Answers to questions a business teacher may have about implementing model office simulation are discussed: Reasons for using simulation, how simulation fits into the curriculum, administrative support, equipment, starting the project, preventing problems through staff meetings with students. (TA)

The simulated model office idea is to create, within a school, a unit which is as much like a real-life business as possible. To test the feasibility of incorporating this concept into high school business programs, a comparison was made between an experimental group of office simulation students and a control group of cooperative office practice…

This project was conducted to implement a word processing unit of study within the office practice classes at Pottstown (Pennsylvania) Senior High School, using microcomputers. An additional purpose was to provide access to microcomputer accounting applications in the office practice classes. During the project, the following activities were…