Enhancing the awareness of (1) the organization of "typical" computer projects, (2) the communication that emerges from those structures, and (3) the problems that technical communications inherently hold is the purpose of this paper. It begins by presenting the organization of the working group of a computer project (a college that is going to…

This document is a transcript of a United States Senate subcommittee hearing which was conducted to review the effort the Department of Transportation and the Federal Aviation Administration have undertaken to hire and train new air traffic controllers to take the places of those controllers who went on strike in August, 1981, and were…

Quality circles may be regarded as a form of organizational intervention strategy to enhance productivity and product quality through employee participation. Operationally, small groups of individual employees voluntarily meet regularly to (1) identify problems relating to productivity and product quality, (2) discuss them, (3) identify and…

The monograph reports on research from primary sources about Queensland's Itinerant Teacher Service from 1901 to 1930. Chapter One traces its history and shows that the Service was inaugurated in 1901 with 1 teacher visiting 103 homesteads having 319 children, reached its peak in 1921 with 18 teachers visiting 1,889 children, and declined until…

This manual examines problems the displaced homemaker encounters on the job and offers strategies which vocational educators, counselors, and other service providers can suggest to nontraditional students for overcoming these problems. A brief overview of the displaced homemaker is provided and the term "nontraditional occupation" is defined. An…

Stress factors, if not corrected, may lead to certain psychological reactions and may influence the teacher to find another occupation with a lesser degree of stress. (MW)

Vocational values of age-by-sex groups were examined in terms of Minnesota Importance Questionnaire (MIQ) need Structures. Clients from the Minnesota Division of Vocational Rehabilitation (N=9,377) completed the MIQ in connection with vocational counseling. Subjects were classified into four age groups for each sex (16 to 18 years, 19 to 25 years,…

The Piagetian perspective of adult cognitive development and adult education could have implications for how work and formal reasoning can be related to adult education programs and policy. During adolescence and adulthood, many individuals enter the cognitive period of formal operations (the last of three stages in Piaget's conceptual framework…

This monograph provides clear evidence that relationships do exist between education and work. It makes equally clear the fact that these relationships are complex and, to a very significant degree, individually determined. The present analysis is based on the responses of 3,077 men and 1,061 women holding a bachelor's degree and working full-time…

The paper examines the potential usefulness of two concepts (autonomy and negotiation) which have been developed to analyze "informal behavior", in the context of two everyday features of life in an electrical components workshop: continuing argument about the use of radios and the larger issue of the negotiation of time. (Author/AJ)

The present study found that 90% of female Saudi translators who graduated between 1990 and 1996 are not working as translators. Although translation jobs are available in hospitals, translation bureaus, and embassies, many graduates find the jobs open for women unsuitable because of working conditions, stringent qualifications, staff policies,…

Addressing the need to consider ways in which the quality of educator work life can be improved, the author uses J. Walton's eight-point definition of the quality of work life as a framework for discussion. The eight points include (1) adequate and fair compensation, in which financial incentives are provided for advanced coursework; (2) safe and…

One of a series of pre-apprenticeship training modules, this self-paced student training module deals with the ways in which expectations of events and reactions to them either limit individuals or open up possibilities for them. Provided in the module are the following: cover sheet listing module title, goals, and performance indicators;…

This module, one of 25 on vocational education training for careers in environmental health occupations, contains self-instructional materials on collecting samples of workplace air. Following guidelines for students and instructors and an introduction that explains what the student will learn are three lessons: (1) collecting information about…