Archie Kleingartner

Founding Dean; Professor Emeritus of Management and Public Policy at Luskin School of Public Affairs

Recalled Emeritus Professor at UCLA Anderson School of Management

Schools

  • UCLA Anderson School of Management
  • Luskin School of Public Affairs

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Biography

Luskin School of Public Affairs

Dr. Kleingartner is Professor of Policy Studies and Management and the Founding Dean of the UCLA School of Public Policy and Social Research. He has been on the faculty of UCLA since 1964. He chaired the committee that recommended and designed the UCLA School of Public Policy and Social Research and served as Dean during its first two years (1994 -1996). From 1997 – 1999 Dr. Kleingartner served as Chair of the UCLA Academic Information Technology Board (AITB), which set policy in the areas of computing and digital technology.

From 1975 to 1983, Professor Kleingartner served the nine-campus University of California System as Vice President for Academic and Staff Personnel Relations. During that period, he had responsibility for the human resources function for a workforce in excess of 100,000 faculty, management and staff. He was responsible for personnel policies, affirmative action programs, collective bargaining and employee relations, compensations and salary administration, training and development, the UC retirement system, employee benefits, faculty housing, conflict of interest, and information practices.

Professor Kleingartner founded the Human Resources Round Table (HARRT) at UCLA, a membership organization, in 1986. HARRT’s primary objective is to enhance the practice and teaching of management by fostering close ties between academic and human resources executives.

He is the creator and co-executive producer of a major CD-ROM and World Wide Web project entitled Global Windows: The Guide to Business Success — Japan (1997). The site is an authoritative guide for conducting business with the Japanese. A second website, Global Window: The Guide to Business Success – China s in development and scheduled to go online in 2002

Dr. Kleingartner’s publications have dealt with such topics as international human resources management, higher education, employee relations, management of creative professionals, cultural policy, and multimedia education in professional development.

SELECTED BOOKS & PUBLICATIONS

Flexible Production and the Transformation of Industrial Relations in the Motion Picture and Television Industry
Kleingartner, A. and Paul, A.  Industrial and Labor Relations Review 47, no. 4 (1994): 663-678.

Human Resource Management in High Technology
Kleingartner, A. and Anderson, C. Lexington, MA: Lexington Books, 1987.

Human Resource Management in High Technology
Kleingartner, A. and Anderson, C. Lexington, MA: Lexington Books, 1987.

UCLA Anderson School of Management

Archie Kleingartner is the former Director of the Ziman Center for Real Estate, Professor Emeritus of Management and Policy Studies at UCLA, and Founding Dean of the UCLA School of Public Affairs. In addition, he is the Founder and Chairman of the Human Resources Round Table (HARRT), and directs the US-China Initiative at UCLA that seeks to establish a research institute of excellence for the study of U.S.-China economic and business relations.

Dr. Kleingartner joined the UCLA faculty in 1964. He served as Chairman and Associate Dean of the Anderson School between 1969-71. During 1975-83, he served as vice president of the nine-campus University of California System. During 1992-93, he served as elected chair of the UCLA Academic Senate.  From 1997-1999 he was the first chair of the UCLA Information Technology Board regarding policy and governance for IT at UCLA.

He is the creator and director of a series of web-based research projects entitled "Global Windows: Guide to Business Effectiveness" that provide guidance and informational content on how to do business successfully with/in Japan, China, and California (US). Since 1999, he has been Chairman of Global Window Partners, Inc., an Internet learning company. 

Dr. Kleingartner has written on international human resources management, worker productivity, employee relations, management of creative professionals, and multimedia education in professional development and higher education. His current research is focused on the economic and business interactions between the United States and China, and effective use of information technologies for training and education.

Education

  • Ph.D. Industrial Engineering, 1965, University of Wisconsin
  • M.S. Sociology, 1962, University of Oregon
  • B.A. Sociology, 1959, University of Minnesota

Interests

Arts, CEO Succession, China, Emerging Markets, Employee-Management Participation, State Government, Human Resource Management, Japan, Professional Worker Bargaining, Recruiting

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