Abstract
Small businesses are increasingly considering the application of computers to their office operations. However, little is known about the types of education and training required of their personnel for such applications. This study is based on a survey of almost 3,000 small businesses regarding their consideration, adoption, and use of computers. Education and training requirements that business respondents emphasized were primarily reading, comprehension skills, and reasoning skills, rather than mathematics skills, formal computer training, or prior computer experience.
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