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Show WOKK-I.IKK CONDITIONS. Office Simulation, a unique course which combines classroom theory with practical application, is being of- tered at Southern Utah State College. Mr. Wallace Levere, lab instructor (standing), supervises lab members. Class simulates actual work conditions Students enrolled in the simulator, acts as a represen- Students enrolled in the Southern Utah State College Office Simulation class are being exposed to various real-life working situations encountered in the business world-without leaving campus. Officially , designated as "Secretarial Procedures and Office Simulation," the course is being offered by the SUSC Department of Business Education as a "steppingstone" in the process of job acquisition. "The Simulation lab offers the initial look and feel of an office experience. Later students can work on a cooperative education or work study program and earn some money while training; after that comes the 'real job' experience," Wallace Levere, SUSC business education instructor, in-structor, said A classroom without blackboards, black-boards, the lab is furnished with real office furniture and equipment including an internal telephone system with phones and extensions at each desk. Students fill positions as office manager, bookkeeper, receptionist, recep-tionist, cashier and payroll clerk, working together to solve problems encountered in the office situation. Another position, the office simulator, acts as a representative represen-tative from the outside world, bringing in different situations, based on a master plan, that must be solved by each group. Positions are rotated throughout the quarter to allow students to play each roll. The class meets three days a week, from 2-4 p.m., for five hours credit. "One class period represents one month so students must pull together as a group in order to. complete the work required," Mr. Lavere said. There are two groups working in the lab now; next quarter there will be three. "The lab stresses sharpening up already good business skills along with attitude and human relations growth," Mr. Levere said. "As instructor, I stay out of the lab as much as possible with the designated office manager taking care of whatever problems arise," he said. "If people working in each situation don't get along with the others, failure results; here they get a taste of relationships that exist in real office situations and realize that working together as a group is very important," Lavere saic". |