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Download full textFrancis, Caroline M. – National Poverty Center, 2013
This bibliography summarizes recent research on the structure and effectiveness of workforce development programs. While the term "workforce development" can mean many things, this document focuses on programs to help low-skill, low-wage and displaced workers increase their employment and earnings, as well as labor market trends that…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Labor Force Development, Low Income Groups, Labor Market
Kelley, S. C.; Chirikos, T. N. – 1976
This paper discusses the limitations of manpower planning activity as a source of policy criteria and suggests some directions for improving the state of the art. Sections I and II of the paper begin with a general discussion of the conceptual and institutional requisites of manpower planning in policy analysis and formulation. Section III extends…
Descriptors: Employment Projections, Labor Force Development, Labor Market, Labor Needs
International Labour Office, Geneva (Switzerland). – 1975
Abstracts of material covering a variety of topics regarding vocational and labor development throughout the world are presented in the fourth dispatch. Noted, in particular, are publications regarding education and training in rural areas, research, vocational guidance, and international instruments. The first section, News in Brief, contains 21…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Foreign Countries, Labor Force, Labor Force Development
White (E.H.) Co., San Francisco, CA. – 1979
Intended as a companion piece to volume 3 in the Method Series, Health Manpower Planning (CE 024 231), this third of six volumes in the International Health Planning Reference Series is a combined literature review and annotated bibliography dealing with health manpower planning for developing countries. The review identifies literature relevant…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Developing Nations, Health Personnel
International Labour Office, Geneva (Switzerland).
Abstracts of material covering a variety of topics regarding vocational and labor development throughout the world are presented in the fifth dispatch. Noted, in particular, are publications regarding management and relations between school and the world of work. The first section, News in Brief, contains 34 items from around the world under the…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Administration, Employed Women, Foreign Countries
Ohio State Univ., Columbus. Center for Human Resource Research. – 1975
The study is an evaluation of the utility of manpower forecasting in the United States as a basis for manpower, education, and health policy. It examines the methodology employed and the scope of analysis in nearly 400 forecasts made in the period 1965-73. It assesses the adequacy of the theoretical and empirical knowledge base for forecasting in…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Health Personnel, Labor Force Development, Labor Needs
International Labour Office, Geneva (Switzerland). – 1976
Abstracts of material covering a variety of topics regarding vocational and labor development throughout the world are presented in the seventh dispatch. Noted, in particular, are publications regarding women in employment, management functions, recurrent education, and training and the social integration of the handicapped. The first section,…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Administration, Adult Education, Employed Women
Walker, Yvonne; And Others – 1974
The literature review represents an initial segment of a study providing a comprehensive analysis of available data to determine the impact of institutional training on women. The literature review concerned secondary data sources such as national labor force statistics and government data relating to women as enrollees in manpower programs.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Employed Women, Employment Opportunities, Employment Statistics
Goodwin, Leonard – 1977
Selected research on the Work Incentive Program (WIN), legislated in 1967, and related research on low income families are reviewed with the aim of gathering empirical findings which illuminate the factors affecting WIN results and to contribute to discussion of future welfare, work training, and employment policies. Areas of research and…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Programs, Family Influence, Financial Needs
Peer reviewedRupp-Serrano, Karen – RSR Reference Services Review, 1993
Discusses adult literacy in the workplace and presents an annotated bibliography of 48 government documents, journal articles, and monographs on the subject that were written from 1988 through 1991. A descriptive listing of eight organizations concerned with workplace literacy is also included. (six references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Annotated Bibliographies, Labor Force, Labor Force Development
Manpower Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. Office of Research and Development. – 1972
The 10-page bibliography is a selective list of reports completed under contracts and grants from the Manpower Administration, Office of Research and Development. The reports are based on comprehensive and innovative research and development projects and are listed under the following headings: (1) Use and training of paraprofessionals; (2)…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Career Development, Counseling Services, Employment Opportunities
Direct linkSpence, Chris – Education Commission of the States (NJ3), 2007
One strategy for addressing the misalignment among postsecondary education, state workforce development programs and state economic development strategies is to create career pathways programs at community colleges where students are able to enroll in a defined track of coursework that leads to jobs in high-demand fields within a state or region.…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Educational Change, Labor Force Development, Community Colleges
International Labour Office, Geneva (Switzerland). – 1976
The eighth dispatch contains abstracts of publications from all over the world which focus on vocational education and training development. The first section, News in Brief, consists of 37 abstracts presented under the following topics: forthcoming events, new policies, new institutions, training systems development, training standards,…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Employed Women, Employment Patterns, Foreign Countries
Taweeset, Lanna – 1987
A brief essay on the need for diversification and training of the library and information services workforce in developing nations introduces this guide to UNESCO publications, international conference papers, research reviews, and articles that examine these issues. It is suggested that workforce management is particularly important in the…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Continuing Education, Developing Nations, Information Science Education
Johnson, Deborah Kohn; Moser, Collette – 1974
Fifty theses and dissertations which have relevance to various areas of rural manpower policy and were completed at Michigan State University between 1960 and 1973 are cited in this annotated bibliography. Topics covered are health, education, training, work activity, and trends in rural population, development, and life. Categories are: (1)…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Doctoral Dissertations, Human Resources, Labor Force
