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Download full textVencill, Mary P.; And Others – 1991
A study identified and conducted onsite case studies of 18 different education programs conducted by small companies. Two-thirds of them were conducted by manufacturing companies; the remainder were in health services, construction, or transportation companies. Most of the programs served fewer than 25 workers and had been in operation for less…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Case Studies, Employer Attitudes
Macquarie Univ., North Ryde (Australia). Special Education Centre. – 1989
In 1983, New Brunswick Community College-Moncton (NBCCM) was awarded funding to establish a Computer Aided Drafting/Manufacturing (CAD/CAM) resource center to train students and assist industry in researching and adopting CAD/CAM technology. However, inherent constraints in industry and the absorption of college resources by in-house training…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Consultation Programs, Cooperative Programs, Inplant Programs
McCoy, Carol P. – 1993
This book is a tool kit for human resource development (HRD) and training managers, trainers, and administrative assistants in small HRD departments. Part 1 deals with the challenges and opportunities of managing a small HRD department and with planning the strategy. Chapter 1 gives a sense of the workings of small HRD departments. Chapter 2…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Employer Employee Relationship, Employment Practices, Job Training
Janssens, Jos – 2002
A community initiative (called ADAPT) was intended to help the workforce in European Union countries to adapt to industrial change and prepare for the information society, as well as to promote growth, employment, and the competitiveness of companies in the countries. Between 1995 and 1999, 4,000 projects were funded to transform the ways in which…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Education, Case Studies, Change Strategies
Maine State Dept. of Labor, Augusta. – 1999
This handbook is designed to help Maine's citizens and business persons understand why work force development is important in Maine and how Maine's new work force development system will be organized to enable the state to implement the Workforce Investment Act. The following are among the topics discussed throughout the handbook: (1) the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Development, Career Education, Counseling Services
Guggenheim, Eric Fries, Ed. – 2002
This document contains 11 papers from a 2-day meeting on the principles, practice, and effectiveness of Jobrotation, which denotes a European Union program of investing in human capital by giving employees the opportunity to temporarily leave their posts for training without any major disturbance in the production process. The following papers are…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Articulation (Education), Case Studies, Comparative Analysis
