Fifty manpower research projects reported during May and June of 1969 are listed alphabetically by researcher. Accompanying information includes the researcher's address, title of the project and an indication of whether the project was in progress or completed at the time of this reporting. (CH)

Seminars were conducted at Cornell University and Arizona State University to encourage manpower research among persons who had recently received doctorates in the social and behavioral sciences. Individuals who showed promise for making positive contributions to manpower research were selected from both large and small institutions of higher…

Noting the vital importance of a trained work force to our national economy, the chairman of Bell & Howell Company states that industry must assume a leading role in the education and training of American workers. He calls on industry to organize its training resources to meet its needs. (PD)

Community groups in Knoxville, Tennessee, meet to share concerns for job oriented education of the disadvantaged, particularly through school and industry cooperation. (LY)

Reactions of participants suggest that sensitivity training performs some popular function but that it does not necessarily change behavior, affect attitudes, or constitute formal learning. (Author)

An institute of higher learning is training people in skills that will make them more employable. (CK)

Adult and continuing education (ACE) and human resource development (HRD) professionals have more in common than they realize. They would both benefit by talking to one another. The opportunity for that conversation is not likely to happen. (Includes charts listing the differences between HRD and ACE and between education and business.) (JOW)

A survey of 361 human resource developers (HRD) found that trainers are more satisfied with training than with their previous positions because HRD gives them the chance to do different things, make use of abilities, try their own methods, and earn satisfactory pay. (JOW)

Money is being spent on training, without investment in human resources. Investment requires verifying benefits and risks to determine the best options. The role of the individual must be strengthened and investment incentives increased. (SK)

It was the year 2002. Ohio was reeling from a decline in the manufacturing sector, which left thousands of northwestern Ohio workers unemployed. When the U.S. economy suffers from a recession, states like Ohio that rely heavily upon employment in manufacturing experience the impact first, according to Neal Eiber of Apollo Career Center Adult…

This article focuses on the human performance improvement and human resource development task of providing an organization with a skilled workforce. We begin by describing the U.S. demographic trends and the changing job skill requirements that will lead to a shortage of skilled workers and that highlight the importance of considering the various…

Critical approaches to HRD do not focus solely on improving organizational performance; instead, they address previously undiscussable issues such as power, politics, class, sexism, racism, and heterosexism. Since critical HRD often seeks to raise problems instead of solve them immediately, it is sometimes criticized for being elitist and detached…

This paper reviews recent e-mentoring literature to provide human resource development (HRD) professionals and practitioners with insights into emerging trends of e-mentoring in virtual education. A brief overview of e-mentoring, benefits, barriers, and successes are presented. Evaluation strategies for an e-mentoring environment are also provided.

Organizational learning is a complex phenomenon, the collective nature of which makes it difficult to study and examine. Organizational stories are cultural forms that facilitate the sensemaking processes and capabilities of the individuals and teams that form the collective organization. This paper utilizes literature to suggest possible impacts…

Purpose--The aim of this article is to gain insight into some of the human capital development (HCD) policies that enhance employee satisfaction. A salient focus of the study is to assess whether employees in globalised foreign-owned MNCs are likely to be more satisfied with the HCD policies than with the practices employed by locally owned MNCs.…