ections of Research in Developing Countries; Informatics in the Learning Process; Use of Programmable Desk Calculators in Mathematical Education, Teaching Humanities at School; Special Applications of CAI: Medical Sciences; Financial and Quantitative Aspects of Computer Education In Developing Countries; Teaching Operations Research; Teaching Advanced Concepts of Informatics; Learning with Data Bases; Computers in Education--Hardware Resource; Information Systems Education for Management; Applied Mathematics; Science Teaching in Schools; Teaching School Mathematics (II); Special Applications of CAI: Language Applications; Education for Management (II)--Use of Gaming and Simulation in Management and Social Science Education; Computer Assisted Test Construction; Trends in University Informatics Curriculum Development; On-Going Projects on the Use of Computer in Instruction; Management of Education; Compute r Literacy ( I ) ; Computers and Flne Arts; Computers in Educatlon--Plenary Session; Economics Teaching; Teaching Mathematical Concepts; Software Resources for Computers in Education; Computer Literacy ( I I ) ; Informatics for Training and Job Opportunities for the Handicapped; Computers in the Teaching of Engineering Science (1); Guidelines for Training Teachers for Secondary Schools; Models for CAI; Economics and Social Sciences; Computers in the Teaching of Englneering Science ( I f ) ; Exchange of Material in CAI (1); Post-Secondary and Vocational Training in EDP; The Impact on Society of Computers in Education; Which Programming Languages for an Introductory Course on Informatics?; Computers in the Teaching of Engineering Science ( I l l ) ; Exchange of Material in CAI ( I f ) ; Change of the Role and Behaviour of Teachers and Students When Involved in CAI; Informatics and Mind Pollution; Teaching Programming ( I I ) . cluding computer professionals who write procedures. However, i t w i l l not replace the classics like Elements of Style by Strunk and White, or A Manual of Style by the Chicago University Press. J. P. LANGER, Hartford, Conn. Moon, R. J.; O'Connor, C. W.; and 30,226 Weatherhead, A. PRACTICAL IN-HOUSE TRAINING F R DP P O R M E S O R GA MR. [in Proc. 6th Australian computer conf., Vol. 2, (Sydney, May 20-24, 1974), 1974, 664-672. See main entry C I7, 8 (August 1976), Rev. 30,099.] R This paper describes an in-house programmer training scheme that produced competent, productive, and prac. tica] programmers while minimizing the time taken and the costs involved. I t gives details of the cur. rlculum, highlights the benefits achieved, and discusses our solutions to the problems encountered. In addition, i t examines the policies necessary on the part of management and the implementors to ensure the success of such a scheme. Abstract Muetzelfeldt, M. A.; Lonsdale, P. G.; and 30,227 Edwards, R. A. SYSTEMS TRAINING AND ITS EVALUATION IN THE AUSTRALIAN BUREAUOF STATISTICS. [in Proc. 6th Australian computer conf., Vol. 2, (Sydney, May 20-24, 1974), 1974, 673-683. See main entry CRl7, 8 (August 1976), Rev. 30,099.] The Australian Bureau of Statistics has the task of analysis, design, implementation, and control of complex information systems. This paper describes and discusses the training program which aims to equip the Bureau's non-ADP and ADP s t a f f to e f f e c t i v e l y manage such systems. Evaluation of the program is discussed in the framework of the general problem of evaluating training such as this, where most objectives are affective rather than cognitive. Abstract Matthies, Leslie H. 32,039 THE N W PLAYSCRIPT PROCEDURE: MANAGEMENTTOOL F R E O ACTION. Office Publications, Inc., Stamford, Conn., 1977, 192 pp., $10.25, ISBN 0-911054-04-9. Perhaps the most necessary but unappreciated writing is done by those individuals responsible for researching, organizing, and documenting procedures. These procedures might also be known as standard practices, methods bulletins, standard methods, standard operating procedures, and a host of other names. A lack of reading of these procedures is probably due more to the usual verbose, rambling style of the writing than the lack of need. Described in this text is a method, playscript, for making these procedures more readable and usable. The technique is to document the procedure much like one would write a script for a play. Actors are listed in sequence along wlth the actions they must take. A minimum of superfluous writing is used and the emphasis is always on action. I f you need proof of the potential success of this technique, just compare one of your standard procedures to one of the samples listed in the text. The book is a second edition of a publication i n l t i a l l y copyrighted in 1961. To my knowledge, the technique is not in widespread use. However, I am a believer that we should read anything we can that might improve our writing style. In thls sense, the book is worthwhile reading for any individuals, in Nolan, Richard L. 31,729 BUSINESS NEEDS A N W BREEDOF EDP MANAGER. E Harvard Business Review 54, 2 (March-April 1976), 123-133. This a r t i c l e is primarily of interest to those involved in shaping or studying managers as they conduct the corporate EDP function. The t i t l e , however= is both too narrow and misleading: other organizations besides business need that "rare" breed, effec L tlve EDP managers. This a r t i c l e is based upon the author's study of 18 data-processing managers in medium and large corporations. He asserts that continued hlgh turnover and unstable working relationships all point to a general problem: " f i t t i n g " an appropriate E P management D style wlth the needs of top management. The maln part of the a r t i c l e consists of excerpts from indepth interviews with two managers who, Nolan claims, best typify the two emerging styles that he labels the "architect" and the " i n s i d e r " :

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