This final report describes a research project to identify tasks actually performed by vocational-technical personnel in Texas. The primary objectives of the study were to differentiate tasks and subtasks from competencies identified in earlier studies and to determine the relative amount of time spent on each identified task in order to develop a…

The mission of this study was to describe the current and future roles of professional administrators, medical directors, and governing bodies of fee for service and prepay medical group practices of various sizes in such a way as to be potentially useful to health care delivery educators in curriculum evaluation and design. The position was taken…

Based on speeches presented to the National Civil Service League and to the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission, this article reviews key publications and summarizes Federal statistics on part-time employment. Review of the evidence concerning the effectiveness of part-time workers shows positive results. The need for collecting hard evidence…

At the 1975 Iowa Vocational Agriculture Summer Conference, instructors devoted a session to setting their job priorities. Thirty-five activities that demand time (including family, church, and leisure) during the teacher's week were rated from 0-4 for importance. Ratings were computer-analyzed, and the author discusses the findings. (Author/AJ)

Described is the competency project being conducted by the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy and the American Pharmaceutical Association, and its relationship to the development of continuing education programs. The project is attempting to specify standards of competency and develop self-assessment devices to be used by pharmacists.…

Four job-oriented measures for judging school or program effectiveness are compared: (1) placement rate; (2) work-relatedness test; (3) rate of return; and (4) incremental income/cost ratio. The critique is largely based on economic planning literature and empirical data from Maine and Singapore are used. (Author/LBH)

The author describes Project Ace, a comprehensive program designed to encourage employment of people with disabilities in the Great Falls Public Schools. Components of the program include job analysis, supervisor training, minimally restrictive support, affirmative screening, and evaluation. (CH)

Enriched Career Search, a program for helping gifted students in their career development, is divided into seven modules: (1) "Your Career and You," (2) "Self-Evaluation," (3) "Job Study," (4) "The Adult World," (5) "Group Roles," (6) "Ethical Considerations in Work," and (7) "Career…

Old Dominion University's use of a job analysis technique to validate the instruments used in the personnel selection process, with the objective of improving personnel selection, retention, evaluation, and development, is described and illustrated with instruments and data used in the program. (MSE)

An examination of the origin and content of general systems theory is followed by identification of the major characteristics of systems and brief discussion of use of models. Two ways of applying a systems model are identified and their appropriateness is assessed in relation to particular training circumstances. (55 references). (Author/MBR)

A study of the perceived importance of selected tasks for building and coordinating educational articulation programs in Alabama and the frequency with which those tasks were actually performed by articulation personnel revealed considerable disagreement about both the functions of articulation programs and their administration. (MSE)

Describes research which attempts to provide a solution to the performance criterion problem, concluding that is seems possible to measure many aspects of clerical work using psychometric measures that are highly job related; recommends that such devices be used to supplement ratings in the performance evaluation process.

In order to provide more useful and timely occupational information for program development and evaluation, curriculum design, and labor market response to employer needs, the federal Office of Management and Budget has created a standard system of occupational definitions called the Standard Occupational Classification (SOC). Criteria for the SOC…

Paper is continuation of an article on training within insurance and attempts to show the value of a systematic approach to on-the-job training and to prove that the methods discussed in this paper enable training to a high degree of accuracy to be effected in a short time. (Author)

Here's an example of how an instructional materials center can provide leadership in the development of curriculum materials for occupational home economics. (Editor)