In every situation, many factors are involved in the choice of a particular form of address and there is usually more than one acceptable form. The setting for this study is the office of the director of a large business organization. The focus is a description of address forms used by a person holding the position of director of a committee, an…

The publication is a bibliography which attempts to assist guidance and office education personnel in their task of securing relevant published career information. Depending on overall adequacy, three categories of the National Vocational Guidance Association (NVGA)--highly recommended, recommended, and useful--were used in rating each publication…

Although the use of electronic computers, and bookkeeping and calculation machines is expected to result in reduction in substantial numbers of office workers employed in routine jobs, occupational projections for 1975 indicate that clerical worker employment will rise at a significantly faster rate than total employment. (BC)

With office technology becoming more sophisticated and skilled workers harder to find, meeting personnel needs is a difficult task. In many cases, professional temporaries may be just the answer. (Author)

The court reporting profession has been around for a long time, and the opportunities for these highly trained professionals continue to grow. While most think of a court reporter as the person who reports legal proceedings in the courtroom, there are many other fields that require the expertise of a court reporter. Besides CART (computer-aided…

This teacher's guide provides instructional materials for students enrolled in office duplication practices (ODP) programs. It includes nine instructional units, eight of which center around occupations covering a variety of skills development. The ninth unit focuses on job success. Each unit of instruction consists of 10 basic components: overall…

Implicit in the human capital approach of 20th-century educational rhetoric in Australia was the belief that schools imparted vocationally useful cognitive skills beyond basic literacy and numeracy. These skills were believed to be transferable to the workplace and to increase the productivity of the individual to the benefit of society. For…

Phase I of a study was conducted to identify the basic mathematics competencies needed for job success in office occupations (14 job clusters). It also sought to determine the differences between employees' and employer/supervisors' perceptions of the degree of importance of mathematics skills for office occupations. Following a review of…

This catalog provides performance objectives and performance guides reflecting 101 tasks being performed by workers in the records management field. The catalog is based on a records management survey of 300 records management professionals throughout the United States and Canada regarding task performance. Following a list of terms used in…

This report concerns the training requirements of women workers arising from the introduction of new technology in the services sector of the Irish economy. Section 1 discusses the importance of the services sector as a source of employment for women workers. In Section 2, the structure of female employment in the services sector is explored with…

THE PURPOSE OF THE 3-YEAR PROJECT, BEGUN IN OCTOBER 1966, IS TO DESIGN AN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM TO MODIFY THE PERCEPTIONS OF URBAN DISADVANTAGED YOUTH TOWARD OFFICE WORK SO THEY CAN MAKE A SUCCESSFUL TRANSITION FROM SCHOOL TO OFFICE EMPLOYMENT, AND TO DEVELOP INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS FOR PREPARING OFFICE EDUCATION TEACHERS OF DISADVANTAGED YOUTH. THE…

With the announcement in 1964 by the New York State Regents that all 2-year colleges within the state system would be comprehensive, Nassau Community College expanded its offerings to include business career programs. Because of this commitment, the college decided to examine student attrition in the business program. A general review of the…

VARIATIONS FROM "STANDARD GREGG SHORTHAND" IN THE SIMPLIFIED EDITION WERE INVESTIGATED AFTER USE IN EMPLOYMENT TO DETERMINE INTERRELATIONSHIPS AND TO MODIFY AND REFINE THE "GREGG SHORTHAND SIMPLIFIED" PRINCIPLES AND PROCEDURES. SAMPLES OF SHORTHAND, WRITTEN BY WRITERS WHO HAD AT LEAST 2 YEARS OF INSTRUCTION IN "GREGG…

Discusses the emerging role of the word processor and the Word Processing Center within a business organization. (JS)