An instructor's manual and student activity guide on payroll management are provided in this set of prevocational education materials which focuses on the vocational area of office occupations (accounting). (This set of materials is one of ninety-two prevocational education sets arranged around a cluster of seven vocational offerings: agriculture, home economics, distributive education, health occupations, world of work, trade and industry, and office occupations.) The instructor's guide is organized into the following elements: title of activity, duration of activity (four to eight periods), activity goals, five instructional objectives, related vocational clusters, and activity implementation (description, materials needed, teacher preparation prior to class, during the class, follow-up activities, and masters for duplication [e.g., daily time card, payroll checks, budget]). The student activity guide provides step-by-step instructions (narrative and illustrations) for completing each instructional objective (e.g., fill out a time card, fill out a payroll check). At the end of each set of instructions is a student check point (evaluation activity). Occupational descriptions for a chief payroll clerk and clerical payroll clerk conclude the document. (JH)