Human resources executives (83 responses from 380) strongly recommended 11 and recommended 46 end-user skills for business graduates. Core skills included use of keyboard, mouse, microcomputer, and printer; Windows; Excel; and telecommunications functions (electronic mail, Internet, local area networks, downloading). Knowing one application of…

The objective of this study was to determine employers' perspectives of employees' personal financial literacy. Executives rated credit card use and budgeting as the most important personal financial literacy skills that employees should have. They stated that strong personal financial literacy skills allow an employee to focus on work activity…

Responses from 51 Fortune 500 training and development executives identified 28 information technology skills strongly recommended for business graduates. A similar 1995 survey identified only 11 skills. The largest increase occurred in Internet/Web telecommunications and discipline-specific information systems. (Contains 31 references.) (SK)

Surveys of 21 chief executive officers and 1,565 business communication students found strong agreement in both groups' opinions of the importance of verbal and nonverbal communication skills. They disagreed in two areas related to oral communication and social sensitivity. (SK)

Business education teachers must continue to design relevant learning experiences for future secretaries, teachers, accountants, and managers. Alternatives to the current programs emphasize the need for better information about working conditions, job descriptions and employers' perceptions of what makes a successful employee. (JC)

Business personnel officers indicate that jobs available for low-achieving students are limited in number and variety, while most secondary schools do not have adequate specialized programs for vocational preparation of such students. (MF)

In a survey of 80 managerial and 130 entry-level computer professionals, most entry workers believed they possessed competencies identified in Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) curricula; most managers did not agree. Most managers rated 28% of ACM competencies moderately to not important; 63% were so rated by entry workers. (SK)

According to 106 usable responses from 600 chief executive officers, they want increased corporate input in collegiate international business programs; they prefer graduates with a solid business foundation and communication skills; and interpersonal skills were most important when hiring for international positions. (SK)

The findings evolved from questionnaires received from 204 firms pertaining to needed skills in spelling, typewriting, automatic typewriting, calculating machines, transcription machines, shorthand, and work processing, as well as to attributes of job attendance, cooperation, courtesy, telephone personality and appearance. (Author)

Small business managers rated the importance of 60 topics for a high school small business management/entrepreneurship course. Respondents (79 of 130) rated highest the topics related to management principles, human relations, and resource development. Computer/data processing and international business received low ratings. Significant…

Random sample of 26 (of 31) deans/faculty of business administration and 32 (of 41) business managers responded as follows: microcomputer applications needed more in 1995 will be electronic mail, bulletin boards, desktop publishing, and time management; word processing will be needed less; and business administration curricula do not currently…

Ratings of workplace ethics competencies by 67 educators and 43 industry representatives resulted in 34 competencies needed and used frequently by new workers. Educators rated 11 competencies higher than business reps, who rated 1 competency higher than teachers did. (SK)

E-commerce is a relatively new content area for business educators even though it includes a variety of business concepts such as marketing and desktop publishing. Whether developing a new course or integrating e-commerce concepts into existing courses, determining the topics that are important can be a challenge. This study sought to identify the…

Results of a survey of the 500 largest industrial corporations imply if the economy continues in a depressed state for one to three years, managers will expect more of beginning office workers both in specific skills and in attractive personal qualities; managers expect schools to be sensitive to these needs. (Author/BP)

Executive and middle managers from Tennessee industrial firms were surveyed to determine the educational qualifications needed by middle managers. Statistical analysis revealed the curricular areas which should be stressed by schools engaged in management education. (SK)