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Lee, Chris; Zemke, Ron – Training, 1983
The real retraining of the American work force will not come about through massive, federally operated job training programs. It will come about only when employers are able to look forward to a promising economic future that requires highly trained and motivated employees and that offers real jobs. (Author/SSH)
Descriptors: Economic Development, Job Development, Labor Force Development, Reentry Workers
Barbee, David E. – 1989
The new technology of information and communications can be applied directly to training and educating people more efficiently and effectively. Three major adjustments need to be made in current thinking about human development to meet the challenge of using the new technology. First, the development of people must be viewed as an investment and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Continuing Education, Human Resources, Job Training
Gordon, Jack – Training, 1991
Redesigning jobs, training, and retraining may be the most important economic challenge facing this country for the next decade. Training must support jobs that are really changing and retraining has to prepare people for jobs that really exist. (Author/JOW)
Descriptors: Economic Factors, Futures (of Society), Job Development, Labor Force Development
Chen, Kan; And Others – 1984
This report centers around a plant-level study of the development and utilization of human resources in the context of technological change and industrial restructuring in the crankshaft production area of Ford Motor Company's Dearborn Engine Plant (DEP). The introductory chapter describes how the study was conducted, provides an introduction to…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Change, Employee Attitudes
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Deutsch, Steven – Monthly Labor Review, 1987
The article highlights some innovative and important approaches to employee training and retraining in anticipation of and in response to technological change. These include both collectively bargained arrangements and new state initiatives that are suggestive for future developments. (CH)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Inservice Education, Job Training, Labor Force Development
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1989
Within this document is testimony delivered by seven individuals at a Congressional hearing on what role government and education should play in revitalizing U.S. productivity. Of particular interest at the hearing was a study made by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Commission on Industrial Productivity entitled "Made in…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Educational Finance, Educational Improvement, Hearings
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Levin, Henry M. – Change, 1984
Contrary to reports, high technology is not likely to add large numbers of jobs for highly educated and trained persons. A policy of recurrent education must be established so that individuals can move from the workplace to retraining programs and back. (MLW)
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Educational Policy, Employment Projections, Higher Education
Fields, Cheryl M. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1986
The need for high quality initial training and accessible, academically sound programs allowing workers to update their skills and advance in careers as their jobs change in a period of rapid technological advancement will be an ongoing challenge to postsecondary education. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Role, Continuing Education, Dislocated Workers, Educational Needs
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1986
This hearing focuses on the implementation of the Dislocated Worker Program as well as the concerns of those responsible for the program's administration. Representative Augustus Hawkins, chairman of the Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities, opened the hearing by urging that more funds (rather than the proposed 55 percent reduction) are…
Descriptors: Dislocated Workers, Employment Opportunities, Federal Aid, Federal Programs
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West, Ann – CUPA Journal, 1999
The challenge of recruiting, retaining, and retraining college and university information technology (IT) staff affects the entire institution. Some issues in the impending IT staff crisis are outlined, particularly trends in demand for technology workers, and steps are suggested for campus IT leaders to take to minimize the effect of staff…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Planning, Higher Education, Information Scientists
Commission of the European Communities, Brussels (Belgium). Industrial Research and Development Advisory Committee. – 1990
In 1989, the Industrial Research and Development Advisory Committee (IRDAC) of the European Community established a Working Party on education and training issues relevant to industry. A subgroup on skill shortages considered the issue from the European and macro-economic point of view. It examined such skills shortages issues as demographic…
Descriptors: Employment Qualifications, Foreign Countries, International Cooperation, Job Skills
de Wilde, Roline; van Rosmalen, Karel – 1990
This paper examines the new demands made by industries' human resource management for retraining of their employees to meet the consequences of technological change and what this means in terms of the content of educational programs and new markets for educational institutions. Some joint ventures between educational institutions and industry in…
Descriptors: Corporate Education, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Human Resources
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Watts, Glenn E. – New Directions for Higher Education, 1983
Continuing workplace education in the form of training and retraining is seen as the key to employment security for American workers in the information age. Labor unions must be prepared to change with the times. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Employment Opportunities, Futures (of Society), Higher Education, Information Services
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Spaid, Robin L.; Parsons, Michael H. – Community Services Catalyst, 1993
Explains the technology transfer strategy, "Transformations," developed by the Center for Occupational Research and Development to provide pretechnology, technology core, and specialized training to help students learn or relearn the skills needed by today's technological work force. Describes the implementation of the strategy at…
Descriptors: College Role, Community Colleges, Continuing Education, Job Training
Tornatzky, Louis G.; And Others – 1989
A study was undertaken to describe how changes in the network of transactions that occur between manufacturers and suppliers have affected the scope and nature of training and related human resource practices within supplier firms. Data came from the published literature, expert opinion, and a phone survey of 15 individuals ranging from…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Comparative Analysis, Industrial Structure, Job Training
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