A t a briefing sponsored by the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Individual Training, members of the Human Resources Research Office reported on four projects using job and task analysis in different training situations. Wor k Unit STOCK was a training program designed to develop training management procedures for heterogeneous ability…

The Operating Procedures Manual of the Special Education Instructional Materials Center (SEIMC) of the St. Paul Public Schools provides information on work stations, job details, mail handling, telephone communications, materials acquisition, materials utilization, and membership. Use of the operating manual is reported to have given staff…

The standard is for grading nonsupervisory jobs involved in reproducing, collecting, and caring for insect collections. The work requires practical knowledge of the characteristics of insects and their needs, and skill in observing and handling them. The levels of insects production worker WG-3, WG-4, and WG-5 are differentiated by describing the…

The standard covers nonsupervisory work involved in the manufacture and repair of parts and items of equipment which require the use of various types of standard and special machine tools and their attachments to machine metals, metal alloys, and other materials. The work requires skills ranging from initial planning of necessary work sequences to…

In this limited study, two areas were of primary concern: the media coordinator's responsibilities and the media coordinator's personality traits. School superintendents and media coordinators were asked to rank the importance of eleven media responsibilities. They were also asked to rank the types of personality traits a media coordinator should…

The purpose of this book is to provide a practical guide for persons who are responsible for the issuance of the small magazine. It deals with accepted methods and techniques used in getting out such periodicals, with standards and sources of content material, with various matters relating to physical appearance, and with executive and…

A METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING VOCATIONAL SKILLS REQUIRED FOR MACHINE TRADES WAS REPORTED. STANDARDIZED PROCEDURES FOR IDENTIFYING SKILLS AND FOR ANALYZING VOCATIONAL CONTENT INFORMATION WERE DEVELOPED FOR APPLICATION TO AREAS OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION. PROCEDURAL DEVELOPMENTS INCLUDED (1) SKILLS DEFINITION AND SCOPE, (2) A LITERATURE SEARCH, (3) METHOD…

As more colleges engage legal counsel, there is a growing need to clarify the relationships between the legal counselor and the college board so that each can fulfill the expectations of the other. This article presents a model job description for the collegiate legal counselor. It also presents a checklist approach to board evaluation of their…

Reports on efforts by the Institute for the Certification of Engineering Technicians and the Engineering Technologists Certification Institute to construct job task inventories for all major fields of engineering technician/technologist occupations. (CP)

The study compared observed social interactions of nonhandicapped employees (N=8) in seven different competitive employment sites with employers' stated expectations for social behaviors. Curriculum implications for transitioning youths and adults with handicaps, particularly mental handicaps, are discussed. (Author/DB)

A project requiring undergraduate students to prepare job analyses and use them to develop other personnel procedures is described. The project requires analysis of a job, preparation of task statements, and description of requisite abilities for that job. Discusses positive feedback from students and provides recommendations for instructors.…

Discusses the history of occupational analysis, its decline as a teaching tool, and the increased complexity of commercial materials used for occupational analysis. (JOW)

A sample of 32 elementary and 11 high school full-time principals selected from 5 central Illinois counties documented their daily activities during a 4-week period. School management was the primary focus of 62 percent of the elementary and 53 percent of the high school principals. (5 references) (MLF)

Summarizes the methodology and products of the American Society for Training and Development-sponsored study to define excellence in training and development (T&D). These include a human resource wheel, future influences on the field, lists of roles and outcomes in T&D, a competency model, role profiles and clusters, and a matrix of roles…

Defines the principal role and global function of public relations practitioners as perceived by the most senior communications executives in agencies or corporations in central United States. (PD)