ONE OF A 16-UNIT SERIES DESIGNED TO HELP TEACHERS PREPARE POSTSECONDARY STUDENTS FOR AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY OCCUPATIONS AS PARTS MEN, MECHANICS, MECHANIC'S HELPERS, AND SERVICE SUPERVISORS, THIS MODULE AIMS TO DEVELOP AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE IMPORTANCE, METHODS, JOBS, AND JOB FUNCTIONS OF RETAIL AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY DEALERSHIPS. IT WAS DESIGNED…

ONE OF A SERIES DESIGNED FOR POSTSECONDARY-LEVEL PREPARATION OF MECHANICS, MECHANIC'S HELPERS, SERVICE SUPERVISORS, AND PARTS MEN, THIS COURSE UNIT AIMS TO HELP TEACHERS DEVELOP STUDENT KNOWLEDGE OF PARTS DEPARTMENT OPERATING PROCEDURES AND ABILITY TO FUNCTION AS A PARTS SERVICEMAN. IT WAS DEVELOPED BY A NATIONAL TASK FORCE ON THE BASIS OF…

This paper discusses the growing trend toward businesses in United States becoming multinational corporations, particularly in the Latin American countries. Specific attention is given to the skills needed by the organizational communicator in order to function in those settings. The paper presents a cross-cultural business simulation designed to…

There are a number of opportunities for communication experts to move into fulltime general management. The particular role that they can fill to advantage to themselves and to the company is as generalists with the abilities to analyze, balance points of view, be objective, present issues effectively, and retain a sense of values. Some skills…

The paper describes a project designed to develop and implement a computer based system to be utilized in the design and analysis of vocabulary-controlled dictation material. The system is based on the use of the 1,500 most frequently used words in business communications (as established by Mellinger), and words are coordinated with the theory…

The most important factor in the teaching of English is the establishment of a philosophy which serves as a guide for determining course content. At the two-year college level, there is a need to develop English programs and courses which are essential not only to the students but also to the business community in which a majority of the…

First-level supervisors from a cross section of business and industrial organizations provided evaluative and descriptive information about the immediate work group which each supervised. From this information, a model was built depicting first-level supervisory perceptions of behaviors which lead to work unit effectiveness. This model was…

These are the authors' personalized statements of how organizations function, how organizational excellence is to be judged, and how an organizational development effort can contribute to the achievement of such excellence. The book deals with the fundamentals of planned change as they apply to the corporation. It describes the principles and…

The instructor's guide provides a review for those preparing to take Part IV of the Certified Professional Secretary (CPS) examination. Course content can also help secretaries update their skills in accounting and business mathematics. Organized into lessons with objectives, content outline, and teaching suggestions and references, the units…

The course is designed to help the student qualify for employment as a typist in a legal office. Instruction is given to enable the student to prepare all types of legal documents, spell and use legal terminology correctly, and transfer legal information from one document to another. The course description includes: (1) equipment and supplies, (2)…

The course is directed to manual or machine shorthand students to aid in the further development of the ability to construct outlines under stress of dictation at 80 to 100 words a minute; to increase the student's ability in spelling, punctuation, and using proper grammar. Course content includes: (1) speedbuilding techniques, (2) drills, (3)…

Based upon Keith Davis's 1952 Ohio State doctoral dissertation on Episodic Communication Channels in Organizations (ECCO), further testing with ECCO methodology has found this analytic procedure to be basically sound, though it has expected weaknesses. Using a working situation as an example, surveys were taken to test the qualities of…

The report discusses the need for: housing management; a new doctrine of management; trained people; and incentives. Management recommendations are proposed. (For related document, see AC 014 028.) (Author)

A mini-course for ninth graders was designed to provide an awareness of skills needed to obtain jobs in business and of the kinds of jobs available. Some successful career exploration activities and some to avoid are described along with the process of gathering resource materials. (Author/MS)

This study of a Distributive Education Program in a predominantly black southern urban high school notes that the graduates of the vocational program enter jobs which ultimately may not be able to provide them with stable employment and job security and that these students would not pose much of a threat to their white classmates in competition…