The intramural secretary position is crucial for the smooth, efficient operation of an intramural office. Interest in intramurals and recreation sports is a must if the secretary is to do a good job. The highly motivated secretary will function like another intramural staff member in terms of knowledge of the program and service to students. Since…

The problem in the study was to determine the makeup of typing tasks assigned to beginning office workers and to see how closely the practice problems in high school typing textbooks conformed to the duties that beginning office workers actually perform. Using sequential sampling procedures, copies of 531 items typed by 100 beginning office…

Two models can be suggested for keeping abreast of and implementing changes in business education and office procedures in order to take advantage of changing technology. The model for keeping abreast of change contains two major elements: sources of input and periodic meetings. The sources of input include attending meetings and conferences,…

Unlike ordinary computer simulations that imitate the conditions of a real-life situation and allow several variables to be input, job simulations program a microcomputer to simulate the functions of one or more pieces of business or office equipment and to provide hands-on, interactive instruction to students on how to use that equipment. Good…

This model instructional system, developed for the office cluster of business occupations but having relevance for other curricula, is an approach to "modernizing" office education. Since there was a need for immediate job relevance of instruction and an integrated career progression, the instructional system is designed to be career-…