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Mills, Ted – Monthly Labor Review, 1976
An 18-month quality-of-working-life experiment in an underground coal mine was conducted using autonomous work groups. Increased production, motivation, and safety resulted, but discontent was created among other workers at the mine. (TA)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Employee Attitudes, Experimental Programs, Job Satisfaction
Leone, Richard D.; And Others – 1972
This report is concerned with the procedures used and the conclusions of an assessment of the impact of employability development teams and the manpower delivery system of Philadelphia's Concentrated Employment Program (CEP). Since teams were not implemented until 1970, it is a comparative analysis of CEP's manpower delivery system in 1969 versus…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Employers, Employment Opportunities, Employment Programs
Brawley, Edward Allan – 1971
To provide a new source of manpower for Pennsylvania mental health facilities, a pilot associate degree program for the training of middle-level mental health workers was instituted at the Community College of Philadelphia. Specific objectives were: (1) to test the program's feasibility, (2) to identify skills and attributes required of an…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, Career Opportunities, Community Colleges, Disadvantaged
Franchak, Stephen J.; Bruno, Nancy L. – 1971
These guidelines for the use of labor market information are presented in order to improve program planning for vocational education in Pennsylvania by supplying necessary manpower supply/demand data. Once occupational needs are defined for a specific geographic area, a systems approach to program development can be utilized by vocational training…
Descriptors: Career Development, Educational Programs, Employment Projections, Employment Statistics
Appalachian Regional Commission, Washington, DC. – 1968
A general description of vocational education programs within the secondary schools of Appalachia, and an indication of where these programs can be strengthened to make the instructional offerings relevant to the jobs available to Appalachian secondary school students are discussed. Manpower supply is examined by enumerating enrollments in the…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Employment Opportunities, Employment Patterns, Enrollment Trends
Baldwin, Fred D. – Appalachia, 1998
The Northeastern Pennsylvania Industrial Resource Center and the Mount Rogers Regional Adult Education Program (Virginia) cross-train and upgrade workers' skills to adapt to changing workplaces and keep companies and communities competitive; customize curriculum to meet employers' needs; and provide GED and other adult education programs. (SAS)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Economic Factors, Education Work Relationship, High School Equivalency Programs
Franchak, Stephen J., Ed. – 1974
The symposium summary presents the opening remarks of the meeting and nine papers which focus on defining manpower research within the context of educational program planning and decision making and include detailed analyses of the supply and demand of selected occupations. The papers are: "Manpower Research and Information, An Educational…
Descriptors: Conferences, Dentists, Educational Demand, Educational Trends