A form of occupational analysis called DACUM (Developing a Curriculum) and its advantages in course development and performance assessment are discussed and specific suggestions on conducting a DACUM session are provided. (CT)

This article is an introduction to how the Finnish Labor Administration has tried to minimize unemployment in Finland by vocational training, mainly in vocational course centers. (CT)

Discusses existing traditional industry-education cooperative ventures and decreasing enrollment rates in these programs and reasons for the decreases. The article also examines the role of universities in job training and the conflict between corporate training and public education. (CT)

Developed and illustrated a technique depicting the fit between training curriculum content and job performance requirements for three Coast Guard schools. Generated a listing of tasks which receive undue emphasis in training, tasks not being taught, and tasks instructors intend to train, but which course graduates are unable to perform.…

This study attempts, first of all, to establish the major dimensions of job satisfaction as perceived by office systems employees, and secondly, to examine the relationship between the characteristics of training programs and these dimensions. (CT)

Discusses the unique training problems of Witan Associates Limited, a company with Japanese and American employees. Their three-part training program is described: (1) contact with the training company, (2) two-day classroom seminar for all staff, and (3) corporate and departmental meetings. Results of the program are discussed. (CT)

Describes the Keeping America Working Project's Partnership Development Fund, which is used to award minigrants to colleges for the purpose of developing cooperative arrangements with local businesses and industry. Uses the Automotive Service Educational Program sponsored by General Motors Corporation as an example of collaborative programs. (DMM)

This study was conducted to determine the current status of existing and potential cooperation and collaboration efforts among major employment training delivery systems. The study involved a survey of representatives from eight major delivery systems of employment training. Data analysis supplied information about each delivery system and…

Outlines changes that individuals might expect as a result of computer technology in the areas of education, medicine, industry, and office work. Also considers the new technology's impact on managerial organization, job opportunities, and entrepreneurship. (GC)

The author notes that before any training takes place, managers must know their responsibilities as advisors, coaches, reinforcers, and positive models. They must understand that, if they fail to fulfill those roles, their subordinate supervisors probably will not use their new skills on the job. (SSH)

To give trainees a deeper level of experience, instructors often use role plays. In a role play, of course, learners enact the situation rather than merely talk about it. In a significant way, role plays let learners escape the environment of the classroom in order to behave as they would in real life. (SSH)

Explains the role of one type of adult education--Accelerated Training for Workers--in combating underdevelopment in Mozambique. Presents a response to the needs of a nation that is changing rapidly after centuries of neglect and foreign domination. (JOW)

Participation in vocational training was correlated with working conditions and social background factors through a discriminant analysis procedure. It was found that individuals who were employed as operators or who performed routine tasks were unlikely to participate in training programs. Implications for the development of job training programs…

Seeks to create an awareness of the alternatives that exist for entering the teaching profession and alternatives to the traditional teacher education institutions. (JOW)

This report looks at three very distinct intermediary organizations--The Reinvestment Fund, a social-purpose lender and financier of community and economic revitalization in Philadelphia; Wisconsin Regional Training Partnership, a labor/management partnership in Milwaukee; and the Seattle Jobs Initiative, an agency that began its operations within…