BUSINESS EDUCATORS CONTEMPLATING CHANGES IN THEIR OFFICE MACHINES EQUIPMENT OR CURRICULUM AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL MAY USE THIS BIBLIOGRAPHY WHICH WAS DEVELOPED AS PART OF A RESEARCH PROJECT TO DETERMINE THE SPECIFIC NUMBER AND TYPES OF OFFICE MACHINES IN A TYPICAL BUSINESS COMMUNITY, THE TYPES OF EQUIPMENT THAT WILL BE PURCHASED WITHIN THE NEXT FEW…

These curriculum outlines are for administrator, supervisor, and teacher use in planning courses at local levels according to community needs and availability of facilities, equipment, and teaching time. The guide may also be used in developing and organizing courses for manpower development and training programs. The course outlines and other…

Discusses methods for reducing stress in the automated office. Recommends ways to teach stress reduction to office occupations students. (CH)

The rapid development of computer technology is changing the nature and content of office work and requiring new skills. One approach to this need for continuous training is the use of modules of employable skills, self-instructional learning packages tailored to individual needs and employment specifications. (SK)

Preparation for entry-level employment in today's dynamic business office that does not include at least an understanding of the overall word processing concept may be unrealistic. The author describes a word processing center, the equipment and the flow of work, and makes suggestions for career planning, training, and work experience. (Author/aJ)

INTERVIEWS OF 239 BUSINESSES OF THE BAY CITY STANDARD METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREA OF MICHIGAN PROVIDED INFORMATION ON (1) THE TYPE AND NUMBER OF MACHINES USED IN BUSINESS, (2) THE TRAINING DEMANDED BY EMPLOYERS FOR PERSONNEL USING THIS OFFICE EQUIPMENT, (3) THE EXTENT OF ON-THE-JOB TRAINING GIVEN BY EMPLOYERS, (4) THE IMPLICATIONS FOR VOCATIONAL…

The increased use of machine transcription in business and industry demands that business educators attract and train more highly skilled machine transcriptionists. Realistic production measurement and appropriate vocabulary should be taught to link machine transcription to word processing. (Author)

This pamphlet describes a course designed to give students mastery over the 10-key and full-key adding-listing machines in solving special business problems. With course guidelines, performance objectives, course content, learning activities, evaluative instruments, student and teacher resources, the course content seeks to develop occupational…

While business instructors are still teaching spirit and stencil duplicating processes, most businesses now use copiers or offset printing processes. The article discusses offset and copier skills needed by office workers, pointing out that the processes being taught should be compatible with those used in business. (MF)

The present and future office worker will always be confronted by the awesome task of keyboarding numbers. The introduction of the metric system and the use of the uni- and duodigit approach to keyboarding digits into number, which is described, may be combined to help make this an easier task. (CT)

THIS POST-SECONDARY PREPARATORY COURSE IS DESIGNED TO DEVELOP A HIGH DEGREE OF ABILITY IN OPERATING THE FULL-KEYBOARD ADDING MACHINE. TWENTY JOB SHEETS PROVIDE INSTRUCTIONS AND NUMBERED SPACES FOR RECORDING ANSWERS TO ASSIGNED PROBLEMS. THE REFERENCE IS "FULL-KEYBOARD ADDING-LISTING MACHINE COURSE," THIRD EDITION, BY AGNEW AND PASEWARK,…