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| Preface | p. xv |
| The Successful Employee | p. 1 |
| Objectives | p. 1 |
| The Office Employee | p. 1 |
| Characteristics of a Good Office Employee | p. 2 |
| Effective Listening | p. 5 |
| Duties of an Office Employee | p. 6 |
| Organization and Time Management | p. 11 |
| Group Dynamics | p. 13 |
| Work Schedules and Locations | p. 14 |
| ... MORE | p. 16 |
| Chapter Review | p. 16 |
| Activities | p. 16 |
| Projects | p. 17 |
| Human Relations Skill Development | p. 18 |
| Situations | p. 18 |
| Role Playing | p. 19 |
| Punctuation Review | p. 19 |
| CD Assignments | p. 20 |
| Document Preparation | p. 21 |
| Objectives | p. 21 |
| Basics | p. 21 |
| Correcting Common Writing Problems | p. 22 |
| Letters | p. 25 |
| Interoffice Memorandum | p. 32 |
| Minutes of Meetings | p. 34 |
| News Release | p. 35 |
| Reports | p. 36 |
| Saving Files for and from the Internet | p. 40 |
| Chapter Review | p. 41 |
| Activities | p. 42 |
| Writing Assignments | p. 42 |
| Projects | p. 43 |
| Human Relations Skill Development | p. 44 |
| Situations | p. 44 |
| Punctuation Review | p. 45 |
| CD Assignments | p. 45 |
| Communications | p. 46 |
| Objectives | p. 46 |
| Communications | p. 46 |
| Voice Mail | p. 47 |
| p. 48 | |
| Fax Machines | p. 50 |
| The Telephone | p. 53 |
| Teleconferencing | p. 63 |
| Speaking before a Group | p. 64 |
| Chapter Review | p. 66 |
| Activities | p. 67 |
| Projects | p. 67 |
| Human Relations Skill Development | p. 68 |
| Situations | p. 69 |
| Punctuation Review | p. 69 |
| CD Assignments | p. 69 |
| Processing the Mail | p. 71 |
| Objectives | p. 71 |
| Processing Incoming Mail | p. 71 |
| Internal Distribution of Mail | p. 74 |
| Preparing Mail to Leave the Office | p. 74 |
| Processing Outgoing Mail | p. 79 |
| Chapter Review | p. 86 |
| Activities | p. 87 |
| Projects | p. 87 |
| Human Relations Skill Development | p. 88 |
| Situations | p. 89 |
| Punctuation Review | p. 89 |
| CD Assignments | p. 90 |
| Computers in the Office | p. 91 |
| Objectives | p. 91 |
| Introduction to Computers | p. 91 |
| Hardware | p. 91 |
| Types of Computers | p. 96 |
| Software | p. 99 |
| Additional Computer Terms | p. 104 |
| The Paperless Office | p. 108 |
| Chapter Review | p. 108 |
| Activities | p. 109 |
| Projects | p. 109 |
| Human Relations Skill Development | p. 110 |
| Situations | p. 110 |
| Punctuation Review | p. 110 |
| CD Assignments | p. 111 |
| Management of Records: Filing | p. 112 |
| Objectives | p. 112 |
| Why File? | p. 112 |
| File Cabinets | p. 112 |
| Setting Up Files | p. 113 |
| Storage of Document Images | p. 116 |
| Filing Systems | p. 117 |
| Alphabetic Filing Rules | p. 119 |
| Filing Hints | p. 130 |
| Chapter Review | p. 130 |
| Activities | p. 131 |
| Projects | p. 131 |
| Human Relations Skill Development | p. 133 |
| Situations | p. 133 |
| Punctuation Review | p. 134 |
| CD Assignments | p. 134 |
| Meetings and Conferences | p. 135 |
| Objectives | p. 135 |
| The Meeting | p. 135 |
| Attending a Meeting | p. 138 |
| Planning a Large Meeting or Conference | p. 139 |
| Meeting Day and Followup | p. 144 |
| Chapter Review | p. 145 |
| Activities | p. 145 |
| Projects | p. 145 |
| Human Relations Skill Development | p. 146 |
| Situations | p. 147 |
| Punctuation Review | p. 147 |
| CD Assignments | p. 148 |
| Travel | p. 149 |
| Objectives | p. 149 |
| Fundamentals of Office Travel | p. 149 |
| Travel Assistance | p. 150 |
| Airline Travel | p. 153 |
| Lodging | p. 157 |
| Automobile Travel | p. 159 |
| Responding to the Technology Demands of Business | p. 160 |
| Travel Funds | p. 160 |
| Itinerary | p. 162 |
