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Oregon Productivity Center Records, 1971-1988
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Oregon Productivity Center
- Title
- Oregon Productivity Center Records
- Dates
- 1971-1988 (inclusive)19711988
1981-1988 (bulk)19811988 - Quantity
- 1 cubic foot, (1 box)
- Collection Number
- RG 219
- Summary
- The Oregon Productivity Center Records document the administration and activities of the Center, established at Oregon State University in 1980 with funding from the Economic Development Administration to promote business productivity and efficiency among small and medium-sized Oregon businesses.
- Repository
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Oregon State University Libraries, Special Collections and Archives Research Center
Special Collections and Archives Research Center
121 The Valley Library
Oregon State University
Corvallis OR
97331-4501
Telephone: 5417372075
Fax: 5417378674
scarc@oregonstate.edu - Access Restrictions
-
Collection is open for research.
- Languages
- English
- Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Historical NoteReturn to Top
Having reported directly to the OSU President and the Dean of the Engineering School, the Oregon Productivity Center was established in 1980 with grant funding from the federal government through the Economic Development Administration (EDA). The Center was funded as a part of EDA's University Center Program and was one of several University-affiliated organizations nationwide to receive such grants. In its role of promoting and highlighting the issue of business productivity and efficiency among small and medium-size Oregon businesses, the Center conducted seminars on management, published a newsletter on productivity, and developed a management technique designed to measure business efficiency called Productivity By the Objectives Matrix (OMX). In 1988, after failure to secure the renewal of EDA funding, the Center disbanded.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The records of the Oregon Productivity Center are organized into 6 series. Series I consists of correspondence on the EDA (Economic Development Administration) University Center Program, productivity workshops sponsored by the Center, and Oregon small business development. Series II contains grant proposals submitted to EDA, the Oregon Economic Action Council, the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services, and other governmental agencies for funding of specific research projects and of the administrative operations of the Center. Included with the proposals are budgetary materials, correspondence, informational materials, articles, and reports.
Series III consists of manuals and reports from the EDA regarding procedural guidelines and requirements for the administration of University Center Programs. Series IV contains reports on the overall University Center Program, an assessment of the Oregon Productivity Center, and annual/semi-annual reports and work plans of the Center. Series V consists primarily of publications printed for sale and/or distribution by the Center which relate to the Center's work in business management and the Productivity By the Objectives Matrix (OMX) technique developed there. Series VI is a scrapbook containing correspondence and newspaper clippings dating from 1980 to 1984 and pertaining to the Oregon Productivity Center, its staff, and Oregon's economic climate.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Preferred Citation
Oregon Productivity Center Records (RG 219), Oregon State University Archives, Corvallis, Oregon.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
The records of the Oregon Productivity Center are organized into 6 series: I. Correspondence; II. Grant Proposals; III. Policies/Procedures; IV. Reports; V. Publications; and VI. Scrapbook.
Related Materials
Other documentation in the Archives pertaining to the Oregon Productivity Center can be found in the records of the Research Office (RG 170) and the Office of Academic Affairs (RG 22).
Separated Materials
Photographs that were included in the scrapbook have been separated from the paper records and retained in the Oregon Productivity Center Photographic Collection (P 238).
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Series I: Correspondence, 1979-1988Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Box | ||
1 | EDA (Economic Development
Administration) University Center Program |
1979-1981; 1985 |
1 | General |
1980-1983; 1986; 1988 |
1 | Productivity Measurement
Workshops |
1983-1984 |
1 | Small Business Development in
Oregon |
1985 |
Series II: Grant Proposals, 1979-1987Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Box | ||
1 | Challenge Grant: EDA
University Center Program |
1985 |
1 | To Establish a Program for
Productivity Improvement of Small Businesses (Oregon Economic Action
Council) |
1982 |
1 | Incentive Grant: EDA
University Center Program |
1986 |
1 | Initial Proposal for EDA
Funding |
1979-1980 |
1 | Materials for the Renewal of
EDA Funding |
1981-1987 |
1 | Oregon Promotion and
Marketing Fund Grant (Oregon Economic Development Department) |
1985-1986 |
1 | Sponsorship of the Primer
Newsletter |
no date |
1 | Taxonomy of Productivity
Measurement Theories
Proposal submitted to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
|
1983 |
1 | Value of Older Workers to
Small Business Productivity (U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services) |
1981 |
Series III: Policies/Procedures, 1971-1985Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Box | ||
1 | EDA: General Terms and
Conditions for Technical Assistance Grants |
1979, 1985 |
1 | Policy Guidelines for EDA
University Center Program |
1985 |
1 | University Center Program
Strategy |
1978-1980; no date |
1 | University Center Reporting
Requirements |
1971; 1982-1983 |
Series IV: Reports, 1981-1988Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Box | ||
1 | Annual and Six Month
Reports |
1981-1988 |
1 | Assessment of the Oregon
Productivity Center for EDA |
1983 |
1 | Availability of Funds in
Fiscal Year 1987 for Economic Development Assistance
Copied from the Federal
Register
|
December 19, 1986 |
1 | Status Report on the
Evaluation of the University Center Program |
1981 |
1 | Survey of OMX (Productivity
By the Objectives Program) Purchasers |
1988 |
1 | Work Plan for 1986
(Revised) |
1985 |
Series V: Publications, 1981-1986Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Box | ||
1 | Brochure on the Oregon
Productivity Center |
1984-1985 |
1 | Directory of Economic
Development Organizations (in Oregon) |
1984 |
1 | Primer Newsletter |
1981 |
1 | Productivity By the
Objectives Matrix (OMX) Handbook
photocopy of handbook included
|
1986 |
Series VI: Scrapbook, 1984Return to Top
Container(s): Box 1
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Business consultants--Oregon
- Industrial productivity--Oregon
Corporate Names
- Oregon Productivity Center
- United States. Economic Development Administration. University Center Program