Through observation of actual office practice, desirable attitudes, personal traits, and characteristics were discovered to be of paramount importance in the acceptable office employee. (CH/Author)

According to responses from 306 of 750 administrative support personnel, 126 used presentation graphics software, mostly PowerPoint or Harvard Graphics; 51.7% received formal training and 48.3% informal training; those with formal training used significantly more features of the software and produced more materials. (SK)

"Government Finances, Volume 4", contains six parts that encompass the entire range of state and local government financial activity in fiscal year 2001-02. They are: (1)Finances of Public School Systems; (2) Finances of Special Districts; (3) Finances of County Governments; (4) Finances of Municipal and Township Governments; (5) Compendium of…

A TAXONOMY IS AN ORDERLY CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM THAT PROVIDES FOR AN IDENTIFICATION OF RELATIONSHIPS. A TAXONOMY OF OFFICE ACTIVITIES FOR BUSINESS AND OFFICE EDUCATION WAS DEVELOPED TO PROVIDE SYSTEMATIC GUIDANCE FOR OBSERVING AND ANALYZING OFFICE ACTIVITIES, A COMMON LANGUAGE FOR DESCRIBING OFFICE ACTIVITIES, A BASIS FOR CONSOLIDATING DATA FROM…

Discusses technological developments, school role, curriculums, guidance and counseling, career training, effects of cybernation, and standards and evaluation. (DM)

In 2 experiments, the efficacy of motor imagery for learning to type number sequences was examined. Adults practiced typing 4-digit numbers. Then, during subsequent training, they either typed in the same or a different location, imagined typing, merely looked at each number, or performed an irrelevant task. Repetition priming (faster responses…

THE PURPOSE OF THIS GUIDE IS TO ASSIST THOSE INVOLVED IN ADMINISTERING VOCATIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS IN STENOGRAPHIC, SECRETARIAL, AND RELATED OFFICE OCCUPATIONS. IT OFFERS COURSES OF STUDY, TESTS, TEACHING MATERIALS, AND OTHER INFORMATION HELPFUL IN CONDUCTING PROGRAMS UNDER CURRENT FEDERAL LEGISLATION AT SECONDARY AND POST-SECONDARY LEVELS. THE…

Technology in business and industry is continually changing the activities performed in the office. New activities are emerging; others are increasing or declining in importance. This project was concerned with identifying high-priority, commonly accepted abilities which are presently emerging and increasing in importance in the office and with…

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…

BUSINESS EDUCATORS CONTEMPLATING CHANGES IN THEIR OFFICE MACHINES EQUIPMENT OR CURRICULUM AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL MAY USE THIS BIBLIOGRAPHY WHICH WAS DEVELOPED AS PART OF A RESEARCH PROJECT TO DETERMINE THE SPECIFIC NUMBER AND TYPES OF OFFICE MACHINES IN A TYPICAL BUSINESS COMMUNITY, THE TYPES OF EQUIPMENT THAT WILL BE PURCHASED WITHIN THE NEXT FEW…

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…