U.S. employers allocate considerable time and resources to training their employees. The incidence of formal training tends to be higher at establishments that are larger and have lower turnover and more benefits, among other characteristics. (Author/JOW)

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to evidence the emergence of new forms of work organisation which if observed could be seen as consistent with the concept of the "learning factory". This is attempted through reporting the views of those workers engaged in team based operations and reflects upon the emerging role of first-line and…

Though formal arrangements between community colleges and business and industry are increasing, structured workplace apprenticeship arrangements remain scant. Such arrangements have a number of advantages for students, colleges, and industry, including: (1) they represent a way in which colleges can gain private sector support for experiential…

A study examined the relationship between investment in training and labor productivity in a sample of 237 large and medium-size Taiwanese firms producing auto parts. Of the 162 firms (68.4%) that returned usable questionnaires, 142 (59.9%) had training programs and 131 (55.3%) provided full cost data. The data were analyzed by multiple regression…

An industrial trainer describes the benefits of membership in the National Society for Performance and Instruction (an organization with members from diverse professional backgrounds) which is concerned with human performance improvement. A brief history of the group and a discussion of future directions is included. (MS)

The noteworthy industry-education partnerships, the Training and Technology Project in Oak Ridge, Tennessee and the Lenoir Community College-Du Pont inplant training program in Kingston, North Carolina, have demonstrated cooperative and effective use of existing resources by industry and educational institutions for vocational and technical…

Tendencies in the development of foreign language teaching within industrial plants are sketched. Five causes that have led to the establishment by German industrial firms of their own private, internal foreign language instruction are discussed. The aims and methods of the instruction are described. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

A project was conducted to develop a curriculum and training materials to be used in training industrial operatives in statistical process control (SPC) techniques. During the first phase of the project, questionnaires were sent to 685 companies (215 of which responded) to determine where SPC was being used, what type of SPC firms needed, and how…

Integrated manufacturing is an approach that applies information technologies and new types of work organization to integrate machines, information, and people. The trend toward integrated manufacturing is worldwide and irreversible, and is evidenced and reinforced by these activities and characteristics: development of new technologies of…

The director of an industry training board looks at the effect the new pattern of employment and training (under the Employment and Training Act of 1973) will have on the Training boards' operation in a paper presented at the BACIE (British Association for Commercial and Industrial Education) national conference. (AG)

Although there is a shortage of jobs for the severely impaired, there is a manpower shortage in the field of micrographics. The Texas Institute for Rehabilitation and Research Micrographics Training Program attempts to solve both of these problems by training and placing in competitive employment individuals with severe physical disabilities.…

THE POPULATION OF INDONESIA WAS 105,000,000 IN 1965, 70 PERCENT OF WHICH ARE ENGAGED IN AGRICULTURE ON THE SEVEN MAIN ISLANDS AND SOME OF THE 3,000 SMALLER ISLANDS. DIVERSIFICATION OF THE ECONOMY IS BEING EMPHASIZED. COMPULSORY PRIMARY EDUCATION EXTENDS OVER 6 YEARS. SECONDARY EDUCATION INCLUDES A JUNIOR LEVEL WITH BOTH ACADEMIC AND VOCATIONAL…

JAPAN HAD AN ESTIMATED POPULATION OF 97,000,000 IN 1964. BECAUSE LESS THAN 40 PERCENT OF THE LAND IS ARABLE AND MINERAL WEALTH IS SMALL, IMPORTING FOODSTUFFS AND RAW MATERIALS IS NECESSARY. LARGE-SCALE CAPITALIZED FIRMS AND SMALL HANDICRAFT WORKSHOPS PRODUCE CONSUMER GOODS. THE NATION'S ECONOMY IS BASED UPON FOREIGN TRADE. THE FIRST 9 YEARS OF…