In this teaching commentary, we describe a re-positioning of office hours from private faculty offices to public spaces such as student centers and cafes. We argue that this shift promotes faculty-student interaction, lowers barriers to help-seeking behavior, and facilitates collaboration among students. We highlight the power dynamics of private…

Student-run advertising, public relations or integrated communications agencies at colleges and universities give students hands-on client experience, help them develop their professional skills and provide students with an understanding of how to work within an agency structure. For faculty advisers, managing a successful student-run agency can…

Describes the overcrowding in ALA's current Washington offices and discusses the impending move to new quarters to fulfill ALA's growing responsibilities. Current federal budgetary and political issues of concern to ALA are outlined and a sidebar by Patricia Glass Schuman presents ALA's legislative agenda. (JKP)

Discusses the nature of modern office automation, microcomputer access controls that can be activated to improve security (passwords, error lockout, palm geometry, automatic shutoff, time lock, call back), data communications controls (cryptographic transmission of data, scramblers, dial-back-devices), and management practices that may be…

Discusses the problems faced by executives who are suddenly confronted with a computer in their office. Suggests reasons for resistance and methods for overcoming it. Indicates that business teachers must prepare students for the electronic office. (JOW)

The widespread use of automated office systems is inevitable. Teachers can help future employees make a smooth transition from the nonautomated to the automated office. (JOW)

Examines the beginnings of office automation from the development of the typewriter; describes the productivity crisis in American offices; and looks at the future of the changing office environment. (SK)

Problems to be overcome in making the transition from a traditional classroom to a real business environment include provision for a mix of activities, variety of space sizes and shapes, multifuction spaces, and flexible planning. (Includes guidelines for adapting facilities.) (JOW)

The business office is seen as a powerful ally in obtaining planned gifts and also plays a central role in the management of such gifts. A cooperative relationship between the development office and the business office is necessary. Arranging and managing planned gifts are discussed. (MLW)

Discusses the importance of faculty office decor in establishing friendly, communicative relations between students and instructors. Recalls examples of furniture arrangement and wall decorations and provides comments from selected instructors. (JP)

Considers one location involving complex language skills, the offices of professional architects. Analyzes written and spoken texts in such an environment and the context of working relationships in which they are produced. Broadens a view of language competencies required by professional communicators. (HB)

Discusses the second class status experienced by part-time faculty in terms of office space, opportunity to meet with peers, and access to the decision-making process. Suggests the creation of a committee of part-time instructors as an effective means of assuring their integration into the college's mainstream. (JP)

This publication contains six position papers presented by guest businessmen during the fourth annual Business Education Invitational Forum on the topic of implications of current change and technology in the environment in the office of the future. The article, The Office in the 1970's, describes the office as it is and as it is evolving, defines…

In addition to serving as executive enclosures, offices illustrate organizational goals and reflect the communication climate of the organization. Traditional office designs accentuate personal territory, in which communication is largely controlled by the occupant of the office, and space often becomes a symbol of status. One of the first major…

The author states that a systems approach to office work consists of combinations of people, processes, and equipment in subsystems of communication, processing, and storage. To complement advanced office technology, workers need education in such competencies as reprography, typewriting, records management, and human relations. (MF)