VIII. EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD 1. Training programs for administrative employees (C) This course is designed to increase speed and improve comprehension in reading. Level: Undergraduate. Number: 1. Cost: $150 for fiscal 1961. Duration: 30 hours. IX. OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT SECRETARY 1. Training programs for professional employees (C) Courses include studies of automatic data processing, financial management, and organization planning. Level: Graduate. Number: 3 employees, 3 programs. Duration: From 35 to 80 hours. 2. Training programs for technical employees (C) This course shows how paperwork can be mechanized through data automation techniques. Level: Graduate. Number: 1 employee. Duration: 40 hours. X. OFFICE OF PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION 1. Training programs for professional employees (C) (J) Courses include training in supervisory practices, management intern program, pilot institute on the older employee, and management problem solving and decisionmaking. Level: Graduate. Number: 121 employees, 4 programs. Cost: $540 for fiscal 1961. Authority: Public Law 85-507, Government Employees Training Act, and general appropriation and public laws. XI. OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR Training programs for professional employees (C) Courses included instruction in processing adverse actions, changes in procedures of the appeals board, and a summer seminar for student law clerks in Federal service. Level: Graduate and mixed. Number: 4 employees, 2 courses. Cost: $7.20. Duration: 14 to 23 hours. XII. MISCELLANEOUS PROFESSIONAL TRAINING PROGRAMS (C) (J) Courses provided are under the President's Committee on Educating the Handicapped, the Bureau of International Labor Affairs, Office of the Secretary, Bureau of Veterans' Reemployment Rights, and the Women's Bureau. Training includes programs in executive leadership, office management, language training, visual communications, professional management, and automatic data processing procedures. Level: Undergraduate and mixed. POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT 1. Internal audit and management training with the International Accountants Society, Inc. (C) (M) Fifteen internal auditors were given a 20 assignment specialized correspondence course on modern concepts of internal auditing. This course is especially beneficial to our lower grade employees whom we recruited from post offices. The accounting education of these men did not include specialized study of internal auditing. Ten internal auditors were given a 20 assignment correspondence course in management controls. This course was given to our higher grade supervisory employees to strengthen their knowledge of modern management concepts and practices. The Division is expanding the scope of its work to include more and more "management" or "operations" auditing. Level: Graduate. Duration: 20 assignment correspondence courses-students were given about 6 months in which to complete the work. Cost: $1,600, fiscal year 1961. Authority: Public Law 85-507. 2. Accounting training with the International Accountants Society, Inc. (C) This is a 60-assignment correspondence accounting course. The course furnishes the best accounting instructions obtainable in the shortest possible time. The basic objectives of this course are (1) to have more personnel specially trained in accounting with (2) uniform familiarity of up-to-date accounting procedures. Level: Undergraduate. Number: 45 postal inspectors. Duration: 60-assignment correspondence accounting courses. Authority: Public Law 85-507. 3. Inservice training school for postal inspectors (GS) To train postal inspectors in Federal procedures, the investigation of postal offenses over which the Postmaster General has primary authority, and the investigation of the conditions and needs of the postal service. The goals are (1) a thorough and systematically pursued basic training for each appointee; (2) uniform familiarity with and use of recognized investigative procedures; and (3) the earliest practicable opportunity to qualify on and enable assignment to work of the specialized categories. Level: Professional and graduate. Duration: 6 months. Cost: $559,572, fiscal year 1961. Authority: Annual budget and appropriation; Public Law 86-561. 4. Dale Carnegie executive development course (C) Improvement of management capability and effective leadership through proper attitude and aptitude training in personal and organization teamwork. Level: Undergraduate. Duration: 62 hours. Cost: $1,900, fiscal year 1961. 5. Institute for Federal contract negotiation officers (C) To provide Federal contracting officers with an opportunity to expand their knowledge and exchange ideas in the field of contract negotiation. Level: Graduate. Number: 7. Duration: 40 hours. Cost: $465, fiscal year 1961. Authority: Public Law 85-507. 6. Management development for Federal executives (C) Review of management philosophy, principles of managing as applied to Federal agencies. Course designed to help new executives in the Federal service. Level: Graduate. Number: 9. Duration: 13 days. Cost: $4,905, fiscal year 1961. 7. Principles of supervision (C) Instruction in basic principles of supervision and staff operations. Review of supervisory methods in planning, organizing, training and scheduling work. Level: Undergraduate. Number: 2 employees. Authority: Public Law 85-507. 8. Transportation management (C) To acquaint managers with latest research and educational developments affecting the administration and regulation of transportation. Level: Mixed. Number: 4. Duration: 30 hours. Cost: $990, fiscal year 1961. Authority: Public Law 85-507. 9. Real estate institute (C) Review of basic economics, history and ethics of real estate appraisals, markets and acquisitions. Level: Mixed. Number: 3. Duration: 1 semester. Cost: $230, fiscal year 1961. Authority: Public Law 85-507. 10. Automatic data processing (J) To provide knowledge of what is involved in the use of data processing and how it can be used effectively as a tool of management. Level: Mixed. Number: 5. Duration: 3 to 5 days. Cost: $1,145. Authority: Public Law 85-507. 11. Budgetary procedures, formulation and presentation (C) Covers basic legal framework, procedures and practices involved in preparation of budget estimates and justification. Level: Graduate. Number: 1 employee. Authority: Public Law 85-507 12. Improving reading ability (C) To increase reading speed and comprehension. Number: 2. Duration: 1 semester. Cost: $190, fiscal year 1961. Authority: Public Law 85-507. 13. Statistical analysis for managers (C) Analysis of variance to segregate factors producing significant variation: methods for estimating experimental error, multiple classification and model theory. Level: Graduate. Number: 4. Duration: 1 semester. Cost: $250, fiscal year 1961. Authority: Public Law 85-507. 14. Architectural design and construction costs and estimates (C) Review of current principles for improvement in all aspects pertaining to new building construction. Level: Undergraduate. Number: 11. Duration: 1 semester. Cost: $890, fiscal year 1961. Authority: Public Law 85-507. 15. Organization and management of the forms design and control function Comprehensive study of scope, staffing, administration of forms control programs. Level: Undergraduate. Number: 1. Duration: 3 days. Cost: $215, fiscal year 1961. Authority: Public Law 85-507. |