This collection of competency statements deals with the eight skill areas in which entry-level general office workers must have competence. Addressed in the individual sections of the volume are the ability to type, to use good business English, to perform business filing, to utilize business math concepts, to use office machines, to understand…

This guide outlines the basic, developmental, and extension skills that should be covered in practical arts courses (for grades 7 and 8) presented within the framework of agricultural, business, home economics, and industrial arts/technology education programs. The first section lists practical arts skills related to the following areas of…

This booklet is a brief collection of pointers for technology educators on how to establish productive partnerships with companies, parents, community groups, and other educators to help fund the growth of expanding technology education programs. Following sections on success stories, how partners help your program, and how your partners benefit,…

This publication contains worker task lists and supplementary information for five occupations in the business cluster: (1) microcomputer network technology; (2) customer service representative; (3) computer network administrator; (4) computer information systems; and (5) business manager. The task lists were generated through the DACUM…

This prospectus for a bookkeeping course is one of a series of business education position papers/curriculum guides developed for high schools in Connecticut to demonstrate that business courses can be used as part of an integrated academic and vocational curriculum. The guide is organized into the following six sections: (1) business department…

This document consists of a curriculum guide combined with separately published "simulations" and "test bank" volumes designed to support instructors using the curriculum guide. The curriculum guide was developed to provide instructional materials to teachers of microcomputer application courses in Texas. The guide contains the…

This instructor guide for a unit on business promotion in the PACE (Program for Acquiring Competence in Entrepreneurship) curriculum includes the full text of the student module and lesson plans, instructional suggestions, and other teacher resources. The competencies that are incorporated into this module are at Level 1 of learning--understanding…

Over 200 microcomputer software packages applicable to vocational education are listed. Most of the programs are available for the Apple, TRS-80, and Commodore microcomputers. The packages have been reviewed, but have not been formally evaluated. Titles of the programs with names and addresses of the distributors are provided. Telephone numbers…

This guide is intended to assist business education teachers in administrative support courses. The materials presented are based on the Arizona validated occupational competencies and tasks for the occupations of receptionist, secretary, and administrative assistant. Word processing skills have been infused into each of the three sections. The…

This activity guide is one of four supplements to be used with "Do You Read Me? Prevocational-Vocational Reading Development Activities" (ED 210 454). Each supplement deals with a different occupational category. Games, puzzles, and other activities are offered to aid in developing the word recognition, vocabulary, and comprehension…

This handbook combines in a single publication several sets of guidelines for separate competitive events sponsored by the Virginia Association of the Distributive Education Clubs of America (VA DECA). The handbook is organized to promote understanding of the relationships between the competitive events held on the national level and those…

This study guide, which includes the answers to student exercises included in it, is intended for use with the separately available entrepreneurship education text "How To Set Up Your Own Business." The guide includes student exercises and answers that have been designed to accompany chapters dealing with the following topics: deciding whether or…

A project was conducted in North Carolina to identify science competencies in three selected vocational programs: consumer and homemaking education, business and office education, and marketing and distributive education; to develop subcompetencies to reflect the science skills implied in the identified competencies; to validate the…

This guide outlines an information systems curriculum that has been developed for postsecondary institutions in Texas. The curriculum, which is intended to help students acquire the competencies necessary to function in automated offices in business and industry, includes the following core courses: computer business applications I and II,…

How a fictitious international corporation is used to train managers in comparative governmental and legal processes is described. Masters of business and public management students are exposed to the simulated operation of an international firm that integrates the economic, market, legal, and political environments of managerial decision making.…