Records of the School of Business Administration (1962- )

In 1959 Oakland University’s School of Business was a small liberal arts business program in the College of Arts and Sciences. By 1963 it had become a Department of Economics and Business Administration and in 1969 the School of Economics and Management. It changed to its current name, School of Business Administration, in 1983. In 1971 the school launched its first master’s program in business, the Master of Science in Management, which became a Master in Business Administration in 1980. Since then the school has diversified its programs and enrollment. In 1988 it obtained accreditation from AACSB-International. The school has moved several times in its history. Since 2000 it is in Elliott Hall, which received its name from major donors Nancy and Hugh Elliott.

The School of Business Administration collection is a composite collection of materials that have been transferred to Archives over time from the School or found in other collections in the archives. It contains administrative files, curricular and program information, as well as various publications and events announcements and brochures.

Box 1

- Administrative files

Accreditation
Application for Initial Accreditation by the American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business (June 1986)
Application for Initial Accreditation by the American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business (June 1987) 
Application for Reaccreditation by the American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business (June 1993)
Team Visit Report:  Maintenance of Accreditation Review (Oct. 2008)

Advisory Boards
Accounting Advisory Board (1992-1993)
Board of Visitors (1992-1993)
Board of Visitors Fall Meeting, Oct. 19, 1998

Annual Reports 
Department of Economics and Management (1968-69)
School of Business Administration Accounting and Finance Department (1993-94)
School of Business Administration Accounting and Finance Department (1996-97) ¹

Assembly Minutes, 1980

Constitutions
Constitution of the School of Economics and Management (1970)
Constitution of the School of Economics and Management (Ratified Apr. 17, 1978; Amended Oct. 30, 1978)
Constitution of the School of Business Administration (1989)
Constitution of the School of Business Administration (1997)
Constitution of the School of Business Administration (2008)

Establishment of a business program at OU, 1962

Graduate Policy Committee
Agendas and Minutes (1973-1974)

Memos, 1970-2000

- Curricular and Program Information Files

Goals and Philosophy  for a School of Economics and Management, Jan. 15, 1969

Program Proposals
Master of Science in Management (1972)
Master of Accounting Degree (1995)
Executive MBA in Health Care Management (1998)
Executive MBA Program in Beirut, Lebanon (1999?)
Financial Information Systems Major Proposal (2001)
Master of Science in Information Technology Management (2000)
Bachelor of Science in Business Economics (2003)
Bachelor of Business Administration (with a major in Economics) (2003)
Bachelor of Science in Operations Management (2006)
MBA in Environmental Management (1993?)

Student Course Evaluation Guide

Box 2

- Publications

Brochures

Computing on the SBA Network manual

Elliott Hall brochures

Newsletters ²
Applied Technology in Business
Business Smarts
Family Business Newsletter
International Economic Letter
Oakland Business: the Magazine of the School of Business Administration
SBA Advisor
SBA Special Report
SBA Update:  a Publication for the Alumni of the School of Business Administration
SEM Update: a Publication for the Alumni of the School of Economics and Management
OASIS: Oakland Accounting Students Information Society

- Events

Anniversary  40th Anniversary Celebration , Oct. 2009

Business Forum programs  (1986,1988, 1991, 1994)

Events folder

Oakland Accounting Students Information Society

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Notes

1. Other SBA annual reports can be found in the O’Dowd and O’Bear papers:
1969-70. School of Economics and Management  (in O’Dowd & Obear Papers)
1970-71. School of Economics and Management  (in O’Dowd & Obear Papers)
1971-72. School of Economics and Management  (in Obear Papers)
1972-73. School of Economics and Management  (in Obear Papers)
1973-74. School of Economics and Management  (in Obear Papers)
1975-76. School of Economics and Management  (in Obear Papers)
1978-78. School of Economics and Management  (in O’Dowd Papers)

2. Some newsletters can also be found online in OUR@oakland.
Insight, a print newsletter mailed to SBA alumni, partners and friends twice a year, is also available online.

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Collection arranged and inventoried by Linda Hildebrand - updated by Dominique Daniel - 05/13/14