This ideabook consists of activities and ideas to motivate students in various business education courses. Following an introductory discussion of general instructional approaches and motivational techniques, various business education subject areas are covered. Included among these are accounting, business communications, business English,…

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…

A study, part of a doctoral dissertation at Oklahoma State University, identified those clerical occupations that fall within the realm of the office assistant program. It also determined from employers major concerns and problems encountered in terms of employee performance in selected occupations. Phase I collected data from 22 instructors of…

This paper addresses the extent to which retraining and training programs are available for employed and unemployed adults. First, demographic and economic shifts and projections into the next century are discussed as the context for needed training. Second, the promise and positive impacts of new technologies in office and business settings are…

This handbook is designed to provide information to help teachers keep abreast of changes in word processing and to develop necessary teaching skills. The handbook is divided into two main parts: understanding word processing and teaching word processing skills. In the introduction the part word processing plays in the business scheme of a company…

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 wonders about the present status of Notehand in the business education curriculum. (AG)

Emma Dearborn originated the Speedwriting Alphabetic Shorthand in 1924. The system became well known in 1928 when it became the first shorthand system publicized for dual use in verbatim recording and selected notetaking. For the next 50 years, speedwriting was marketed in a franchise arrangement with proprietary schools. It became available to…

Research about office computerization and its relationship to age, gender, and level in the organization is relatively new, despite increased use of computers in the offices and the belief that employee perception of the technology may be crucial to achieving technological effectiveness. A study was conducted to identify factors of a construct…

Designed for use as a supplemental or primary teaching aid in a postsecondary office occupations class, this module on indexing personal, business, and other names consists of an instructor's guide and a student activity packet. The instructor's guide provides general instructions for using a slide/tape presentation by an individual or in a group…

Supporting performance objective 62 of the V-TECS (Vocational-Technical Education Consortium of States) Secretarial Catalog, both a set of student materials and an instructor's manual on keeping a postage meter record book are included in this packet. (The packet is the fifth in a set of eight on performing mail activities--CE 016 912-919.) The…

Supporting performance objective 84 of the V-TECS (Vocational-Technical Education Consortium of States) Secretarial Catalog, both a set of student materials and an instructor's manual on typing memorandums are included in this packet. (The packet is the third in a set of fifteen on typewriting--CE 016 920-934.) The student materials include a…

Supporting performance objective 82 of the V-TECS (Vocational-Technical Education Consortium of States) Secretarial Catalog, both a set of student materials and an instructor's manual on typing file folder lables and mailing labels are included in this packet. (The packet is the fourth in a set of fifteen on typewriting--CE 016 920-934.) The…