Approaches utilized at Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas, are described in an effort to illustrate how the instruction of office management procedures procedures can be made more interesting to students and effect an improved image of the importance of office management as the object of study. (AG)

The implications that word processing will have on management as a technique is discussed. The effect on secretaries, their skills, and how it will affect their jobs necessitates including word processing in planning curriculums for business education. (DS)

Article describes the Curriculum Inquiry Center of the Teacher Education Laboratory in the Graduate School of Education at the University of California, Los Angeles and its purposes and functions. (GB)

A candy store combines opportunities to learn about money, banking, and many careers. (MS)

Planners must recognize the fact that, between the moment at which a need is identified and the moment at which the ribbon is cut, intentions, objectives, words change. Therefore, the best approach is to plan a plan that accommodates to change. (Author)

Presents the author's point of view on the basic components of a curriculum theory. Discusses theory-building processes, sources of potential curriculum postures, and the author's own curriculum theory position. Aimed at stimulating more dialogue on the subject. (Author/EA)

The author defines curriculum management as systematic decision making: planning what to teach, how to teach it, and what materials to use. He recommends an advisory committee selected from the potential employment area to assist. (AG)

A trade analysis yields information on the task a person does but includes concepts, rules, and principles the task is based upon and the elements of other disciplines that must be used. (AG)

Modification of materials is proposed as an alternative to compiling materials from scratch or using packaged materials just as they are without considering local needs. A Product Suitability Model'' and a list of Product Assessment Criteria'' are provided. (AG)

The new role falls to the counselor as a result of increasing awareness of human resources as a nation's most valuable asset. (AG)

The preparation of a curriculum for teaching given limited occupational skills consists of job analysis and compilation of the curriculum on the basis of such an analysis. (Author)

Provides some historical background in the development of the curriculum for the teaching of English in the U.S. and its relationship to the continuing debate over the issue of goals and objectives. (PW)

The procedures involved in informing the public about curriculum development projects is discussed: Preliminary announcements, advance publicity, progress reports, trial studies, and final dissemination of the materials. (JB)