This report provides a conceptual model of how a business develops and grows in Wisconsin and results from a survey of entrepreneurs. Part I provides the background and develops the conceptual model. It defines small business, discusses entrepreneurial characteristics, describes stages of business development, and considers barriers encountered by…

A report on efforts in five countries (Sweden, Great Britain, France, Italy, and West Germany) to restructure and reorganize jobs and on the participation of trade unions in job improvement experiments is presented. (Author/AG)

Job restructuring and worker participation in decision making is humanizing technology in the land of Volvo and Saab and cutting down employee alienation and absenteeism. (Author)

This paper presents a multi-pronged strategy for reducing poverty and unemployment by increasing the number of jobs for unskilled workers and raising their wages. The first component of this strategy is a marginal hours employment tax credit, similar to the recently enacted New Jobs Tax Credit. This would serve to generate an expansion in…

This report on a job creation program for poor people deals with the organizations within which jobs were created, the responses of the organizations to the jobs, and the techniques which seemed useful in working with the organizations. Major sections include: (1) Employment, Unemployment and New Careers, (2) Organizational Barriers, (3) The Forms…

This multifaceted, large-scale E and D project in Chicago is based on the much-emulated "hire now, train later" concept which has become a force in the Concentrated Employment Program. During the second year of operation, JOBS NOW was redesigned to become a four-component program, stressing brief (2 week) orientation for disadvantaged…

The author presents a methodology to identify new and emerging occupations for the purpose of appropriate vocational education curriculum development, involving collection of occupational data, development of criteria, and evaluation of occupational data for curriculum development. (MF)

The article deals with the economic goals of full employment and economic development through its direction toward problems related to creating jobs in American Indian communities. (Author/NQ)

West Virginia Governor Arch Moore discusses past and present changes in the Appalachian Region and in West Virginia spurred by the Appalachian Regional Commission. Changes in West Virginia's tax structure, job creation, economic diversification, and public energy facilities are noted as efforts to prepare for the future. (NEC)

Describes a pilot project set up by the UAW-GM Human Resource Center to deal with a complete plant closing in Cincinnati and to help the workers find other jobs. (JOW)

The proportion of employment in higher paying occupations increased for all groups from 1973 through 1982, but the earnings distribution of these occupations shifted to include more lower paying positions. (Author/CH)

A job club approach for secondary disabled youth focuses on mastering job seeking skills by behaviorally sequenced steps learned in situational experiences within a self-help group process framework. Students learn to penetrate the hidden job market, to use social networking via the telephone, and to participate successfully in job interviews. (CL)

A computer program utilized to generate detailed reports of labor requirements saved almost $700,000 in custodial labor costs for the Facilities Maintenance and Operations Division of Oakland County, Michigan. The program also is used for a quality-control audit system during inspections to evaluate cleaned rooms. (MLF)

Case studies on recreation, tourism, retirement homes, and information processing and distribution centers illustrate service industries subject to deliberate economic stimulation. The panel concludes that Appalachian communities may be missing major opportunities for development due to misunderstandings and "myths" about the economic…