Summarizes the results of the American Society for Training and Development Human Resource and Performance Management Survey of 1996 that examined the performance outcomes of downsizing and high performance work systems, explored the relationship between high performance work systems and downsizing, and asked whether some downsizing practices were…

Data from a sample of 60,000 trainees shows that school, formal company, informal, and other types of training increased between 1983 and 1991; formal company training showed the biggest gain. Those with more education tend to get more training, females received more training than males, and manufacturing was more training intensive than the…

Technology is a key element in the U.S. economy because more nontechnical workers are using it, not because there is a need for more technical workers. Workers in the United States are highly educated and employers will have to do and spend more to maintain their training commitment. (JOW)