1957
Melbourne Business School | Mt. Eliza Executive Education |
| | On his way home to take up the position, Sir Douglas Copeland visits the Administrative Staff College at Henley and invites Brigadier A.T. Cornwall-Jones (known as C.J.) to Melbourne. Arriving in 1957, CJ supervises the adaptation of the Henley course to Australia's needs and conditions. Sir Douglas Copland had been the foundation Dean of the Faculty of Commerce at the University of Melbourne. The Chair he held later became the Sidney Myer Chair of Business and Administration. Following a successful fund-raising drive led by Essington Lewis, the Mt. Eliza property is purchased for £250,000. Up to £5,000 of this is donated back to the college. The Mt. Eliza mansion, was originally built in 1888 for the Grice family, and was later owned by Ansett Industries. As at Henley, study is based on the assumption that each syndicate enjoys extensive work experience. Participants are divided into syndicates of four. For every subject, one member of the syndicate acts as chairman and another as secretary, organising and planning the detailed work of the group. There are five major groups of subjects:
Distinguished specialists visit each session. The second session, for instance, brought to Moondah, Sir Ian Clunies-Ross, chairman of CSIRO, his excellency Sir Dallas Brooks, governor of Victoria and Sir George Coles, chairman, G.J. Coles. Another frequent visitor is Jack Smith, CEO of PA Consulting, who later becamee Head of Melbourne Business School from 1973 to 1977. |
