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Name and location of repository
Beschrijvingsniveau
Collectie
Titel
Jean P. Lesperance papers
Datum(s)
- 1948-1967 (Vervaardig)
Omvang
4 Boxes
Naam van de archiefvormer
Biografie
Jean P. Lesperance joined the University of Miami faculty in 1947. He taught management courses and later served as the director of the Time and Motion Study Laboratory. Beginning in 1952, Lesperance directed a series of annual Time and Motion and Management Conferences, sponsored by the University. These meetings attracted students as well as numerous local and foreign business executives. In addition to teaching, Lesperance lectured at several other universities. He also served a management consultant for industries in Canada, the United States, Cuba and Haiti. He held a position as director of the North American Cigarette Manufacturers, Inc., served as President of the American Institute of Industrial Engineers, and joined several professional organizations including the Florida Academy of Science and the Society for the Advancement of Management. Lesperance wrote a book entitled Economics and Techniques of Motion and Time Study, and many of his articles appeared in technical journals.
Content and structure elements
Bereik en inhoud
The Jean P. Lesperance Papers consist of correspondence, articles, book manuscripts, and newspaper clippings relating to the merging field of management studies. Lesperance joined the University of Miami faculty in 1947and taught management courses. He later served as the director of the Time and Motion Study Laboratory.
Ordeningstelsel
SERIES I: CORRESPONDENCE, dated 1955-61.
Includes letters, memoranda, programs and schedules relating to the Annual Time and Motion and Management Conference held at the University of Miami from 1957-61. Other correspondence concerns the Master's program in management, university memos and letters, consulting work, and invitations to speak at other universities.
SERIES II: WRITINGS
Contains articles, copies of Lesperance's book, notes, thesis for the Ph.D. in political science and notes and course outlines.
SERIES III: TOPICAL FILES
Contains several student papers from Lesperance's management course, miscellaneous newspaper clippings, and memos and outlines relating to the job evaluation program.
Conditions of access and use elements
Voorwaarden voor raadpleging
This collection is open for research.
Physical access
Technical access
Voorwaarden voor reproductie
Jean P. Lesperance Papers finding aid © 1993 University of Miami. Requests to reproduce or publish materials from this collection should be directed to asc.library@miami.edu.
Languages of the material
- Engels
Scripts of the material
Taal en schrift aantekeningen
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Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information
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Related archival materials
Lesperance, Jean Paul. Economics and techniques of motion and time study. Dubuque: W. C. Brown Co., 1953.
Two holdings in University Archives, and two holdings in the Otto G. Richter Library stacks.
Information about related materials is available at http://ibisweb.miami.edu/record=b1283118~S6