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Participative Design for Participative Democracy.
Emery, Merrelyn, Ed. – 1989
This four-part volume addresses design principles for introducing democratic forms in workplaces, educational institutions, and social institutions, based on a trend toward participative democracy in Australia. Following an introduction, part I sets the context with two papers: "The Agenda for the Next Wave" and "Educational…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Citizen Participation, Conferences, Democracy
The Changing Nature of Performance: Implications for Staffing, Motivation, and Development. Frontiers of Industrial and Organizational Psychology.
Ilgen, Daniel R., Ed.; Pulakos, Elaine D., Ed. – 1999
This volume provides a discussion of the relationship between the changing nature of work and the understanding, measurement, and influence of human performance. Chapter 1, Employee Performance in Today's Organizations (Daniel R. Ilgen, Elaine D. Pulakos), introduces seven key changes in the nature of work--changes in technology, job design, type…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Change, Employee Attitudes, Job Development
Employees, Careers, and Job Creation: Developing Growth-Oriented Human Resource Strategies and Programs. First Edition. A Joint Publication in the Jossey-Bass Management Series and the Jossey-Bass Social and Behavioral Science Series.
London, Manuel, Ed. – 1995
The 13 chapters in this volume detail how industrial and organizational psychologists, human resource professionals, and consultants have created innovative human resource development and training programs. "Employee Development and Job Creation" (Jennifer Jarratt, Joseph F. Coates) looks at several trends that have important consequences for…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Development, Career Education, Dislocated Workers
Counseling in the Rehabilitation Process: Community Services for Mental and Physical Disabilities. Second Edition.
Gandy, Gerald L.; Martin, E. Davis, Jr.; Hardy, Richard E. – 1999
This text provides an overview of vocational rehabilitation counseling and services. Part 1 lays the foundation. "Foundations of Rehabilitation" (Martin) describes bases of the process. "Historical Antecedents of the Rehabilitation Enterprise in America" and "Development of the Rehabilitation Enterprise in America" (Lassiter, Lassiter) describe…
Descriptors: Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Adult Education, Counseling Services, Counseling Techniques
Jobs-Plus Site-by-Site: An Early Look at Program Implementation. A Jobs-Plus Working Paper.
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Bloom, Susan Philipson, Ed. – 2000
This working paper assembles chapters written by onsite researchers about program implementation in each of seven cities included in the Job-Plus Community Revitalization Initiative for Public Housing Families. This report, which provides a "snapshot" of each site, documents the nature and extent of implementation as of that point in…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Case Studies, Community Support, Demonstration Programs
Of Heart and Mind. Social Policy Essays in Honor of Sar A. Levitan.
Mangum, Garth, Ed.; Mangum, Stephen, Ed. – 1996
This book contains 17 social policy essays on various topics related to labor and full employment policies in the United States. The following papers are included: "Introduction" (Stephen Mangum); "Secular Rabbi: The Life and Times of Sar A. Levitan" (Garth Mangum); "Young Workers, Young Families, and Child Poverty"…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adult Education, At Risk Persons, Block Grants