A workbook, designed to introduce students to office occupations, this manual provides general information about office-clerical positions and outlines the education and training necessary to enter the field. Part One, "What Are Office Occupations?" contains chapters on the careers of typist, file clerk, payroll clerk, stock clerk, office machine…

The document presents the final report of a study to measure and compare the satisfaction and satisfactoriness of office employees 18 months after graduation from model office, cooperative office education, and office procedures courses. Differences among the three programs on a number of job- and education-related variables were also…

Provides methods for assessing the need for adding word processing (WP) to the business curriculum, how to develop WP curriculum once the decision to add it has been made, and discusses necessary WP equipment. (NRJ)

This student activity kit consists of a programmed, self-instructional learning guide and an accompanying instructor's manual. Provided in the student guide are materials dealing with the following topics: word processing careers, local job demands for word processing workers, the history of word processing, work production, electronic…

The bulletin defines cooperative office work experience as an educational program, involving a working relationship between the school and the employer, which prepares students for selected office occupations. The benefits of providing work experience for students while still in high school and suggestions for implementing such programs are…

Presentation of microcomputer information and hands-on activities help students develop employable microcomputer skills and enhance the office procedures class. (JOW)

Describes a model secondary business education program that simulates an actual office. The program is for senior-level students and provides a transition for students from school to the workplace. (CH)

Provides evidence that points unequivocally to the need for a sharp reversal in the distribution of attention to stroking and production skills among typing trainees, for replacing the incorrect supposition about the underpinnings of stroking accuracy by the correct one, and for a far swifter move toward realistic production typing conditions.…

Describes a procedure in which students maintain daily records of the number of minutes available for typing per class and the number of usable lines of copy typed in that time. The method allows students to evaluate their own production work realistically. (SK)

Discusses how to help students set long- and short-term goals and lists techniques for managing time in order to accomplish these goals. (SK)

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…

States that the advent of word and data processing centers necessitates an integrated approach to business education curriculum. Describes how a typical word processing center should operate in a school as if it were situated in a large corporation or business. (NRJ)