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Taylor, William H. – 1982
Exploratory, descriptive research was conducted to identify potential and existing shortages of skilled manpower in the petroleum industry. Data came from interviews with 60 individual companies, governments, industry groups, and professional associations. Company characteristics that were significant determinants of training were size, foreign or…
Descriptors: Employment Opportunities, Employment Projections, Foreign Countries, Industrial Education
Download full textCummens, John A. – 1981
The issues of harmonization and autonomy as they affect vocational education and manpower policy development and the implementation of program service delivery are analyzed. Some of the background issues that have affected the relationship of vocational education and manpower, in particular the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA), are…
Descriptors: Coordination, Educational Cooperation, Educational Policy, Federal Government
Beachler, Judith Anne – 1985
The relationship between higher education and economic development is discussed to help Pennsylvania state officials in policy development. In addition to listing labor force development efforts of Carnegie Mellon University, Community College of Allegheny County, and University of Pittsburgh, Massachusetts' economic strategies are summarized. Six…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Change Strategies, College Role, Economic Development
Jacobson, Louis S. – 1973
Research using Social Security data to measure the effects of government manpower training programs on the earnings of participants is discussed. Previous studies employed a longitudinal set of Social Security summary earnings records of over 50,000 individuals who participated in Manpower Development and Training Act (MDTA) institutional training…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Data Analysis, Employment Patterns, Federal Programs
MDC, Inc., Chapel Hill, NC. – 1982
A summary is presented of a statistical and documentary study of the Human Resources Development (HRD) program in the North Carolina community college system. First, an outline is provided of the changes in the HRD program since its inception in 1966, the constituencies it serves, and its goals of recruiting chronically unemployed individuals,…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Benefits, Educational Finance, Employment Programs
Brandenburg, Dale C. – 1981
A useful, values-oriented human resource development (HRD) program evaluation approach is one that is empirical with its orientation derived from a social/technical perspective. The optimum mix between the technical skills of evaluation and the required social skills of evaluation delivery is crucial for the quality assurance process. The core to…
Descriptors: Accountability, Business, Data Collection, Industrial Training
O'Leary, Jeanne M. – 1978
Expanding work opportunities, changing family structure, double digit inflation, and relaxed attitudes toward the appropriateness of women's work outside the home have contributed to increased labor force participation of women in recent years. Recent studies indicate that despite traditional attitudes ascribed to rural areas, trends in increasing…
Descriptors: Business Cycles, Clerical Occupations, Demography, Economic Factors
Kordic, Michael G. – 1980
Progress to date is reported for a project initiated in 1979 to apply a workforce planning methodology to the operations and maintenance sections of the Cuyahoga County Sanitary Engineering Department in an effort to document the human resources utilized by the Department during 1979 and to determine its personnel needs for 1980 and 1981. After…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Demand Occupations, Employment Projections, Human Resources
BLAUG, MARK – 1966
IN THIS ESSAY ON LITERACY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN DEVELOPING NATIONS, THE STRATEGIC ROLE OF TIME PERSPECTIVES IN THE CHOICE BETWEEN FORMAL EDUCATION AND ADULT LITERACY IS VIEWED AS AN INHERENT ASPECT OF EDUCATIONAL PLANNING AND RESOURCE ALLOCATION IN POOR COUNTIRES. A CONSIDERATION OF THE RISE OF THE MAJOR INDUSTRIAL POWERS AND OF THE FEATURES…
Descriptors: Cost Estimates, Criteria, Developing Nations, Economic Development
O'DELL, EARL D.; THOMPSON, JOHN T. – 1966
THIS IS THE REPORT, FROM THE ADULT EDUCATION DIVISION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING, OF A SURVEY MADE IN 1965 OF ADULT EDUCATIONAL NEEDS IN THE STATE. THE PURPOSES OF THE STUDY WERE TO POINT UP POSSIBLE IMPROVEMENTS IN CURRENT EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND TO PROVIDE A DESIGN FOR INTELLIGENT PLANNING FOR FUTURE NEEDS. FOUR MAJOR TASKS WERE…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Educational Change, Educational Needs, Educational Objectives
COLLINS, CHARLES C. – 1967
RESULTS OF A 2-YEAR STUDY ARE SUMMARIZED IN ORDER TO EVALUATE THE PRESENT STATUS OF JUNIOR COLLEGE PERSONNEL WORK. A SERIES OF 21 FUNCTIONS, DEVELOPED BY PROFESSIONALS IN THE FIELD, PROVIDES CRITERIA TO DEFINE BOTH PRESENT AND PREFERRED PROGRAMS. QUESTIONNAIRE AND INTERVIEW DATA GATHERED FROM A SELECTED NATIONAL SAMPLE OF 49 LARGER AND 74 SMALLER…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrator Guides, Administrator Responsibility, Administrators
RIESSMAN, FRANK
THE GUIDELINES THAT ARE PRESENTED IN THIS MODEL FOR TRAINING NONPROFESSIONALS FOR JOBS IN THE FIELD OF HUMAN SERVICES ARE BASED ON A "NEW CAREER" CONCEPT, WHERE THE JOB ITSELF PROVIDES MOTIVATION FOR FURTHER DEVELOPMENT THROUGH TRAINING, UPGRADING, AND EDUCATION. SPECIAL EMPHASIS IN DEVELOPING TRAINING PROGRAMS IS GIVEN TO THE…
Descriptors: Careers, Community Centers, Educational Programs, Guidelines
Keppler, Mark; Juelich, Mike – 1980
This study analyzes private sector training programs that benefit economically disadvantaged (CETA-eligible) persons. Information on ten private sector training programs in seven states (Iowa, Florida, Maryland, California, Kansas, Mississippi, and New York) collected from a mailed eleven-page questionnaire, a follow-up telephone interview, and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Programs, Federal Programs
McCullough, Paul M. – 1980
A project explored the manpower issue termed "burnout" and the impact of this phenomenon on mental health service programs. (In the framework of this study burnout is defined as that state of non-productivity, non-motivation, and indifference which interferes with a worker's delivering services effectively.) Existing literature does not clearly…
Descriptors: Burnout, Change Strategies, Coping, Definitions
Cohen, Perry D.; And Others – 1979
This report presents the analysis and recommendations of a study which evaluated the federal demonstration program to institute linkage systems for health manpower planning in states. Following an introduction to the report, chapter 2 presents the basic concepts to define the health manpower decision system and to describe general characteristics…
Descriptors: Coordination, Decision Making, Demonstration Programs, Educational Resources
