Career Pathways
Introductions to Business Technologies is meant to be a core course for Career Technical programming as well as for academic student's technical and financial literacy credit.
This course covers the development of the modern office and the skills necessary to effectively work in today’s business environment. Students will explore career and personal development in business, business communications (both written and oral), effective teamwork skills, Business Law and Office Technology. Students will be introduced to the basic office skills of records and file management, mailing functions, scheduling functions, and office etiquette. The class will teach the basics of sound touch-typing techniques and document formatting while introducing the basics of
word-processing, spreadsheet, and presentation software.
Options for those who do not own Microsoft Office Suite include:
b. Office Web Apps vs. Google Docs - See for Yourself
3. IBM Docs
a. IBM Showcases Beta for IBM Docs , Next Gen of Collaborative Suite of Office Business Tools
b. First Look: IBM Docs Takes On Google, Microsoft
This course covers the development of the modern office and the skills necessary to effectively work in today’s business environment. Students will explore career and personal development in business, business communications (both written and oral), effective teamwork skills, Business Law and Office Technology. Students will be introduced to the basic office skills of records and file management, mailing functions, scheduling functions, and office etiquette. The class will teach the basics of sound touch-typing techniques and document formatting while introducing the basics of
word-processing, spreadsheet, and presentation software.
Options for those who do not own Microsoft Office Suite include:
- Google Documents
a. Google Docs Secrets: 20 Power Tips
b. OffiSync: Microsoft Office + Google Docs = the Perfect Office App - Windows Live
b. Office Web Apps vs. Google Docs - See for Yourself
3. IBM Docs
a. IBM Showcases Beta for IBM Docs , Next Gen of Collaborative Suite of Office Business Tools
b. First Look: IBM Docs Takes On Google, Microsoft
Syllabus
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1. The Office in a Changing Business World
2. Office Communication in Written Form 3. Life Choices Project |
Reference Guide - Reference Guide to creating business communications that meet business standards.
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