Descriptor
Automation | 16 |
Information Processing | 16 |
Technological Advancement | 16 |
Data Processing | 7 |
Computer Oriented Programs | 5 |
Computers | 5 |
Futures (of Society) | 5 |
Employment Patterns | 4 |
Computer Science | 3 |
Employed Women | 3 |
Employment Practices | 3 |
More ▼ |
Source
Association for Institutional… | 1 |
Business Education World | 1 |
Journal of Business Education | 1 |
Special Libraries | 1 |
Author
Publication Type
Opinion Papers | 5 |
Information Analyses | 4 |
Journal Articles | 3 |
Reports - Research | 3 |
Books | 1 |
Collected Works - Proceedings | 1 |
Collected Works - Serials | 1 |
Numerical/Quantitative Data | 1 |
Reports - Descriptive | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
Practitioners | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Manpower Development and… | 1 |
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating

Aveney, Brian – Special Libraries, 1983
Discusses new information forms that promise to force changes in the information transfer process which is based on the organization, storage, and distribution of edition printed products. Roles of authors, publishers, jobbers, librarians, and users in the information transfer process are highlighted. (EJS)
Descriptors: Authors, Automation, Information Processing, Libraries
O'Neill, Sharon Lund; Prarat, Elaine M. – Journal of Business Education, 1982
The types of skills employers require of today's office worker fall into two categories: general office competencies and changing technology skills. (SK)
Descriptors: Automation, Employment Potential, Information Processing, Job Skills
Boehm, Barry W. – 1972
Developing countries should take immediate steps to avoid some of the serious problems that are now facing the United States in regard to the pool of trained computer professionals. Problem areas which should be reconciled involve a diverse range of topics from general national policy to salary structures and conversions efforts. By using the…
Descriptors: Automation, Computer Science, Computer Science Education, Computers
Hartmann, Heidi I., Ed.; And Others – 1987
This volume contains 12 papers commissioned by the Panel on Technology and Women's Employment. "Technology, Women, and Work: Policy Perspectives" (Eli Ginzberg) is an overview that provides a context for the volume. The four case studies in Part II describe the impact of information technology in the insurance industry, among bookkeepers, among…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Automation, Employed Women, Employment Level
Popyk, Marilyn K. – Business Education World, 1986
Discusses the new automated office and its six major technologies (data processing, word processing, graphics, image, voice, and networking), the information processing cycle (input, processing, output, distribution/communication, and storage and retrieval), ergonomics, and ways to expand office education classes (versus class instruction). (CT)
Descriptors: Automation, Business Education Teachers, Data Processing, Electronics
Staman, E. Michael – Association for Institutional Research, 1981
Trends in computing and office automation and their applications, including planning, institutional research, and general administrative support in higher education, are discussed. Changing aspects of information processing and an increasingly larger user community are considered. The computing literacy cycle may involve programming, analysis, use…
Descriptors: Automation, Computer Literacy, Computer Managed Instruction, Computer Oriented Programs
Goodlad, John I.; And Others – 1966
In an effort to increase the awareness of educators about the potential of electronic data processing (EDP) in education and acquaint the EDP specialists with current educational problems, this book discusses the routine uses of EDP for business and student accounting, as well as its innovative uses in instruction. A description of computers and…
Descriptors: Automation, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Programs, Data Processing
Hartmann, Heidi I., Ed.; And Others – 1986
This report, prepared by the Committee's Panel on Technology and Women's Employment, identifies and analyzes the effects of technological change on the quantity and quality of women's paid employment. Chapter 1 defines technological change, describes changes in information technologies, discusses the measurement and characteristics of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Automation, Demand Occupations, Employed Women
National Bureau of Standards (DOC), Washington, DC. – 1971
Functions of the Center for Computer Sciences and Technology (CCST), a national center for computer research and development for the United States government, are described. CCST provides computer and related services to the National Bureau of Standards of which it is a part and to other government agencies on a cost-reimbursable basis. The Office…
Descriptors: Agencies, Agency Role, Automation, Computer Assisted Instruction
DIEBOLD, JOHN; AND OTHERS – 1964
THREE OF THE PRESENTATIONS AT THE ASSOCIATION'S 1963 WORKSHOP, IN ADDITION TO A FOURTH PAPER COMMISSIONED TO ROUND OUT THE DISCUSSION, WERE SELECTED FOR PUBLICATION. THEY ARE CONCERNED WITH AUTOMATION AS A FORCE INFLUENCING WORK AND MANPOWER. THE PRESENTATIONS WERE (1) "IMPLICATIONS OF CYBERNETICS," BY JOHN DIEBOLD, IN WHICH THE AUTHOR…
Descriptors: Automation, Career Counseling, Career Guidance, Collective Bargaining
Ebersole, Joseph L. – 1970
Improvements in the technology associated with the information sciences will have their primary potential impact on the distribution of costs, information flow level, information availability, and use among information channels. This improvement implied not only a capability to perform a given function, but a lower cost. For example, the trend…
Descriptors: Automation, Clearinghouses, Computer Output Microfilm, Computer Programs
Professional Secretaries International, Kansas City, MO. – 1983
A study examined the changing role of the secretary in today's office. More than 3,000 secretaries throughout the country and 100 executives with whom they work were surveyed concerning their attitudes toward automation, use of automated office equipment, career goals, job satisfaction and responsibilities, and involvement in selecting office…
Descriptors: Automation, Career Choice, Demography, Employer Attitudes
Women's Bureau (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1985
More than 7 million workers in the United States today use computer-based video display terminals to do word and data processing; an overwhelming number of these workers are women. Women make up most of the occupational groups identified as "administrative support," and they are particularly affected by the changes taking place in the workplace.…
Descriptors: Automation, Clerical Occupations, Computer Oriented Programs, Computers
Further Education Unit, London (England). – 1985
The rapidity with which information processing equipment is changing has necessitated the development of business and office occupations curricula with a more generalized approach to the technology of information processing. Educational planners should use a systems approach rather than the more traditional components approach to develop curricula…
Descriptors: Automation, Business Education, Curriculum Development, Data Processing
Smith, E. Ray; Stallard, John J. – 1984
The widespread use of the micro/personal computer and related technological advancements are having important impacts on information management in the modern electronic office. Some of the most common software applications include word processing, spread sheet analysis, data management, graphics, and communications. Ancillary hardware/software…
Descriptors: Automation, Business, Communications, Computer Oriented Programs
Previous Page | Next Page ยป
Pages: 1 | 2