Responding to the need for a definition of the role and status of human resources development (HRD) practitioners in Australia, this paper explores the nature of HRD and the educational requirements of HRD trainers. After discussing problems associated with the terms "training" and "development," the paper presents three models…

A summary is presented of the issues and concerns discussed and the recommendations made by the American Vocational Association's (AVA) Manpower Division Policy Committee during its meeting at the 1975 AVA Convention. (AJ)

Presents a background to the publication in 1973 of the document "Standards for Social Service Manpower" by the National Association of Social Workers. It provides an overview of the publication, outlines the classification plan, and studies the implications for social agencies, education, the public and the profession. (Editor/PG)

Describes the career guidance information available for secondary school students from Canada's Department of Manpower and Immigration. (Author)

The main thesis advanced by the authors is that marginality is an important postive force upon which both the organizations involved in organization development and the practitioners of organization development should capitalize. (Author/EA)

Economic internationalization has caused the traditional advantages enjoyed by the Texas and U.S. economies to either disappear or to diminish in importance. Further, technology has allowed natural resources to become less important, while elevating knowledge and skills as the keys to improvements in productivity, living standards, and national…

This brief booklet examines the issue of how to ensure that one gets the best possible return out of attending a human resources or human resources development and training conference. The first section discusses evaluating seminars, expos, and professional conferences and the rationale for attending. A four-year conference planning calendar lists…

A rebuttal to Beatrice G. Ruebens' article in the September 1973 issue of the journal. (AG)

The U. S. Secretary of Labor regards the apprenticeship system as falling short of what it is capable of accomplishing and recommends the suggestions proposed by a task force for new initiatives to remedy the situation. (AG)

In a report condensing the findings of a study, "Training and Entry into Union Construction", it is emphasized that the apprenticeship system constitutes the best form of training now used in the building trades. (Author/AG)

This article introduces a new personnel development concept and attempts to correct the notion that personnel development is largely a training function. Implicit is the notion that by enhancing the utilization of existing manpower and providing opportunities for career development, we foster good employee relations and contribute to…

Article investigated the development of vocational education and its financial support along with its information systems. (RK)

This paper is addressed to three major themes related to career education in Europe among which was the contrasts seen in the context of career education as one views its processes in Europe and in the United States. (Author/RK)

Summarized are subtopics of the 1974 Manpower Report of the President. Specific topics covered are: the employment and unemployment record; manpower programs; migration and the American worker; patterns of occupational opportunity; and special programs. (DS)

Microteaching, using videotape equipment as a training aid, may enhance the skills and effectiveness of trainees in Manpower Development Training centers, allows the trainee to learn through manipulative experience and to receive immediate feedback regarding his performance, and provides program coordinators with a means of evaluating the…