HERE TO ADVISE ON BUSINESS COURSE

Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31109, 12 July 1966, Page 18

HERE TO ADVISE ON BUSINESS COURSE

Professor F. G. Moore, of the Graduate School of Business Administration, Michigan, arrived in Christchurch last evening to advise the University of Canterbury on its proposed post-graduate diploma In business administration. After detailed investigation has been completed, a Sir James Fletcher chair of business administration will be set up. It is anticipated that the new course will begin in 1968. Professor Moore said similar courses first began in the United States in the 19205. Now all universities had schools, and businessmen had grown to accept the idea of graduates trained especially for a business career. Demand for such graduates now exceeded the supply. Average Age 25 Most of the students at the Michigan school had completed a degree in arts, engineering or other subjects, spent two or three years in a position, and then returned to university to complete a master’s degree in business administration. The average age of the students was about 25. They paid their own way through the school and received no assistance from the companies. The school also catered for established businessmen in the 35 to 40 age group who wished to bring their know ledge up to date. Short courses were held periodically for those who wished to stimulate their thinking about business methods. Professor Moore said there were about 34,000 students at

the University of Michigan. More than 1000 of these took a course in business administration. The department had a staff of 70, which included 40 full professors. One of the interesting areas of study in administration at the moment was a course in hospital administration, Professor Moore said. “There are about 20 programmes in the universities for this course in the United States,” he said. “To use a qualified doctor as an administrator is such a dreadful waste.” During his five weeks in New Zealand Professor Moore will meet the special advisory committee to the vice-chan-

cellor of the university and provide a report on the course. He will also study the structure of New Zealand business, meeting business leaders and visiting industrial undertakings in various parts of the country. About half of his visit will be spent in Christchurch. A diploma course has already been established at the University of Canterbury The new course will provide an option in industrial administration within the framework of the present course.