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| Training and Development… | 9 |
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| Crystal, John C. | 1 |
| Deems, Richard S. | 1 |
| Galagan, Patricia A. | 1 |
| Knowles, Malcolm S. | 1 |
| Lippitt, Gordon L. | 1 |
| Loevi, F. J. | 1 |
| Mills, Ted | 1 |
| Pantazis, Cynthia | 1 |
| Tagliaferri, Louis E. | 1 |
| Taylor, Steve | 1 |
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| Journal Articles | 5 |
| Opinion Papers | 5 |
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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
Lippitt, Gordon L. – Training and Development Journal, 1978
The article discusses the importance of continuous organizational change and renewal and presents ten conditions that must be met before renewal or change can come about. (MF)
Descriptors: Human Relations, Labor Relations, Management Systems, Organizational Change
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
Loevi, F. J. – Training and Development Journal, 1973
Author reports on a Health-Education-Welfare Department labor relations training technique. (Editor/RK)
Descriptors: Administration, Administrative Problems, Criteria, Employer Employee Relationship
Galagan, Patricia A. – Training and Development Journal, 1991
Diversity has become a business issue because it affects performance. Only a few companies are training managers and formulating policies for managing diversity, but all will have to face the issue during the next decade. (JOW)
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Cultural Differences, Cultural Pluralism, Futures (of Society)
Tagliaferri, Louis E. – Training and Development Journal, 1975
To cope with the negative attitudes of workers and the public towards industry, industry should utilize a program that: (1) understands clearly worker beliefs and attitudes towards the work environment, (2) utilizes study results as a basis for an employee communications program, and (3) takes their message to the public. (BP)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Economic Factors, Employee Attitudes, Employer Employee Relationship
Mills, Ted – Training and Development Journal, 1977
Terminology in the training and human resources development field as used in various countries is defined and discussed, from "autonomous work groups" to "two-tier work structure." The author notes that the preferred term to indicate some kind of increased worker influence on organizational conduct seems to be "quality of…
Descriptors: Employer Employee Relationship, Foreign Countries, Human Factors Engineering, Industrial Personnel
Pantazis, Cynthia – Training and Development Journal, 1999
Discusses the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, which consolidates more than 70 federal job-training programs and provides states with the flexibility to develop workforce-development systems in partnership with local governments. Describes one-stop career centers, which provide a variety of services to job seekers. (JOW)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Centers, Federal Legislation, Job Search Methods
Crystal, John C.; Deems, Richard S. – Training and Development Journal, 1983
Redesigning jobs can be cost-effective as well as personnel-effective as organizations change to meet society's changes. The process of redesigning jobs, which allows an organization to use existing personnel and avoid the high cost of recruitment, hiring, and duplicative training, consists of asking the right questions and finding the answers to…
Descriptors: Employment Opportunities, Job Development, Job Satisfaction, Job Training
