This paper describes a series of four models around which plans can be developed to determine human development needs. It presents needs assessment models describing the process and participant interaction by which information is gathered to be used in education, training, funding, and/or other human resource development interventions to increase…

The realities of the changing economy include social as well as political polarization of socio-economically diverse groups. The roles and issues of disadvantaged persons in the work place and in national economic schemes are the subject of growing interest among economic planners, politicians, educators, and human resource development…

The National Center on Education and Employment has taken on the task of challenging and rethinking the premises that underlie traditions of human capital development in this country. This task is summarized in the question, "Who should teach which work-related skills to whom, when, and how?" Its first priority is that the Center's primary…

Utility analysis offers human resource management a powerful framework for decision making. Previous research has indicated that this framework can provide dollar-valued estimates of the consequences of human resource decisions. Moreover, this framework provides a general model of decision costs and benefits that can help organize and integrate…

The problems of meeting diverse needs, keeping training relevant, maintaining quality, minimizing administrative loads of course leaders, and keeping costs reasonable are discussed in this article dealing with the General Electric (GE) formen/supervisor program (FSP). Evaluation criteria for FSP course leaders and instructional modules are…

In a paper presented at the BACIE (British Association for Commercial and Industrial Education) national conference, the Training Services Agency director of planning and intelligence considers the agency's three major responsibilities: corrdinating the statutory industrial training boards, promoting training in other sectors, and administering…

The Manpower Services Commission chairman concludes the BACIE (British Association for Commercial and Industrial Education) national conference with comments on the effect of the Commission's establishment on other agencies, the need for a broad view of manpower and labor market issues, and an explanation of how the bureaucracy can function. (AG)

An interview with Frederick E. Fisher, vice president, National Training and Development Service for State and Local Government (NTDS), is presented. (SC)

The authors examine 10 existing, overlooked reservoirs of well-qualified minority and female talent which they believe should be integrated in whatever way and as soon as possible into the entire hierarchy in the same proportion as these groups appear in the labor force. (Author)

Changes in the distribution of job skills in the U.S. economy between 1960 and 1976 are examined in this document. The research assesses the effects of changes both in the distribution of employment among different occupations and in the skill requirements of individual occupations. Estimates of the latter component are based on two editions of…

THERE IS A WIDENING AVAILABILITY OF GOOD EDUCATION, WHILE THE SELF-MADE MAN IS BECOMING RARER. TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE IN ALL PRODUCTION REQUIRES MEN OF SPECIAL SKILLS AND HIGH EDUCATION, UNSKILLED LABOR IS NOW IN LOW DEMAND. TO AID THE UNEMPLOYED, MOBILIZATION OF THEIR PRODUCTIVE POWER AND FULFILLMENT OF THEIR NEEDS MUST BE PERFORMED AT THE SAME…

AN EXTENSION OF KNOWLEDGE OF THE FACTORS RELATED TO TRAINEE DROPOUTS IN MANPOWER DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING ACT (MDTA) PROGRAMS WAS ATTEMPTED. THE FACTORS RELATED TO SUCCESS OF MDTA PROGRAMS WERE COMPUTED FOR ORGANIZATIONAL AND PROCEDURAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE TRAINEES. BOTH RETENTION AND PLACEMENT SHOW SIGNIFICANT CORRELATION WITH CHARACTERISTICS…