Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1959. / Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 168-173).

The problem in this study is to make a comparison of the qualifications and duties of secretaries of city school superintendents in Oklahoma, with regard to academic training stenographic duties, duties pertaining to financial records and reports, banking duties, duties pertaining to general records and reports, duties pertaining to bus and transportation reports, teaching duties and miscellaneous duties.

Thesis (Ed.M.)--Boston University

Thesis (Ed.M.)--Boston University

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Thesis (Ed.D)--Teachers College, Columbia University, 1964. / Typescript; issued also on microfilm. Includes tables. Sponsor: Mary Ellen Oliverio. Dissertation Committee: Norton L. Beach. Includes bibliography.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1983. / Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 298-306).

M.Comm. / This dissertation is an investigation into the changing role, task and utility of the secretary as a resource for the manager in Technikon SA(TSA). In today's office, a secretary can no longer offer just technical skills and personal attributes alone. The secretary must be involved as an energetic and vital member of the group. The secretary must appreciate the possibilities of making an increased contribution to the success of the manager by managing the time available to the secretary more effectively. The secretary has to understand the factors which operate in inter-personal work relations. The secretary must be a skilled communicator and organiser. The secretary needs a talent for detailed administration. The secretary often has a controlling and planning function. Secretaries have a significant role to play in maintaining good relations with all within the organisation, and in creating a favourable image to those outside. A secretary should be able to lubricate the wheels of the manager's work and exercise intelligent anticipation by thinking for and with the manager. The first part of this study exists of a literature overview of the secretary in die business world. Special attention is given to the role of the secretary and the need for a secretary; the changing office environment; the changing role of the secretary; the impact of technology and the changing role of the secretary and the secretary's role in the upcoming virtual office. The changing career path of the secretary is also addressed. The literature overview ends with an overview of the utilisation of the secretary and the establishment of an optimal work relationship between secretary and manager and the training and development of the secretary. The last part of the study exists of the results of a questionnaire compiled and distributed to all the secretaries in TSA and interviews with some managers in TSA. The secretary's in TSA perform basic secretarial functions. The nature of the secretary's work is determined by the specific department where the secretary is working. TSA secretary's uses the most up to date technology in the execution of their work. Secretaries have limited authority and responsibility regarding their work but they can almost always influence there manager's decisions regarding office related issues. There is no real career path for the secretary in TSA, which is a big frustration for the secretaries. Because there is a not a definite career path and no distinction between for example a junior secretary, secretary, senior secretary etc, some secretaries tend to be over and others under utilised. The nature of the secretary's work can determine that a secretary is more involved with aspects such as project management, budgeting and scheduling. These secretaries do not get the recognition they deserve and is still on the same level as all the other secretaries in TSA. The secretaries in TSA is equipped with the write training, development and experience to fulfil work with more authority and responsibility. The role of the secretary in TSA will definitely change in future. Both managers and secretaries see the role of the secretary to be changed to that of a personal assistant with the necessary authority and responsibility to handle lower level management work. The secretary will have more decision power in the execution of the Technikon's policy and procedures an better utilised.

It is in order that the college student in secretarial training might have some definite idea as to the kinds of on-the-job duties she might be expected to perform and the type of background knowledge she might be expected to know--or at least be able to find out quickly when needed--that this study has been made.

Thesis (Ed.D.)--Boston University / Statement of the Problem The major problem of this investigation was to determine the most commonly dictated medical terms in hospital records and to provide authors, teachers, and test constructors with scientifically determined lists of technical medical data which may be used in the educational preparation of medical assistants. Summary of Procedures 1. Utilizing the records of three hospitals, two case histories for each of 17 medical systems and specialties were selected for analysis each month for a two-year period. 2. Blakiston's New Gould Medical Dictionary was utilized to identify technical medical terms and the Teacher's Word Book of 30,000 Words by Thorndike and Lorge was used to delimit the study. 3. A common list of medical specialties offered in the general hospital field was determined to facilitate classification of the medical terms analyzed. 4. The validity of the sampling method utilized vas verified by comparing the proportion of cases discharged from each medical department in the hospital with the sampled cases analyzed. 5. Although the hospitals utilized were in one state, the writer made an effort to show the geographic representativeness of the study by analyzing the distribution of the medical colleges and hospitals attended by the physicians involved in the study. 6. The medical data were arranged alphabetically in eight lists. Those terms with a frequency of five or more were considered commonly dictated words and were listed in rank order according to frequency. 7. A series of tables were constructed for the purpose of guiding teachers and authors in determining the extent of practice that may be devoted to the common technical data reported in the study. Summary of Findings 1. The sampling method employed produced 816 case histories dictated by 289 physicians and represented 17 specialized fields of medicine. 2. The case histories analyzed contained 325,061 running words which included 41,798 medical terms, 23,528 medical phrases, 4,065 medical abbreviations, 1,064 weights and measures, 1,539 medical diseases and operations, and the medical terms contained 19,139 prefixes and 41,258 suffixes. 3. The following medical terminology had a frequency of occurrence of five or more in the case histories analyzed and were considered commonly dictated in medical practice: (1) 1,746 medical terms, (2) 973 medical phrases, (3) 289 medical abbreviations, (4) 15 weights and measures, (5) 51 medical diseases and operations, and (6) 77 prefixes and 80 suffixes. 4. Neurologists dictated the largest number of technical medical terms in each case history, 95, and psychiatrists dictated the largest number of running words in each case history, 1,057. 5. The percentage of technical medical terms in the 325,061 running words was 14.13 per cent. 6. The 289 physicians involved in the study (a) have attended 39 of the 78 medical colleges in the United States and 32 medical colleges in 17 foreign countries, (b) have completed their internship and residency training in 135 hospitals in 22 states, the District of Columbia, and Canada, and (c) have had 4,205 collective years of active medical practice. Conclusions and Recommendations 1. The common medical vocabulary utilized by physicians is difficult and extensive. 2. The seven types of common technical medical data reported in the study should be considered an essential part of the medical vocabulary of every medical assistant. 3. Prospective medical assistants should be taught the definitions and the common medical terminology of the 17 areas of medical specialization. 4. As indicated by the wide geographic distribution of the training schools of the physicians participating in the study, it may be concluded that the medical terminology in this study is representative of the terminology utilized by physicians in many parts of the United States and the world. 5. The findings of this study appear to be a reliable basis for the writing and revising of classroom materials and textbooks for the educational preparation of the medical secretary and medical assistants.