A RESEARCH CONFERENCE WAS HELD TO ESTABLISH GUIDELINES AND PRIORITIES FOR NEEDED RESEARCH IN OFFICE EDUCATION. CONFERENCE LEADERS, SPEAKERS, AND PARTICIPANTS WERE DRAWN FROM STATE SUPERVISORS OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION, RESEARCH ASSISTANTS IN VOCATIONAL EDUCATION, TEACHERS SPECIALIZING IN BUSINESS EDUCATION, BUSINESS MANAGERS, LABOR LEADERS, AND…

This scope and sequence guide, developed as an introduction to a vocational office education program, represents an initial step in the development of a systemwide articulated curriculum sequence for all vocational programs within the Metropolitan Nashville Public School System. It was developed as a result of needs expressed by teachers, parents,…

This book explains how the use of video display terminals (VDTs) has been detrimental to women in the work force and has led to widespread health and safety problems. Chapter 1 discusses the development and scope of occupational illnesses associated with VDT work. Chapter 2 analyzes the power relationship between labor and capital in the office…

Because of prior research in office occupations at the local, State, and national level, the field of office occupations was chosen as the object for a procedural model for developing curriculum guides in all occupational service areas. Performance standards will be the basis for graduation from the programs. (AG)

The purpose of this survey was to present the views of the economy regarding the desirable vocational and personal qualifications of those working or preparing to work in office administration. From a list of Israeli businesses employing office workers, 60 were randomly selected and placed into one of four groups depending on the number of…

Deskilling of commercial and technical occupations in West Germany during the 1960s and 1970s was apparently a short-lived phenomenon. Since the 1970s, employers have adopted a skill-based modernization policy. Skilled administrative workers have used their qualifications as a means of influencing the process of work redesign. (SK)

This report is one of seven that identify major new and emerging technological advances expected to influence major vocational education program areas and to describe the programmatic implications in terms of skill-knowledge requirements, occupations most directly affected, and the anticipated diffusion rate. Chapter 1 considers technology as…

This report investigates the relationship between graduate satisfaction and graduate characteristics, courses, course outcomes, and provider. It uses results from the 1997 technical and further education (TAFE) Graduate Destination Survey (GDS) of 60,746 students who completed a course at a TAFE institute in 1996 and staff interviews. A glossary…

THE AUTHOR ANALYZED THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TRENDS IN JUNIOR COLLEGE EDUCATION IN GENERAL AND EDUCATION FOR BUSINESS IN PARTICULAR. ACCORDING TO COMMUNITY REQUIREMENTS, THE COLLEGE ADMINISTRATION CAN CHOOSE AND DEVELOP COURSE OFFERINGS SUCH AS THE FOLLOWING--(1) A PROGRAM BASED ON SPECIFIC NEEDS OF LOCAL BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY, (2) A TERMINAL…

This Administrative and Office Technology Occupational Competency Analysis Profile (OCAP) is one of a series of competency lists, verified by expert workers, that have evolved from a modified DACUM (Developing a Curriculum) job analysis process involving business, industry, labor, and community agency representatives from throughout Ohio. This…

Designed to update an original study conducted two years ago, this study questioned businesses across Wyoming about the job skills needed by persons graduating from high school and immediately entering the work force in office occupations. A questionnaire was sent to 210 businesses across the state, with a response rate of 62 percent (137…

One of four documents published by the Houston Independent School District for teacher use in developing a career awareness and education program, this document is separated into four parts. The first (15 pages) contains an overview of the entire program. Suggestions for classroom activities, grading, role of the teacher, time allotment, and…

Results of a research study indicate vocational students possess erroneous job-related information. Correcting these misconceptions while accepting the notion that vocational accounting competence includes knowledge of office information and possession of personal business traits, as well as office skills, is the teacher's responsibility. (AG)

The National Conference on Secretarial Training, called by the United States Bureau of Education in cooperation with Boston University, was held at the College of Secretarial Science Saturday, October 27, 1923. The conference was attended by 120 delegates, representing Massachusetts, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Illinois, New York, New Jersey, Rhode…