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PDF pending restorationRumberger, Russell W.; Levin, Henry M. – 1986
A survey was administered to a sample of about 10,000 members of the National Federation of Independent Business in 1985 to ascertain a variety of information about the use of computers in the nation's small businesses, including the extent of their use, training needs of users, and impacts and benefits. Major findings summarized from the 2,813…
Descriptors: Adults, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Software, Computers
Peer reviewedGuthrie, John T. – Journal of Reading, 1981
Describes a study that investigated the literacy demands required by the task of text editing a manuscript on a computer terminal. (MKM)
Descriptors: Adults, Computer Oriented Programs, Computers, Editing
International Business Machines Corp., Armonk, NY. – 1991
A telephone survey conducted March 15-22, 1991, examined how small businesses are currently performing. Interviewees were 400 small business owners randomly selected from a Dun and Bradstreet list of companies with 50 or fewer employees. Major findings were as follows: (1) owners were survivors, highly confident in their own abilities, and…
Descriptors: Adults, Business Administration, Computer Oriented Programs, Computers
Myers, Roger A.; And Others – 1980
A prototype of a computer-aided manpower management and career progression system, the Officer Career Information and Planning System (OCIPS), has been developed to a point at which costs and benefits for its implementation can be estimated. Considering the goals of the Officer Personnel Management System and problems of the Army Military…
Descriptors: Adults, Career Development, Career Education, Computer Oriented Programs
Download full textJacobson, Marilyn D.; Grabowski, Barbara T. – 1981
The need for timely, accurate, and locally relevant career information has been escalating. Within the last 15 years, computer-based systems have been developed that put occupational descriptions, labor market information, plus education, training, and financial aid information into formats usable by students and adults in school and nonschool…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Career Education, Career Guidance
Altman, Don – 1996
This book describes the newest jobs for which people should train and prepare, as well as exploring where the United States is going as a country, a society, and a people. It is designed to help new job seekers as well as veteran workers find a place in the new wave of work, the "digital frontier." The book is organized in two sections. Section I…
Descriptors: Adults, Advertising, Computer Attitudes, Computer Networks
Kaplan, Christine E. – 1984
This part of a 2-part working paper identifies and describes major occupational groups that are characteristic of high technology manufacturing and service industries as well as employment sectors that use high technology products in their provision of goods and services. The paper is based on a review of a wide range of employment projections…
Descriptors: Adults, Career Education, Computer Oriented Programs, Computers
