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Levin, Henry M.; Rumberger, Russell W. – 1983
The changes to be effected by high technology in both projected employment growth and existing jobs seem to require significant changes in the American educational system. However, government estimates for the period 1978-90 suggest that employment growth will favor jobs that require little or no training beyond the high school level (for…
Descriptors: Automation, Education Work Relationship, Employment Opportunities, Employment Projections
SULTAN, PAUL; PRASOW, P. – 1964
THIS SAMPLING OF COLLECTED TESTIMONY WAS INTENDED TO ILLUSTRATE SOME OF THE DIMENSIONS OF MANPOWER PROBLEMS FACED EVEN IN EXPANDING LABOR MARKETS. A REVIEW OF SELECTED "STRUCTURAL" ASPECTS OF EMPLOYMENT ANALYSIS GAVE PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO THE IMPACT OF AUTOMATION ON EMPLOYMENT WHEN CONSIDERATION WAS GIVEN, NOT TO THE AMOUNT OF LABOR DEMANDED,…
Descriptors: Automation, Educational Needs, Employment, Employment Patterns
O'Toole, James; And Others – 1972
The report analyzes health, education, and welfare problems from the perspective of work which plays a powerful role in the psychological, social, and economic aspects determining for many the quality of life. Work problems create repercussions in other parts of the social system. Documentary evidence on which the report is based consists of…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Design Requirements, Job Satisfaction, Job Simplification
Musick, Craig D. – 1980
In this presentation, Craig D. Musick, director of training for the Graniteville Company in South Carolina and president of the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD), focuses on how research can contribute to a better understanding of the vocational training process. He states that only by working together with the schools can…
Descriptors: Industrial Training, Job Simplification, Job Training, Labor Force
New York State Dept. of Labor, Albany. Research and Statistics Office. – 1969
The effects of technological change on the manpower and training needs of New York State industry were studied in a survey of 281 Industrial situations. The study was designed to help answer questions about the effects of factory and related technological change in displacing workers, in creating recruitment and training needs, and in altering the…
Descriptors: Automation, Career Change, Educational Needs, Employment Level
Women's Bureau (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1985
More than 7 million workers in the United States today use computer-based video display terminals to do word and data processing; an overwhelming number of these workers are women. Women make up most of the occupational groups identified as "administrative support," and they are particularly affected by the changes taking place in the workplace.…
Descriptors: Automation, Clerical Occupations, Computer Oriented Programs, Computers