Performance contracting has been acclaimed as an effective and promising means of improving the performance of public enterprises as well as government departments. The government of Kenya introduced performance contract signing in 2004. The aim of performance contracts was to improve resource utilization in public institutions among other…

Discusses the challenge of employers to provide reasonable accomodation and of educators to increase vocational education opportunities for employment among disabled persons. (LAS)

Problem: public often ignores opportunities to utilize graduates of proliferating technical and occupational education programs. (Editor)

Notes that there is no firm evidence pointing to an acceleration of technological change. (JF)

This directory lists, alphabetically by state and city, the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of the organizations and people who are able to reach minority groups to tell them about affirmative action programs for job training and job opportunities. At the end of many of the state entries are listed organizations which have statewide or…

The head of the Women's Bureau challenges vocational education to break the unhappy syndrome'' of dead-end jobs and low pay for women in the work force. (Editor)

Abstracts of material covering a variety of topics regarding vocational and labor development throughout the world are presented in the fourth dispatch. Noted, in particular, are publications regarding education and training in rural areas, research, vocational guidance, and international instruments. The first section, News in Brief, contains 21…

Eight studies identify, examine, and evaluate significant elements of industry-location decisions as they relate directly or indirectly to public investment policies and activities that may be considered as economic growth stimulants for the Appalachian region. Examined in the document are the chlor-alkali industry; the manufacturing of trucks,…

Over 400 representatives from industry, labor unions, government, universities, and nonprofit organizations attended the Governor's Conference on Manpower in Springfield, Illinois on March 14, 1969. Recommendations from the 11 workshop sessions held during the conference are presented in the report, and cover the areas of: (1) coordination and…

A Book based on a conference on human resources development held at Iowa State University from October 13 to 14 presents chapters on the following subjects: Theory and Concepts of an Active Human Resources Policy; An Experiment in Manpower Coordination; The Concept and Problems of Human Resources Development; Human Resources Development as a…

Presented in this summary document are 17 charts and statements concerning youth unemployment. Topics covered include: (1) the ratio of teenage to adult unemployment rates, (2) the population explosion, (3) effects of staying in school, (4) state minimum wage patterns, and (5) the effects of a differential on family income. A recommended course of…

The training of heavy-equipment operators poses special problems. Ideas concerning meeting the Canadian skilled operator shortage, short-term training, long-term training, client selection, and institutional training, costs, methods, and procedures are raised for consideration in future training programs. (AG)

A 7-part review of America at work, this article is the first of nine over the next eight issues. Manpower Research Visibility is a quarterly supplement to The American Vocational Journal. (Editor)

Vocational training programs in womens prisons have tended to reflect a traditional attitude towards women as members of the work force. This traditional attitude is changing in some institutions as training is provided women offenders in nontraditional jobs: welding, cosmetology, and home economics. (BP)

Forecasts long-range austerity measures in higher education, involving the promotion of vastly expanded occupational training programs and sharply declining liberal arts programs in the 1970's, resultingfrom the economic crisis. Corporate profit-seeking is suggested as the cause of current product shortages and inflation. (SF)