An analysis of intellectual work and the relationship between intellectual workers and their work, the quality of intellectual work, and worker's rights demonstrates there are far greater differences between intellectual workers and other workers than commonly supposed. Their work must not be dehumanized--a present danger. (AG)

An analysis by age of 275 occupations at Lockheed-California revealed the characteristics of essentially "young" and "old" occupations. The article suggests that the transfer of older people into technology-generated occupations is a distinct possibility, given accurate information and guidance. (Author/AG)

Article is an address given at the Fourth Annual Convention of the Association of Community College Trustees in New Orleans, La., November 1 and 2, 1973. Author offers some comments on his evaluation of college presidents. (Author/RK)

Step-by-step preparation of performance goals in cooperative education described and illustrated with a prototype entitled, Applying for a Job.'' (MU)

There is still resistance to employment of the handicapped and the cost of modifying equipment will make the employement even less attractive. This is an area where close coordination between vocational rehabilitation placement personnel and prospective employers is required. (Author)

As a result of a SATRA Course it was found that employees acting as instructors became good supervisors; as instructors they were experiencing situations similar to those of supervisors. Thus, while instructors are training newcomers, the instructors, themselves, are training for supervisory positions. (RB)

Discusses training needs at organizational level, occupational level and individual level. Includes tables, charts, data and cases. (Editor/RB)

Investigated whether narrative job descriptions could be converted to quantitative rating scores using job analysis questionnaire techniques. Detailed written descriptions of 121 job categories were rated using the Position Analysis Questionnaire. Indices of interrater agreement suggested acceptable levels of agreement for job dimension scores…

Many different systems have been developed for classifying occupations. A few of the major systems are described here, along with an idea of the kind of information collected and published by the agency using the system. (Author/SSH)

A survey of editors of Sunday newspaper magazines reveals that most are happy with their jobs and are certain that their jobs have a future. There is wide disagreement among the editors, however, concerning the proper content of the magazines. (FL)

The purposes of this article are to describe a simple, yet comprehensive and universally applicable, flow process model for managing employee-job performance and to highlight some important features of this model which distinguish it from other models. (Author)

The Perceived Task Complexity Measuring Instrument can be used as a management training tool and can provide managers insights into their job environments. (Author/MLF)

The authors discuss their examination of clinical nursing jobs in various areas of one hospital and compare them by examining their motivational characteristics. The study identifies the clinical nursing jobs that should be enriched to increase their motivational potential. (Author/CT)

Describes the educational technologist's work in Open University course production in terms of the work's context and the potential roles and tasks that may be assumed, and concludes that the educational technologist must continually construct and reconstruct his/her own role according to a number of sets of criteria. (Author/CMV)