The paper describes a data-based vocational curriculum for multiple handicapped adolescents and young adults with cerebral palsy. Three care studies illustrate the different types of curricula that may lead to employment in the areas of micrographics filming, computer skill, and clerical work. The approach incorporates a task analysis orientation…

Researchers are finding that high demands plus low control over how the job is done make a job stressful. According to Professor Robert Karasek of Columbia University, the statistics on heart disease and high blood pressure prove that nonprofessional workers such as typists are under more stress than professional workers such as teachers. Dr.…

The potential employment impact of office automation is the topic of the study described in this book. The study reviews trends in clerical employment over the last 30 years in a search for evidence of the impact of changes in process technology on clerical employment levels. Specifically, it examines clerical employment trends from 1950 to 1980…

This document contains the occupational duty/task lists for five occupations in the data processing series. Each occupation is divided into 5 to 11 duties. A separate page for each duty in the occupation lists the tasks in that duty along with its code number and columns to indicate whether that particular duty has been taught and to provide space…

This document contains the occupational duty/task lists for five occupations in the business and office accounting/bookkeeping series. Each occupation is divided into four to six duties. A separate page for each duty in the occupation lists the tasks in that duty along with its code number and columns to indicate whether that particular duty has…

The partnership of IBM, located in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, and Meredith College, a small women's college, resulted in the Secretarial Transition Training Program. Hiring constraints had created critical shortages in the secretarial skill field. Additional impetus for the development of a transition training program was provided by…

A study was conducted (1) to determine current practices in word processing installations in selected organizations throughout the United States, and (2) to ascertain anticipated future developments in word processing as well as to provide recommendations for educational institutions that prepare workers for business offices. Seven interview…

This employer's manual is part of a position simulation developed for use in an office applications laboratory at the postsecondary level. The purpose of the simulation is to give the student an opportunity to become familiar with the tasks and duties performed by a clerk-typist working for an independent insurance agency. The employer's manual…

Expanding work opportunities, changing family structure, double digit inflation, and relaxed attitudes toward the appropriateness of women's work outside the home have contributed to increased labor force participation of women in recent years. Recent studies indicate that despite traditional attitudes ascribed to rural areas, trends in increasing…

Designed for use in a self-paced, open-entry/open-exit vocational training program for receiving clerks, this curriculum guide is one of six for teachers of adult women offenders from a correctional institution. Module topic outlines are presented on nine topics: introduction to receiving clerk; modern receiving; when a shipment arrives; a system…

The curriculum guide for office occupations is one of five guides written and field tested in a project to develop statewide articulated competency-based curricula in selected vocational education programs. For each of the 32 job titles listed in the guide, the overall goal, specific tasks, and performance objectives and criterion-referenced…

The purpose of this comparison was to examine qualitative differences between male and female occupational aspirations to better understand similarities and/or differences in level of aspiration. Selected samples of students (3,123) and mothers (425) from 2 regional research projects constituted the source of data. Respondents were from low income…

The booklet is intended to assist young people to secure information important to making vocational choices. Information about the following workers is included: (1) cashiers, (2) keypunch operators, (3) mail carriers and postal clerks, (4) secretaries, (5) shipping and receiving clerks, (6) stock clerks and general stock handlers, (7) typists,…

A study was conducted to determine the information technology (IT) training needs of front-line clerical staff, medical records staff, and information systems staff in hospitals. Information was gathered through interviews and structured group discussions with human resources directors, information systems directors, medical records directors, and…

Based on a DACUM (Developing a Curriculum) analysis, this curriculum guide contains five units designed to help teachers prepare and present a course in office skills. The units cover the following material: performing communication functions; producing documents, using typewriters and computers; coordinating an office; operating office equipment,…