Business management study committee for Illinois;

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T he Business Management Study Committee for Illinois
was appointed in May of 1966 by Governor Kerner to
review the general business practices of various agencies of
the executive branch. State law and governmental policy
were not within the scope of the Committee, nor were the
legislature and judicial branches of government.
Studies similar to that performed in Illinois had previously
been performed in Ohio and in Wisconsin, and were very
well received. The ground work for the Illinois study was
performed by the MS Committee of the Illinois Society of
CPAs. Then, in February, 1966, a Chicago newspaper ran a
series of editorials highlighting the work done in Ohio and
Wisconsin. The last editorial concluded with the challenge for
Governor Kerner to create such a committee within the State
of Illinois. On the basis of the editorials and the work done
by the Illinois Society and a meeting held early in March,
1966, between Governor Kerner, Mayor Daley, and repre­sentatives
of the newspaper and the Illinois business com­munity,
the committee was created.
Committee Structure
The Business Management Study Committee itself was com­posed
of eleven leaders in the business community of the State
of Illinois. They were men at the presidential and chairman-of-
the-board level of their respective companies. The chairman
was a partner in a national public accounting firm who is a
recognized expert in state and local accounting.
The Committee work was performed by a task force of 51
volunteers from various businesses in Illinois. The executive
director of the task force was a recently retired partner of a
national public accounting firm. Many of the men who vol­unteered
for the task force were very prestigious individ­uals.
Included among them were the chairman of board of a
medium-sized company,- partners, managers, and supervisors
of public accounting firms,- vice presidents and department
heads of large companies; and individuals at the controller-ship
or assistant controllership level. Task force members
served for varying periods ranging from two weeks to four
months. Their salaries and all expenses were paid by their
employers. (Five task force men were hired from small CPA
firms in Illinois at 70% per diem rates.)
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