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ERIC Number: ED292969
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1988
Pages: 67
Abstractor: N/A
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: N/A
EISSN: N/A
PSI Postsecondary Model Curriculum for Office Careers.
Arnston, Joyce; And Others
This model curriculum guide for a two-year postsecondary office occupations course is intended to define and develop the knowledge, skills, and attitudes needed by office professionals to integrate the office resources of people and technology. The curriculum guide is organized in three sections. The introductory section describes the Professional Secretaries International (PSI) model curriculum and the organization of PSI, as well as providing an explanation of the project that developed the curriculum, an overview of the curriculum, and suggestions for adapting the model. The second section provides complete course descriptions for the first year. Courses to be included are keyboarding, document formatting, administrative support systems and procedures, fundamentals of business communications, information processing concepts and applications, document production/word processing, professional development, applied business communications, advanced word processing applications, and advanced information processing applications. The third section provides course descriptions for the second year. Courses include office supervision, office systems and technology management, and preparation for the Certified Professional Secretary examination. Each course description contains a rationale and overview, considerations, objectives, an outline of course content, and references. (KC)
South-Western Publishing Company, College Division, 5101 Madison Road, Cincinnati, OH 45227.
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: Professional Secretaries International, Kansas City, MO.
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A