Advocates forming clear policies in order to foster a mutually understanding business relationship between parents and family day-care providers. (CM)

The Three-Two-One Shorthand Program offered at Stephen F. Austin State University (Nacogdoches, Texas) is meeting and conquering many of the challenges that face today's shorthand program. The name is derived from the structure of the program: three levels of shorthand and two shorthand systems are taught during one class session. (HD)

Explains the International Computer Driving License (ICDL), an internationally recognized computer literacy training and certification program. Topics include standards, goals, and guidelines that have been developed at national, state, and local levels for elementary, secondary, and higher education; use in business; and the seven modules in the…

Discusses the benefits of presenting art professionals to gifted students through an artist-in-residence program. Describes how the program can enhance the art education curriculum by integrating skills from subject areas such as business, mathematics, and language arts when the artist presents the process involved with commissioned work. (CR)

The electronic commerce environment requires cross-functional managers who understand both information technology (IT) and business strategy. Disciplinary boundaries restrict the flexibility of business schools to provide cross-functional education and training. Schools must integrate IT with other disciplines. (SK)

A teaching technique is described in which the students were paid dollars for perfectly corrected production work and charged dollars for errors in typing and proofreading. (Author/BP)

ISP (Individualized Self-Pacing) is a program in operation in the business division at Fullerton College, (California), which allows not only for individualized instruction and self-pacing progress but free entry at any time during the semester. (Author)

This document identifies the information that should be included in a business plan, and in what order, to make it an effective management tool and an effective tool to communicate a proposed or existing company's strengths and potential to potential financiers. Following an introduction, the document explains the following sections of a business…

The Career Business Skills Program objective is to establish an educational program capable of producing employable graduates who possess those skills, knowledges, and attitudes necessary to enter and make progress in an entry-level position in an office career. (BP)

Supporting performance objectives 57 and 66 of the V-TECS (Vocational-Technical Education Consortium of States) Secretarial Catalog, both a set of student materials and an instructor's manual on processing regular outgoing mail and locating zip codes are included in this packet. (The packet is the second in a set of eight on performing mail…

Supporting performance objective 58 of the V-TECS (Vocational-Technical Education Consortium of States) Secretarial Catalog, both a set of student materials and an instructor's manual on processing outgoing bulk mail are included in this packet. (The packet is the third in a set of eight on performing mail activities--CE 016 912-919.) The student…

Supporting performance objective 64 of the V-TECS (Vocational-Technical Education Consortium of States) Secretarial Catalog, both a set of student materials and an instructor's manual on placing postage on metered reply mail using a postage meter are included in this packet. (The packet is the sixth in a set of eight on performing mail…

Two techniques are described in helping business education students understand the causes of change in the amount of working capital and cash flow from operations. (Author)