Information System for Vocational Decisions--On the Concept of Purpose.

Field, Frank L.

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ERIC Number: ED062534

Record Type: Non-Journal

Publication Date: 1969-Apr

Pages: 94

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Information System for Vocational Decisions--On the Concept of Purpose.

Field, Frank L.

The concept of purpose underlies the development of the Information System for Vocational Decisions (ISVD), which incorporates a computer-based interactive information system intended to facilitate realization of purpose. This report clarifies the psychological theory of the ISVD in a discussion of the evaluation of individual purpose and the nature and dynamics of purposeful action. (BH)

Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Development, Career Guidance, Career Planning, Data Processing, Information Retrieval, Information Storage, Information Systems, Job Placement, Occupational Information, Theories

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Sponsor: Office of Education (DHEW), Washington, DC.

Authoring Institution: Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA. Graduate School of Education.

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