~EGULAR SESSION - University of Oregon

270 PROFESSION AL SCHOOLS
UPPER.DIVISION COURSES CARRYING GRADUATE CREDIT
(FoY 500 courses, open only to graduate students, see pages 278-279.)
PIM 412_ Personnel Management. (g) 3 hours.
Personnel management in the modern business organization; personnel policies
and practices conducive to good relations with employees; personnel,
problems of small organizations. Beal.
PIM 413. Wage and Salary Administration. (G) 3 hours.
Systematic administration of wages and salaries as a means of motivation
and control in the business enterprise. Job analysis, description, and specifications;
job evaluation methods; community wage and salary surveys; establishing
wage structures by job evaluation and wage levels by collective
bargaining and other methods; principles and administration of wage incentive
plans; evaluating the results of wage incentives; compensating clerical,
supervisory, and management personnel. Prerequisite: PIM 412 or consent
of the instructor. Beal.
PIM 414. Problems in Personnel Management. (g) 3 hours.
Major areas of personnel policy determination, with special emphasis on
relations with organized employees at the enterprise level and within the enterprise.
The impact of union practices on personnel policy and procedures in
both unionized and nonunion enterprises. Prerequisite: PIM 412 or consent
of the instructor. Beal, Korman.
PIM 480. Business History. (G) 3 hours.
Evolving business systems in the changing American business environment
since the colonial period; study of individual business firms and businessmen
that illustrate these systems at critical times in their development; the results
of decisions made at such junctures examined for their significance for business
management.
Secretarial Science
LOWER·DIVISION COURSES
SS 10. Beginning Typing. No credit.
Principles of touch typing; emphasis on development of speed and accuracy.
5 hours laboratory. Needham.
SS 122, 123. Advanced Typing. 2 hours each term.
Typing of business letters, manuscripts, and various kinds of business forms;
development of speed and accuracy in production. 5 hours laboratory. Beaver.
SS 126, 127, 128. Stenography. 3 hours each term.
Gregg shorthand. SS 127, 128 devoted to the study of basic shorthand theory;
SS 128 devoted to the development of speed in business letter dictation and
transcription. Students must also take SS 122, 123, unless they have had
equivalent training. Students who have had one year of high-school shorthand
may not take SS 127 for credit. Section of SS 127 also offered in Briefhand,
a system of abbreviating longhand, using only alphabetical characters.
4 recitations. Needham.
SS 221, 222, 223. Applied Stenography. 3 hours each term.
Combination of shorthand, typewriting, and English into an employable skill ;
emphasis on speed development in dictation and transcription; phrasing techniques,
vocabulary development; efficient and correct procedures for the preparation
of business letters, forms, manuscripts, and reports. Prerequisite:
SS 128, SS 122, or equivalent. 4 hours recitation. Marnix.