| Passports and Visas | p. 163 |
| Chapter Review | p. 165 |
| Activities | p. 165 |
| Projects | p. 165 |
| Human Relations Skill Development | p. 167 |
| Situations | p. 168 |
| Punctuation Review | p. 168 |
| CD Assignments | p. 169 |
| Terminology of Business and E-Commerce | p. 170 |
| Objectives | p. 170 |
| Introduction | p. 170 |
| Sources of Business Information | p. 173 |
| Economics | p. 173 |
| Types of Business Organizations | p. 175 |
| Bonds and Treasury Securities | p. 176 |
| Terminology in the World of Business | p. 177 |
| Financial Statements | p. 182 |
| Tax Forms | p. 184 |
| Readings | p. 186 |
| Chapter Review | p. 186 |
| Activities | p. 187 |
| Projects | p. 187 |
| Human Relations Skill Development | p. 188 |
| Situations | p. 188 |
| Punctuation Review | p. 189 |
| CD Assignments | p. 189 |
| The Office | p. 191 |
| Objectives | p. 191 |
| Introduction | p. 191 |
| The Office Building | p. 191 |
| The Office | p. 193 |
| Office Furniture and Equipment | p. 197 |
| Office Supplies | p. 200 |
| Purchases and Payments | p. 202 |
| Banking | p. 204 |
| Chapter Review | p. 206 |
| Activities | p. 207 |
| Projects | p. 207 |
| Human Relations Skill Development | p. 208 |
| Situations | p. 208 |
| Grammar Review | p. 209 |
| CD Assignments | p. 209 |
| Seeking Employment | p. 210 |
| Objectives | p. 210 |
| Planning for Your Career | p. 210 |
| Types of Office Positions Available | p. 211 |
| How to Find Employers | p. 212 |
| Letter of Application | p. 215 |
| References | p. 216 |
| Resume | p. 216 |
| Application for Employment | p. 221 |
| The Interview | p. 221 |
| After the Interview | p. 228 |
| Job Offer | p. 229 |
| Anti-Discrimination Protection in the Workplace | p. 232 |
| Chapter Review | p. 233 |
| Activities | p. 234 |
| Projects | p. 235 |
| Human Relations Skill Development | p. 236 |
| Situations | p. 236 |
| Punctuation Review | p. 236 |
| CD Assignments | p. 237 |
| Continuing to Grow in Your Profession | p. 328 |
| Objectives | p. 238 |
| Changes in Your Company | p. 238 |
| Growing in Your Profession | p. 239 |
| Making a Job Change | p. 242 |
| Leaving the Old Job | p. 244 |
| Working with a New Supervisor | p. 245 |
| Obtaining Assistance | p. 246 |
| Becoming a Manager or Supervisor | p. 247 |
| Chapter Review | p. 252 |
| Activities | p. 252 |
| Projects | p. 252 |
| Human Relations Skill Development | p. 253 |
| Situations | p. 254 |
| Punctuation Review | p. 254 |
| CD Assignments | p. 255 |
| Tips of the Trade | p. 256 |
| Objectives | p. 256 |
| Introduction | p. 256 |
| Personal Hints | p. 256 |
| Hints for Your Office | p. 259 |
| Your Day | p. 263 |
| Your Job | p. 267 |
| Stress Management | p. 271 |
| Business Etiquette | p. 272 |
| Travel | p. 274 |
| Business Strategies | p. 275 |
| Chapter Review | p. 277 |
| Activities | p. 277 |
| Projects | p. 278 |
| Human Relations Skill Development | p. 279 |
| Situations | p. 279 |
| Punctuation Review | p. 280 |
| CD Assignments | p. 280 |
| Review of Grammar, Punctuation, and Spelling | p. 281 |
| Grammar | p. 281 |
| Capitalization | p. 281 |
| Subject and Verb | p. 281 |
| Subject and Verb Agreement | p. 282 |
| Phrase | p. 282 |
| Clause | p. 283 |
| Punctuation | p. 283 |
| Period | p. 283 |
| Question Mark | p. 283 |
| Exclamation Mark | p. 283 |
| Commas | p. 283 |
| Semicolon | p. 285 |
| Colon | p. 285 |
| Dash | p. 285 |
| Parentheses | p. 285 |
| Apostrophe | p. 285 |
| Hyphen | p. 286 |
| Quotation Marks | p. 286 |
| Spelling | p. 286 |
| Similar-Sounding Words | p. 286 |
| Frequently Misspelled Words | p. 289 |
| Index | p. 293 |
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