The workbook has been designed to provide reference materials and practical applications for government clerical assistants. The objectives of the seminar-workshop are two-fold: (1) to provide the worker with the opportunity to refresh, update, and build his clerical abilities; and (2) to increase the worker's value as a clerical employee to his…

The general purpose of the occupational analysis is to provide workable, basic information dealing with the many and varied duties performed in the bookkeeping occupation. The document opens with a brief introduction followed by a job description. The bulk of the document is presented in table form. Eight duties are broken down into a number of…

This curriculum guide has been prepared to help teachers and school administrators in planning an adequate program in the business, office, and distributive education area. It also provides, for students and teachers, a new guide and outline of necessary groups of disciplines in their areas of interest. Information, methods, and techniques are…

This curriculum guide designed to assist business and office education teachers to better prepare adults seeking employment in office occupations contains seven units: (1) Career Opportunities in Business, 2 hours (general clerical, typing, stenography, job market, choosing a job), (2) Communications, 4 hours (what is communication, how and why we…

In this brief course outline are material and content designed to provide students with the knowledge and skills needed to act as receptionists in an office atmosphere. Functional duties--telephone calls, petty cash, simple typing jobs, making travel arrangements and appointments--compose the course content. Also provided: performance objectives…

The course will contribute to competency in all office occupations by equipping students with the basic skills needed to apply grammar, punctuation, capitalization, abbreviations, and number style to simple business communications. Offered as an elective, the course is intended for 12th grade students and has no prerequisites. Performance…

Designed to meet the job-related metric measurement needs of key punch operator students, this instructional package is one of three for the business and office occupations cluster, part of a set of 55 packages for metric instruction in different occupations. The package is intended for students who already know the occupational terminology,…

The guide is for the use of teachers in the areas of business and office occupations, grades 7-12. It focuses on recommended curriculum offerings and accountability levels for business and office occupations subjects and represents an effort to promote articulation and communication among the various educational settings in the State. The subjects…

The general purpose of the occupational analysis is to provide workable, basic information dealing with the many and varied duties performed in the billing and bookkeeping machine operating occupation. The analysis was written in general terms due to the diversity in bookkeeping machines on the market, increasing number and variation of the tasks…

This course familiarizes students with manual and mechanical data processing terminology, the cycle, the basic operations, and their relationship to these two systems. It includes a familiarization with the various devices, equipment, media, and typical business applications for each system. Included are performance objectives, the course content…

Designed to meet the job-related metric measurement needs of students interested in becoming clerks, clerk-typists, and typists, this instructional package is one of three for the business and office occupations cluster, part of a set of 55 packages for metric instruction in different occupations. The package is intended for students who already…

This business and office occupations curriculum guide organizes modules of instruction into the four career clusters: Stenographic and secretarial, clerical, accounting and data processing, and preprofessional. Each cluster is comprised of related learnings for entry-level positions in a variety of business and office occupations. Information is…

Designed for use in a self-paced, open-entry/open-exit vocational training program for receiving clerks, this curriculum guide is one of six for teachers of adult women offenders from a correctional institution. Module topic outlines are presented on nine topics: introduction to receiving clerk; modern receiving; when a shipment arrives; a system…

The guide opens with background information on the total career program and the school setting in which it will operate. Based on the general program philosophy of career development through exposure to the world of work, program descriptions for the occupational clusters of office occupations, child care services, health occupations, and…

The student manual contains eight sessions designed to help secretarial students improve their office management skills, through an analysis of their individual leadership abilities. The sessions are: (1) what it takes to succeed in a secretarial position, focusing on the characteristics of a good leader; (2) how to develop a sensible attitude…