The implications that word processing will have on management as a technique is discussed. The effect on secretaries, their skills, and how it will affect their jobs necessitates including word processing in planning curriculums for business education. (DS)

With the mass of paperwork which today's high-speed machines can produce, the job of filing and retrieving records and of records management is increasing in importance. Results of a follow-up of previous students in records management emphasize the value of such training in the preparation of future office workers. (Author/SC)

The author provides an actual game board to teach individuals interested in film careers how to deal with what he considers the two most important talents in film making--making contacts and raising money. (AK)

This study examined the extent to which student engagement is associated with a traditional assessment of student knowledge. In this study, ETS Business Major Field Test (MFT) scores were compared to student's self-reported survey responses to specific questions on the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE). Areas of the NSSE survey such as…

The author explains why she disagrees with the International Word Processing Association statement that "shorthand skill is becoming an archaic job requirement." (BP)

Clarifies Barnard's views on leadership, shows its similarity to some of Talcott Parson's ideas, and indicates its present significance, which lies in the distinction between morality and responsibility and in the stress given to the importance of morality in leadership as distinguished from technical, intellectual traits. (Author/IRT)

Western Nebraska Technical College held a seminar whose main function was to provide reinforcement in several areas of secretarial training for the students. (BP)

More typing related activities should be used by the classroom teacher. These include such varied activities as typing applicant blanks, proofreading, typing reports, and the purchase and servicing of typewriters. (BP)

GRADES OR AGES: Grades 9-12. SUBJECT MATTER: Tabulation. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: This guide is devoted to the typing of tables. An introductory segment indicating the steps for tabulation is followed by worksheets divided into the four parts of tabulation: main headings, subheadings, column headings, and columns. The worksheets…

Based on "Typing 2," Gregg's new second-year vocational typing book for high schools, this article discusses ways to use the textbook and what the teacher can do to support the spirit of realism, purpose, and efficiency that the author feels should dominate the vocational typing course. (TA)

Guidelines are provided for reducing superfluous production techniques and for concentrating instead on the principal objectives of personal use typing: (1) Development of student keyboard typing skill and (2) student comprehension of essential copy placement rules. (TA)

Suggestions are proposed for successfully incorporating dictation machines and tapes in the shorthand classroom. Particular emphasis is placed on the importance of providing students with an opportunity for preparation, questions, and learning the procedures in the traditional manner. Students should be given an opportunity to react to the new…