A quick demonstration of the MVC pattern.

EmployeeClient.java

import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;

import javax.swing.BoxLayout;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JPanel;

public class EmployeeClient {

    public static void main(String[] args) {

        EmployeeView view = new EmployeeView();
        EmployeeModel model = new EmployeeModel();
        EmployeeController cntlr = new EmployeeController(view, model);
        view.open();

    }
}

class EmployeeModel {

    private String[] names = { "Ryan", "Mike", "Joe" };
    private int index;

    public EmployeeModel() {
    }

    public String getNextName() {
        return names[index++ % names.length];
    }

}

class EmployeeController implements ActionListener {

    private EmployeeView view;
    private EmployeeModel model;

    public EmployeeController(EmployeeView v, EmployeeModel m) {
        view = v;
        model = m;
        view.setController(this);
    }

    @Override
    public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
        view.setName(model.getNextName());
    }
}

class EmployeeView {

    private JFrame win;
    private JPanel frm;
    private JLabel name;
    private JButton action;

    public EmployeeView() {

        win = new JFrame("Employee Form");
        frm = new JPanel();
        name = new JLabel("Empty");
        action = new JButton("Next Employee");

        frm.setLayout(new BoxLayout(frm, BoxLayout.Y_AXIS));
        frm.add(name);
        frm.add(action);
        win.add(frm);
    }

    public void setName(String name) {
        this.name.setText(name);
    }

    public void setController(ActionListener cntlr) {
        action.addActionListener(cntlr);
    }

    public void open() {
        win.setSize(300, 300);
        win.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        win.setVisible(true);
    }
}