becom-ing aware that big universities are unmanageable, impersonal and soulless." Dr. Odiorne feels that decisionmaking decision-making power should be developed devel-oped at the lowest possible level. For example, a professor should have the power to change a grade without subjecting the student to the complicated process that is now used. "An effective analogy of the i |
