Discusses how the written and oral messages that employees send internally help to establish the reputation of the sender. Focuses on how message senders achieve positive reputations. Argues that cultivating a positive impression is possible through ethical strategies of office politics. (HB)

The Kensington High School (Philadelphia) clerical skills laboratory program provides opportunities to learn, improve, and combine the vocational skills of clerical practice, office practice, and typewriting in a realistic office setting. (Author)

The bookkeeping/accounting program of a Modesta, California high school is designed to realistically prepare students for business positions through the attainment of acceptable performance skills as well as active practice in dealing with problems, people, and personalities. (EA)

BUSINESS EDUCATORS CONTEMPLATING CHANGES IN THEIR OFFICE MACHINES EQUIPMENT OR CURRICULUM AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL MAY USE THIS BIBLIOGRAPHY WHICH WAS DEVELOPED AS PART OF A RESEARCH PROJECT TO DETERMINE THE SPECIFIC NUMBER AND TYPES OF OFFICE MACHINES IN A TYPICAL BUSINESS COMMUNITY, THE TYPES OF EQUIPMENT THAT WILL BE PURCHASED WITHIN THE NEXT FEW…

Decision-making abilities of Minnesota high school seniors enrolled in office procedures, model office, and cooperative office education were compared in pretests and posttests, and improvement on these measures over the year was determined. Study methods and findings are reported, along with recommendations for further study. (MF)

Nine components of a system for teaching shorthand transcription are described and examples of how each component was integrated into courses at Los Angeles City College are presented. (BM)

Describes use of the Lester Hill Office Simulation, a program taught at the Tishomingo County Area Vocational-Technical Center in Mississippi. A fictitious company which provides students with the opportunity to gain realistic office experience in a classroom setting. Suggested ideas and optional activities can be used by teachers as a starting…

Steps in planning and promoting a model office in the business education department are described. (MF)

Methods to help students develop the ability to plan, organize, and control are suggested. These include a simulation in which an office procedures class plans, organizes, and holds a meeting and involves such details as selecting and reserving rooms, scheduling speakers, preparing agendas, planning budgets, preparing name tags, and arranging a…

Presents data from a multiple-instrument, multisite, two-wave study of office computerized procedures in order to determine if they differentially affect men and women employees. Preliminary analysis supports hypothesis that men benefit more in terms of career enhancement, but women are generally satisfied with computerized offices. (SA)

Suggested ways of introducing "realism" into the classroom by exposing students to the problems, jargon, and forms used by a variety of businesses using the "in-basket" on simulated projects. (HD)