Looks at major characteristics of health institutions which influence their interactions with public service employment programs, at problems of interagency coordination, and at specific findings of site visits where health personnel are enrolled in the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA). (Author/AM)

Early achievement in the textile industry training program focused on operative training, followed by emphasis on management development. Recruitment efforts have been increased. As Assessment of Training scheme provides standards, assistance, and recognition for individual companies in maintaining adequate training programs. (MW)

This paper considered the usefulness of the preponderantly 'manpower requirements' premises relied upon by the Committee, judgments made about present and prospective distribution of education among different age groups and status levels in Sweden and some implications of proposals for spatial and administrative reorganization of higher education.…

An organization and management consultant sees the managerial role as a change agent which provides direction and growth toward corporation goals. It is important that managers have a clear understanding of corporation goals in order to become effective change agents. (EA)

CETA's major purpose is to provide the economically disadvantaged, the unemployed, and the underemployed with the assistance they need to compete for employment through manpower programs. In relation to this, legislative funding, Federal role, and the prime sponsors' role are discussed. (Author/BP)

This article examines and assesses the aims, establishment, and teaching methods of the 41 institutes of technology in Algeria. (DE)

To remain a high wage, high income society, attention must be focused on America's learning system. Educated workers and citizens should have a better grasp of technology, and vocational-technical subjects taught in the schools must contain greater academic, abstract, theoretical, and conceptual content. Reforming vocational-technical programs…

These papers present the major issues and directions in five areas: (1) the socioeconomic and demographic environment (demography, the economies and labor forces of Canada and of Ontario, and the international and social environments); (2) education (K-12, postsecondary, adult, and the educational media resource market); (3) the broadcast…

The development theory for progress in the countries of the Third World must be based on the aspirations of the common people; the majority poor. The poor cannot simply be provided with resources; they must also be psychologically, socially, and economically empowered. The most important conflict in poor countries is between urban and rural…

Broadly defined, human resource development (HRD) involves the education, training, and utilization of human potentials for social and economic progress. Of five interdependent energizers for HRD (education, health and nutrition, the environment, employment, and political and economic freedom), education is an essential factor for improving all…

Differences in training in developing countries can be traced to the experiences of colonization, industrialization, and advancing technology. Since decolonization after World War II, developing countries have had to cope with depleted primary resources and unprecedented and unexpectedly rapid industrialization. Industrialization has taken the…

Testimony in this hearing covers how the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) is working in the state of Massachusetts, how the business community perceives and receives the JTPA program, and how Congress may improve the program to better serve and reach the intended population. The hearing was held in Massachusetts, a state leading in forging…

This three-part monograph on human resource development is intended for counselors who wish to translate their counseling skills and experience to work with business and industry. Part I presents an overview of the field of human resource development (HRD) emphasizing the counselor as an HRD professional. Chapter I discusses the application to…

An educated, skilled, flexible work force will be the key to southern economic development. The South must have workers better equipped to learn modern, ever-changing work skills. The lack of these skills prevents the region from achieving the productivity gains that it could otherwise accomplish. There is a growing interest on the part of…

In addition to describing how training programs for African refugees fail to meet the needs of women (who along with children are the majority of refugees), this document offers guidelines for improving the programs and, thus, the productivity and incomes of women refugees. The first section, called "Women Refugees: The Overlooked…