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Peer reviewedBarton, Shirley – Journal of Studies in Technical Careers, 1986
Word processing instructors and supervisors and correspondence secretaries were surveyed concerning their perceptions of correspondence secretarial competencies, training loci, job qualifications, and company training programs. Findings indicate that entry-level skills are most often learned in company training programs and advanced skills are…
Descriptors: Entry Workers, Job Training, Secretaries, Skill Analysis
Peer reviewedMoon, Harry R.; Weaver, David H. – Business Education Forum, 1984
The National Business Education Association Business/Industry Task Force conducted a survey of companies throughout the United States that hire large numbers of management-support employees in order to obtain information about current and future plans for office automation, particularly word processing. Survey results are reported as well as…
Descriptors: Business Education Teachers, Computers, Electronic Equipment, Job Skills
Heidary, Farhood; And Others – 1984
The validity of the Training Benefit Forecasting Method (TBFM) was studied in a Grammar and Punctuation Program conducted at Onan Corporation. The target population was composed of 10 workers who handled the document production in the organization's word processing center. Based on information gathered from the course instructor, participants, and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Education, Cost Effectiveness, Grammar
Walker, Sandra S. – 1980
In 1980, a study was conducted to determine the current status of word processing (WP) in Illinois in order to suggest ways to improve curricula in Illinois postsecondary schools. The study involved: (1) soliciting and evaluating WP textbooks and course materials from 9 textbook publishers; (2) requesting information from 14 WP manufacturers and…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Curriculum Development, Educational Needs, Electronic Equipment
Download full textMandon, Nicole – 1988
Based on 17 case studies in European Community countries and a literature review, this research project derives several findings--some of them contradictory--about the evolution of qualifications related to office technology. The population studied was office technology users below the executive level. The project found that the impact of the new…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Data Processing, Foreign Countries, Futures (of Society)
Lynton, Edith F.; Seldin, Joel R. – 1981
This report consists primarily of employer views on hiring practices and training needs in 17 occupations in five occupational areas (office work, distribution, service, communications, and crafts). Described first are the activities of the Labor Market Information Network that resulted in the compilation of data presented in the report. The…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Banking, Cable Television, Clerical Occupations
Beard, John G.; And Others – 1985
Existing adaptive devices do not give blind persons full access to today's word processors or the personal computers (PCs) replacing them. Therefore, a study examined information concerning the technological and training imperatives that must be addressed in order to allow blind individuals complete access to the field of word processing. Because…
Descriptors: Blindness, Computer Software, Educational Needs, Electromechanical Aids
