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Bell, Chip R.; And Others – Training and Development Journal, 1989
Malcolm Knowles' career in human resource development has spanned more than 50 years. This article describes some of his achievements in adult education and presents tributes from colleagues. (JOW)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Andragogy, Biographies
Kaeter, Margaret – Training, 1993
Because organizations need to be broader based and cross-functional, workers must have broader expertise as well as deep specialized skills. Cross-training and teamwork are essential. (SK)
Descriptors: Employment Qualifications, Job Training, Labor Force Development, Networks
Training, 1999
Looks at the best and worst workplace training ideas of the 20th century. Includes ideas that haven't happened, those that went from bad to good, ones that got lost in the shuffle, ideas to take into the next century, and those that are best discarded. (JOW)
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Educational History, Labor Force Development, Training
Lovely, Suzette – School Administrator, 2005
A significant and potentially problematic result of the changing dynamics of the American workforce is the growing infusion that brings young, old and in-betweens together into the same employment mix. While seniors postpone retirement, college graduates are launching their careers. For school systems, a multi-generational workplace can be both a…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Labor Force, School Administration, Personnel Management
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Collins, Peter M. – Performance Improvement, 2006
Despite the obvious fact that high performance can be promoted in many ways, the author of this article assumed for much of his academic life as a student and as a teacher that most students were motivated to learn by grades and not much else. Experiments with pass-fail courses and reports to students of their results seemed to confirm this…
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Student Motivation, Education Courses, Personal Narratives
Barnow, Burt S. – 1986
Although projecting what the labor market will be like in 10 years is extremely difficult, it is useful to consider what is in store for the nation in terms of employment. In 1985, the civilian labor force of the United States averaged 115 million persons, with 8 million (7.2 percent) unemployed. Unemployment was much higher for young people and…
Descriptors: Adults, Educational Needs, Educational Trends, Employment Opportunities
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Bates, John; Carter, Bob – International Electronic Journal for Leadership in Learning, 2007
In line with other public sector provision, the English school system has been subject to modernization since the advent of the New Labour government in 1997. This article views the reform of education in the light of the movement towards new public management and traces the process of the reform of workforce remodeling that has seen the shedding…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Public Sector, Principals, Foreign Countries
American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, Washington, DC. – 1983
The United States is a labor surplus society, one with a persistent shortage of jobs. This labor surplus--manifested in excessively and persistently high unemployment--will continue through the 1980s. The existence of a persistent job shortage, resulting in a labor surplus of four to six million unemployed workers without a constructive economic…
Descriptors: Adults, Black Employment, Economic Factors, Employment Patterns
Literacy Beat, 1987
This document discusses reasons for the current interest in workplace literacy and describes existing training for the workplace. Among the reasons for the interest in workplace literacy are changing demographics, which are altering the composition of the labor force, and changes such as the demise of the factory model in the workplace itself and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Education Work Relationship, Employment Opportunities
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Marez, Curtis – Aztlan: A Journal of Chicano Studies, 2006
The dot-com crash of 2000-01 provides unique opportunities for historicizing what Manuel Castells calls the information age. This age is characterized by the dominance of information capital, a regime of accumulation organized around networks of computers and other information technologies whose production is partly centered in Northern…
Descriptors: Corporations, Popular Culture, Information Technology, Labor Force
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Jarvis, Peter – Educational Considerations, 1987
The author defines the concept of lifelong education. He relates lifelong education to five social features: social change, the world of work, demography, control, and the mode of delivery. (CH)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Aging (Individuals), Change, Delivery Systems
Rummler, Geary A.; Brache, Alan P. – Training, 1988
If training is to make a real difference in the organization, we need an alternative to the vacuum of performance. A view exists that springs from two fundamental premises: (1) every individual operates in the context of a performance system and (2) improvements in performance will occur only if we understand the variables in that system. (JOW)
Descriptors: Job Performance, Labor Force Development, Productivity, Program Effectiveness
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Brock, William E. – Monthly Labor Review, 1988
The author is a former United States Secretary of Labor who developed the Workforce 2000 project. He discusses the need for implementing this project's recommendations and reviews these recommendations. In addition, he expresses his frustration at the slow pace of change within the federal government. (CH)
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Employment Patterns, Futures (of Society), Job Training
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Varty, James; Jacobs, James – Journal of Cooperative Education, 1986
Reviews the direction that labor and industry are taking to meet the transition that is occurring within the US automotive industry. Specific implications for cooperative education in supporting further training and development for both the displaced and the current automotive work force are presented. (CT)
Descriptors: Cooperative Education, Dislocated Workers, Higher Education, Job Training
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Ball, Nicole – International Labour Review, 1986
The author analyzes the economics of weapons production in respect to the industries and occupations that are most dependent on defense conrating and discusses the problems that different groups of defense industry employees encounter in transferring to the civil sector. (Author/CT)
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Dislocated Workers, Economic Factors, Employment Opportunities
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