A survey of 152 employers and 140 nurse educators (28% from high managed care states) rated graduating nurses as competent in patient care but deficient in business-of-nursing competencies, although they considered the latter less important. However, employers in high managed care states were particularly concerned with business competencies. (SK)

Academic researchers are increasingly recognizing the potential of graduates to influence management decisions in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). This paper focuses on a detailed qualitative study which looked at graduates who had obtained employment in SMEs in the East Anglia region of England. It examines the skills, competences and…

Secondary career-technical education programs in Mississippi are faced with many challenges resulting from sweeping educational reforms at the national and state levels. Schools and teachers are increasingly being held accountable for providing true learning activities to every student in the classroom. This accountability is measured through…

Business managers are faced with complex decisions involving a wide range of issues--technical, social, environmental, and financial--and their interaction. Our education system focuses heavily on presenting structured problems and teaching students to apply a set of tools or methods to solve these problems. Yet the most difficult thing to teach…

This article provides an alternative approach to the daunting task of teaching business undergraduates a fundamental appreciation of the flexibility of the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) and the ability of the UCC to adapt to the needs of commerce by facilitating fair, efficient transactions. Paradoxically, we suggest using one of the most…

The New Youth Entrepreneur curriculum is a series of 12 youth-oriented educational modules containing instructional materials, learning activities, and checkup exercises designed to teach students key elements of entrepreneurship. This document is the seventh module, and examines the potential advantages and disadvantages of entering into four…

Traces average response to recession, beginning with the use of blinders to maintain the illusion of the good old days, through the belated realization to the ill-considered hysterical response. Then, of course, the business like approach. Presented in Williamsburg, Virginia, in May to the Potomac and Chesapeake ACAC. (Author)

The article considers: (1) three fundamental principles for measurement, (2) facts about typewriting and stenographic skills that bear on their measurement, (3) recommendations for testing in accord with those facts and with basic measurement principles, and (4) the establishment of standards and modes of scoring and grading. (Author)

Described are a few of the innovative typewriting courses offered by the New York City Board of Education designed to meet needs of the urban populace in the areas of business education. (Author)

Graduates of the Minority Business Development Program were surveyed in order to determine the extent to which the program gave them the experience and tools they needed to prosper in business. The results of the survey were presented at a hearing before the Congressional Committee on Small Business. Most of the responses from the graduates were…

Supporting performance objective 41 of the V-TECS (Vocational-Technical Education Consortium of States) Secretarial Catalog, both a set of student materials and an instructor's manual on maintaining office equipment are included in this packet. (The packet is the first in a set of fifteen on typewriting--CE 016 921-934.) The student materials…

Supporting performance objective 81 of the V-TECS (Vocational-Technical Education Consortium of States) Secretarial Catalog, both a set of student materials and an instructor's manual on typing business letters are included in this packet. (The packet is the ninth in a set of fifteen on typewriting--CE 016 920-934.) The student materials include a…

Supporting performance objectives 21, 25, and 26 of the V-TECS (Vocational-Technical Education Consortium of States) Secretarial Catalog both a set of student materials and an instructor's manual on specialized rules for alphabetical filing are included in this packet. (The packet is the second in a set of nine on maintaining files and a…

Supporting performance objectives 21, 25, and 26 of the V-TECS (Vocational-Technical Education Consortium of States) Secretarial Catalog, both a set of student materials and an instructor's manual on filing materials alphabetically by governmental rules are included in this packet. (The packet is the third in a set of nine on maintaining files and…