Describes use of the Lester Hill Office Simulation, a program taught at the Tishomingo County Area Vocational-Technical Center in Mississippi. A fictitious company which provides students with the opportunity to gain realistic office experience in a classroom setting. Suggested ideas and optional activities can be used by teachers as a starting…

This guideline is intended as a resource for instructors who are teaching an office procedures course. This course offers closure for all students completing a scope and sequence in the business education program--accounting, secretarial, office services, and related areas. The stated purpose of the course is to prepare a secondary learner for…

NINE COMPLETED TRAINING PLANS ARE SHOWN EXACTLY AS THEY WERE SUBMITTED BY THE TRAINING AGENCIES THAT DEVELOPED THEM. TRAINING PLANS INCLUDE THE SUBJECT OFFERINGS, AREA TO BE COVERED IN EACH SUBJECT, DAILY AND WEEKLY TIME BLOCKS, AND THE NUMBER OF HOURS ALLOWED FOR EACH SUBJECT. THE TRAINING AGENCIES AND OCCUPATIONS PLANNED FOR INCLUDE (1) FRESNO…

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)

While disadvantages of machine shorthand do exist, advantages must be closely examined by businesses wanting to increase office productivity. (JOW)

The sentence The secretary began the memo requires specifying what event the secretary began, because the memo does not refer to an event. McElree, Traxler, Pickering, Seely, and Jackendoff (2001) and Traxler, Pickering, and McElree (2002) found evidence from both self-paced reading and eye-tracking that such sentences caused processing…

Reviews several specific ways in which office practice simulations can be measured and evaluated, including the salary theory; evaluation of ability to establish priorities and make decisions; evaluation of work produced; and publisher evaluations. (LRA)

Intended to assist teachers, guidance counselors, administrators, and supervisors in helping students become aware of employment and career opportunities in business and office occupations, this manual contains a variety of business and office education recruitment materials. Discussed in the introduction are creating an image for business and…

The guide for coordinators of cooperative office education in Virginia, the work of 138 coordinators participating in 36 in-service workshops, describes specific steps for developing and using training plans in cooperative office education. Five short chapters discuss the what and why of training plans, development and use of model training…

In a study of five midwestern firms, 182 employees from three organizational levels were interviewed concerning: office costs concern, employee productivity, performance appraisal, training, utilization and development, and selection practices. Selected findings for each area are discussed as they relate to business education, indicating a need…