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Leibowitz, Zandy B.; And Others – Training and Development Journal, 1992
Discusses the importance of maintaining a skilled, competent, aggressive work force that can position an organization for long-term stability and growth. Points out that responsibility for the development of this resource is falling more frequently upon the shoulders of managers at all organizational levels. (JOW)
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrators, Change Strategies, Labor Force Development
Taylor, Steve – Training and Development Journal, 1989
The balance of power in the United States has begun to shift from youth to older age and will not soon return to a more familiar proportion. Human resource development professionals need to help their companies respond to the needs of older workers and older customers. (JOW)
Descriptors: Human Resources, Labor Force Development, Older Adults, Training
Gilley, Jerry W.; Galbraith, Michael W. – Training and Development Journal, 1986
Definitions of the terms accreditation, certification, and licensure are provided. Also discusses the purposes of professional certification, ways that competencies help the practitioner and the profession, and questions that need to be addressed by human resource development professionals. (CT)
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Certification, Competence, Human Resources
Bell, Chip R.; And Others – Training and Development Journal, 1989
Malcolm Knowles' career in human resource development has spanned more than 50 years. This article describes some of his achievements in adult education and presents tributes from colleagues. (JOW)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Andragogy, Biographies
Condon, Mary – Training and Development Journal, 1984
This article asserts that displacement in the future will be less severe than is currently believed, especially if certain measures are instituted, such as continuous retraining of active workers in generalizable skills, advance notice of plant closings, and job clubs, among others. (JB)
Descriptors: Dislocated Workers, Employment Projections, Futures (of Society), Labor Force Development
Knowles, Malcolm – Training and Development Journal, 1979
Focusing on training as it relates to adult education, this article provides three definitions of adult education and discusses three categories of adult educators. It is noted that trainers work with people who see themselves essentially as adults, and in that sense trainers are adult educators. (LRA)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adults, Definitions
Blitzer, Roy J. – Training and Development Journal, 1988
Human resources development and training are not suited to everyone. A practical, time-saving process for people wanting to become trainers includes (1) assessing relevant skills and interests; (2) researching organizations; (3) learning basic business operations; (4) learning the training process; (5) developing a chronological resume; (6)…
Descriptors: Career Change, Human Resources, Job Search Methods, Labor Force Development
Carnevale, Anthony – Training and Development Journal, 1982
Economic, demographic, and technological trends suggest that private training will likely receive a good deal more attention in the coming decades. New economic thinking reveals the critical need to develop human capital to improve productivity in the private sector. (CT)
Descriptors: Demography, Economic Factors, Futures (of Society), Human Capital
Knowles, Malcolm S. – Training and Development Journal, 1985
Discusses the role of human resource development professionals in managing learning resources. The author examines learning resources that exist in a corporation, resources that optimize human growth and development within the system (such as line supervisors, printed materials, work groups), and the use of learning contracts to make learning…
Descriptors: Educational Resources, Human Resources, Individual Development, Labor Force Development
Jaffe, Betsy – Training and Development Journal, 1985
The author states that to meet the needs of--and to retain--the people in whom organizations have made hefty investments, companies must reexamine and most likely redesign human resource development programs. She presents ways to acknowledge the differences between managerial men and women and establish effective career development practices. (CT)
Descriptors: Career Development, Females, Human Resources, Labor Force Development
Vetter, Eric W. – Training and Development Journal, 1985
The author analyzes human resource planning, in which he gives the various aspects of career development a report card that, the author states, shows the field is far from achieving its self-stated goals. He states that succession planning and systems approaches would help this situation. (CT)
Descriptors: Career Development, Employment Projections, Human Resources, Labor Force Development
Summers, Timothy P.; Harrison, Jeffrey S. – Training and Development Journal, 1992
Asserts that a large part of the labor pool from which businesses draw employees is poorly educated. Suggests that a good way to get help is to create strategic alliances with government agencies and private organizations. Presents examples of an alliance that was formed to address labor deficiencies in South Carolina. (JOW)
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Employer Employee Relationship, Labor Force Development, Labor Market
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss – Training and Development Journal, 1984
The change masters are identified as corporate managers who have the resources and the vision to effect an economic renaissance in the United States. Strategies for change should emphasize horizontal as well as vertical communication, and should reward enterprise and innovation at all levels. (JB)
Descriptors: Change Agents, Change Strategies, Entrepreneurship, Incentives
Bove, Robert – Training and Development Journal, 1985
Four directors of corporate training answer the question "Should human resource development directors have a training background?" and then each presents a list of recommendations for trainers, involving such areas as internal consulting skills, business experience, sense of timing, the difference between training and teaching, and taking a…
Descriptors: Human Resources, Job Skills, Job Training, Labor Force Development
Olson, Lawrence – Training and Development Journal, 1983
The author argues that the American labor market is in the midst of historic transition that will challenge human resource development professionals. Sweeping demographic changes will soon combine with a "Second Industrial Revolution" in technology and a quantum leap in the level and quality of foreign competition to raise sharply the importance…
Descriptors: International Relations, Job Training, Labor Force Development, Labor Market
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