Guide to the Lucia Miree papers, 1978-1983

Descriptive Summary

Creator Miree, Lucia, 1950-
Title Lucia Miree papers
Dates 1978-1983
Identification MS 176
Quantity 1.0 linear feet (2 manuscript containers)
Collection Abstract This collection documents Miree's professional teaching career and consists of the syllabi, lecture notes, handouts, and other materials related to the Personnel Administration classes taught by Miree.
Historical Abstract Lucia Frances Miree was an Associate Professor of Management and the Director of the Graduate Program in Health Care Administration at Simmons College from 1982 to 1990.
Language Material in English.
Location Collection may be stored offsite. Please contact Archives staff for more information.

Information for Users

Access Restrictions

Collection is open.

Copyright Notice

Copyright for materials resides with the creators of the items in question, unless otherwise designated.

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Please contact the College Archivist with requests to publish any material from the collection.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item: description and date], Lucia Frances Miree papers, 1978-1983, MS 176, Simmons College Archives, Boston, MA, USA.

Acquisitions Information

Transferred to the College Archives from Department of Management storage in 1999

Accession number: 1999.070

Processing Information

Processed by Frances Maria Medina, November 1999

Supervised by Claire Goodwin and Joan Gearin

This collection guide was encoded as part of the LEADS project by Danielle Geller, July 2013


Biographical Note

Lucia Frances Miree was an Associate Professor of Management and the Director of the Graduate Program in Health Care Administration at Simmons College from 1982 to 1990.

Miree was born in Birmingham, Alabama in 1950. Miree earned a B.A. from Auburn University and her M.S. and Ph.D. from Florida State University. In 1986, she received her M.P.H. from Boston University. Her area of academic specialization was organizational communication and training. Prior to joining the Simmons College faculty, Miree taught business courses in the university systems of Kentucky, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts.

She was a member of the Administrative Management Society, the Association of Business Communication, the Massachusetts Public Health Association, the Academy of Management, and the Association of University Programs in Health Administration. Miree was also a Corporation for Public Broadcasting Fellow from 1974-1975. While at Simmons, she served as the faculty advisor to the Student Chapter of the Administrative Management Society.

See: Ready Reference File, Faculty List, and Faculty Biography: Miree, Lucia in the Simmons College Archives.


Collection Overview

The Lucia Miree papers, 1978-1983, document the professional teaching career of Lucia Miree, Associate Professor of Management and Director of the Graduate Program in Health Care Administration at Simmons College. This collection consists of the syllabi, lecture notes, handouts, and other materials related to the Personnel Administration classes taught by Miree.


Online Catalog Headings

These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.

Health services administration -- Outlines, syllabi, etc.
Health services administration -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- United States.
Health services administrators -- Education -- United States
Miree, Lucia, 1950-
Simmons College (Boston, Mass.) -- Faculty
Simmons College (Boston, Mass.). Graduate School of Management

Collection Arrangement

Collection is arranged into one series:


Detailed Description of the Collection

Series I: Personnel Administration, 1978-1983 (2 boxes)

This series is arranged alphabetically. The original folder subject designations were kept, and folder titles generally refer to the names of lectures and handouts. Duplicate folders were consolidated into one.

This series consists of the syllabi, lecture notes, handouts, and other materials related to the Personnel Administration classes taught by Miree. Topics include benefits, labor, training, and wage issues. Many of the documents are undated.

Box 1

  • Folder 1: Labor Management Syllabus
    • Folder 2: Organization Communication Syllabus
      • Folder 3: Personnel Administration Syllabus, Merrimack Valley College
        • Folder 4: Personnel Administration Syllabus, Simmons College
          • Folder 5: Personnel Administration Syllabus, Southeastern Massachusetts University, 1980-82
            • Folder 6: Administration of the Agreement
              • Folder 7: Administration Issues under Collective Bargaining
                • Folder 8: At the Bargaining Table
                  • Folder 9: Benefits
                    • Folder 10: Corporate Warning Policy
                      • Folder 11: Compensation Case Studies
                        • Folder 12: Discipline
                          • Folder 13: Discipline Case Studies
                            • Folder 14: Employee Selection for Training Case Study
                              • Folder 15: Employee’s Self-Ranking
                                • Folder 16: Employment Applications—Blank
                                  • Folder 17: Evaluation of Interview by Interviewee
                                    • Folder 18: Exams, 1982-1983
                                      • Folder 19: Health and Safety
                                        • Folder 20: Ideal Applicant List
                                          • Folder 21: Institutional Needs
                                            • Folder 22: Intern File, Stephen E. Olsen, 1982
                                              • Folder 23: Interviewer Evaluation Forms
                                                • Folder 24: Interview Planning Form
                                                  • Folder 25: Interview Questions
                                                    • Folder 26: Interviewee Rating Forms
                                                      • Folder 27: Job Analysis
                                                        • Folder 28: Job Analysis Exercise
                                                          • Folder 29: Job Application Example
                                                            • Folder 30: Job Description Examples
                                                              • Folder 31: Job Descriptions—Format
                                                                • Folder 32: Job Design
                                                                  • Folder 33: Jobs to Evaluate
                                                                    • Folder 34: Job Evaluation
                                                                      • Folder 35: Labor

                                                                        Box 2

                                                                        • Folder 36: Life Goal Inventory
                                                                          • Folder 37: Management Development
                                                                            • Folder 38: Managing Organizational and Personal Stress
                                                                              • Folder 39: Motivating Engineers
                                                                                • Folder 40: Organizational Development
                                                                                  • Folder 41: Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO) Literature
                                                                                    • Folder 42: Peer Evaluation
                                                                                      • Folder 43: Performance Appraisal
                                                                                        • Folder 44: Performance Appraisal Form
                                                                                          • Folder 45: Performance Appraisal Literature Review
                                                                                            • Folder 46: Performance Case Study
                                                                                              • Folder 47: Performance Systems, Problems, 1978-1980
                                                                                                • Folder 48: Personnel Overview
                                                                                                  • Folder 49: Personnel Research
                                                                                                    • Folder 50: Position Announcements
                                                                                                      • Folder 51: Pre-Employment Inquiry Quiz
                                                                                                        • Folder 52: Promotion, Transfer, Layoff and Discharges
                                                                                                          • Folder 53: Recruitment Sources
                                                                                                            • Folder 54: Resume Advice
                                                                                                              • Folder 55: Speech: Effective Performance Appraisals
                                                                                                                • Folder 56: Staffing
                                                                                                                  • Folder 57: Staffing—External
                                                                                                                    • Folder 58: Strike Threat Strategy
                                                                                                                      • Folder 59: Sup. Development Seminar
                                                                                                                        • Folder 60: Testing
                                                                                                                          • Folder 61: Training
                                                                                                                            • Folder 62: Training Survey, 1980
                                                                                                                              • Folder 63: Unions
                                                                                                                                • Folder 64: Union Demands Exercise
                                                                                                                                  • Folder 65: Wage Issues