To obtain the views of practitioners on the importance of statements found in administrative job descriptions, a 73-item questionnaire was sent to 340 school administrators in Georgia. Of those, 207 administrators responded. The questionnaire dealt with the tasks, functions, and responsibilities of administrators and supervisors found in job…

In order to develop a word processing career file at Milwaukee Area Technical College, employment managers at 124 Milwaukee-area businesses were asked to provide job descriptions for all word processing positions in the company; skill and knowledge requirements necessary to obtain these positions; employee appraisal forms; wage scales; a list of…

After offering a number of general observations on the administrative operation of public school districts, the author describes his district's experience in developing job descriptions for administrative personnel and offers suggestions for other districts based on this experience. (JG)

A discussion of the design-build process including the three main participants: owner, contractor, and architect. (Author/MLF)

A preliminary inventory of functions performed by educational linking agents was constructed from a review and analysis of conceptual and descriptive literature and from examination of instruments available to assess required knowledge, skills, and attitudes of linking agents. The functions are derived from clusters of work-related activities,…

Production and related workers in the nation's bituminous coal mines averaged $6.94 an hour in January 1976, which represents an increase of 110% since the Bureau of Labor Statistics' 1967 survey in the industry. Over the same period, the Hourly Earnings Index rose by 84% for private nonagricultural workers. Earnings for most of the 128,390…

To encourage vocational evaluation professionals to think about the importance of providing clients with occupational facts and informaton, rationale and guidelines are presented for incorporating more occupational information into the vocational evaluation process. Following a section defining occupational information and related terms, the need…

EDUCATIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL ALTERNATIVES OPEN TO FARM BOYS AND GIRLS, THE FACTORS INFLUENCING THEIR JOB CHOICE, THE EFFECTS OF THEIR CHOICES ON THEIR JOB PERFORMANCE, AND WAYS OF IMPROVING THEIR CHOICES ARE DISCUSSED. INFORMATION IS BASED ON PERTINENT LITERATURE IN THE FIELD. THE ORGANIZATION OF THE OCCUPATIONAL STRUCTURE IS SUCH THAT THE MORE…

THE PURPOSES OF THIS STUDY WERE TO DETERMINE THE PERSONNEL CHANGE DIRECTLY RESULTING FROM THE INSTALLATION OF ELECTRONIC DATA PROCESSING IN ONE OF THE LARGE COMMERCIAL BANKS IN BALTIMORE, TO DESCRIBE THE PROCESSES AND JOB DUTIES INVOLVED, AND TO INDICATE HOW CHANGES HAVE AFFECTED EMPLOYMENT AND WHAT MAY BE EXPECTED IN THE FUTURE. THE USE OF THE…

OCCUPATIONAL NORMS IN TERMS OF MINIMUM QUALIFYING SCORES FOR THE APTITUDE MEASURES WHICH PREDICT JOB PERFORMANCE WERE ESTABLISHED. THE GENERAL APTITUDE TEST BATTERY AND TWO CRITERION MEASURES OF SUPERVISORY RATINGS WERE TESTED ON TWO SAMPLES, ONE CONSISTING OF 34 MALE AND 56 FEMALE CAMP COUNSELORS EMPLOYED IN NEW YORK STATE SUMMER CAMPS IN 1965,…

A CONFERENCE WAS HELD AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN ON THE SUBJECT OF OCCUPATIONAL DATA REQUIREMENTS FOR EDUCATION PLANNING ON JUNE 15-16, 1965. THE CONFERENCE FOCUSED ON FOUR AREAS--(1) THE OCCUPATIONAL DATA REQUIREMENTS FOR EDUCATION PLANNING, (2) THE ROLE OF TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF MANPOWER, (3) FOREIGN…

This guidebook, containing ideas and suggestions to aid the student in making a career choice, includes information about the space industry and about career opportunities in space science, engineering, and technology. Suggestions for parents, counselors, librarians, and teachers on how to utilize the book are provided. The book is arranged so…

The U.S. Air Force job inventory for the communications-electronics program management career ladder is divided into 13 categories, each of which is broken down into a duty-task list. Space is provided for Air Force personnel filling out the inventory to check whether each task is at present part of their duties. The 13 categories are: organizing…