A list of terms allowing one to examine one's knowledge of the current state of affairs in office occupations and a listing of questions checking the reader's attitudes towards changes occurring in office technology allows business education teachers to prepare students for the office of the future. (CT)

The National Shorthand Reporters Association accreditation guidelines for court reporter internships are listed and discussed. In addition to these guidelines, it is suggested that a court reporter internship should teach professionalism and expose the students to computer-aided transcription. Coordinators should make use of advisory committees…

This personal account of how the author became a top executive in her job as an actuary includes a discussion of the educational and personal qualifications needed for the job. She notes that success in any job requires a good education, hard work, and a good attitude, and that one should determine if the level of attainment aspired to is…

Each of the five decisions discussed relates to curricular change that will influence the administration and supervision of business and office education. Distinctions between vocational and general education and between vocational and prevocational education are among topics discussed. Educators are urged to be innovative in implementing…

It is essential that the high school teacher provide instruction and experience that will enable the student to master the duties associated with the job of accounts receivable clerk. (MW)

The recordkeeping-accounting competencies in business education curriculums should be those needed by all prospective office workers, not just bookkeepers. A task inventory booklet (developed by the Vocational Technical Education Consortium of States) completed by incumbent office workers showed that some of the recordkeeping-accounting tasks…

A study of 427 univrsity accounting students was conducted to gain insight on student perceptions of career success factors and related data. Findings show that female students appear less confident than male students, and professionals in finance and accounting and students disagree significantly on the importance of various career success…

The clerical office practice curriculum can provide an important thrust toward the improvement of the learning-teaching goal in human development, where student experiences can become more meaningful and purposeful. Concern for maximizing student human potential as well as acquiring technical competence is the emergent goal of human development.…

Six suggested units for a records management course on the high school level and five teaching strategies for the course are presented, along with information about the Association of Records Managers and Administrators, and the course materials available from this organization. (MF)

Presents a flexible plan for scoring straight-copy timed typewriting in any typing class, secondary or postsecondary, which is particularly useful for classes where the students have varied backgrounds in typing. (MF)

Secretarial survival skills of communication, organization, and decision making should be incorporated into the secretarial training program, according to the author. She discusses these skills in relation to career mobility. (MF)

The individual typing teacher in the large urban high school can develop a program within the classroom to lessen the disinterest, resentment, and frustrations that lead to failure by: (1) determining objectives, (2) subdividing course content; (3) determining evaluation procedures, and (4) determining classroom management procedures. (MW)

Four of the real problems that recur in model office simulations are discussed by a teacher, and the methods she and her students have evolved to deal with them are presented. (AJ)