A programing model for allocating labor resources is presented in relation to the annual planning, budgeting, and manpower staffing of a park maintenance program. The advantages resulting from the use of this model are: (1) optimum allocation of resources; (2) resolution between conflicting goals; and (3) reevaluation of goal priorities. (JN)

Listed here in brief form are the provisions concerning vocational education in the Education Amendments of 1976. Amounts authorized through fiscal 1982 are shown in an accompanying table. (Editor/HD)

Training of professionals and technicians should be means to an end, not an end in itself. (Editor)

A resource tool for the manpower planning practitioner, the book provides significant background information on the growth of manpower programs and reasons for placing heavy emphasis on local labor markets. The background material includes a discussion of the role and functioning of labor markets. The major portion of the book is devoted to…

A study was conducted to see what specific programs have been developed for employee career planning and development in order to help organizations interested in establishing career development programs learn what other organizations are doing, what types of programs are in effect and how they are managed. The study was based upon information…

DESPITE SHARP INCREASES, THE SUPPLY OF HEALTH MANPOWER CONTINUES TO BE OUTSTRIPPED BY THE DEMAND WHILE THE NEED FOR 3,700,000 TO 4,000,000 WORKERS BY 1975 IS COMPLICATED BY THE SERIOUS DEMAND FOR PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL WORKERS AND FOR LEADERS AND TEACHERS. PREPARATION FOR THE HEALTH FIELD HAS INCREASINGLY BECOME THE RESPONSIBILITY OF…

Aimed at retired persons, employers and potential employers of senior volunteers, and students of gerontology, the book examines the Older Volunteer Project of the Ethel Percy Andrus Gerontology Center, University of Southern California, 1973-75. The 40 Andrus volunteers were between 49 and 78 years old, generally highly educated, with 66% having…

Although Neighborhood Youth Corps (NYC) training is conducted either in NYC centers, governmental and non-profit agencies or private industry, there is no commitment for employment after training. The Mobilization for Youth-Experimental Manpower Laboratory (MFY-EML) is exploring the feasibility of linking NYC to other government manpower training…

This handbook describes the methodology of the Investing in People Project, conducted in Connecticut, Iowa, Kentucky, Washington, and West Virginia to help states in assessing their current work force and economic development systems and in building more comprehensive, integrated, and effective strategies for improving the work force. The handbook…

The application of a PERT system to a large-scale project will increase the probability of accomplishing project objectives by providing greater visibility of (1) the project objectives, (2) the relationships among the parts of the projects, and (3) the relationships of those component parts to the project objectives. Consequently, educational…

Recognizing the need for a health manpower planning system that would insure the recruitment, training, utilization, and retention of area residents as skilled providers of health care, Comprehensive Health Planning, Inc., Metropolitan Chicago (CHP), and the West Side Health Planning Organization (WSHPO) embarked on a 1-year project to demonstrate…

Conceived in December, 1970, this project directed its efforts toward aiding in the alleviation of unemployment problems faced by the hardcore disadvantaged population of Arizona's northern and central counties. An area with a high out-of-school population lacking in job skills, this portion of Arizona was also without industries. As a means of…

The 12-member WHO Expert Committee on Professional and Technical Education of Medical and Auxiliary Personnel met during a 4-day conference in Geneva, Switzerland, to review experience to date, including surveys made by consultants in 1965 and 1966, and to make recommendations on the training and utilization of medical assistants and similar…

These conference proceedings (from tape transcription) cover eight major presentations plus roundtable and small-group discussions and workshop sessions and two background papers from a conference attended by producers and consumers of employment projections (Federal, State and local level administrators and technicians). Topics included are…

PROPOSALS FOR CONSIDERATION BY EACH OF THE 50 STATES ARE PRESENTED IN THE REPORT BY THE TASK FORCE ON VOCATIONAL-TECHNICAL EDUCATION. A BRIEF STATEMENT OF COMMITTEE BELIEFS AND OBSERVATIONS PRECEDES THE PROPOSALS THAT (1) A HUMAN RESOURCES COUNCIL CONSISTING OF HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS OF STATE GOVERNMENT AND LAY CITIZENS BE ESTABLISHED IN EACH STATE…