This paper reports on a case study that explores how the integrative model of program planning can be applied to better understand the process of mobile learning efforts in diverse African contexts. The authors discuss how, Scientific Animations Without Borders (SAWBO), a Purdue University-based program, creates educational videos accessible in…

It is widely accepted that the concepts and practices of management can only be of benefit when they are anchored to the contextual architecture of people, processes, structures, and technologies. The challenge of establishing a bridging program for providing managerial competencies to Australian Indigenous people has become a serious one for…

Fifty theses and dissertations which have relevance to various areas of rural manpower policy and were completed at Michigan State University between 1960 and 1973 are cited in this annotated bibliography. Topics covered are health, education, training, work activity, and trends in rural population, development, and life. Categories are: (1)…

The issues of manpower planning and economic development which relate to the Rural Development Act of 1972 were analyzed at this conference. The conference contributors were chosen because of their expertise in some aspect of manpower planning, economic development, or the Rural Development Act of 1972. The conference began with an overview of…

Many branches of manufacturing industries have been highly successful in the Appalachian region; others have failed to achieve anticipated operating and employment results; and still others have suspended operations after a short time. This mixed history of accomplishment and failure has not been satisfactorily explained by traditional analyses.…

The growth, prosperity, and viability of the new African nations will depend ultimately on their ability to develop systematically and to utilize effectively their human resources. The major human resource problems are 1) rising unemployment in urban areas, 2) under-employment of the rural masses, 3) shortages of strategic skills, 4) poorly geared…

Discusses strategies to alleviate rural employment problems. (BH)

The Alaska State Manpower Planning Council provides brief summaries of human resource development programs, describing eligibility requirements, Alaska contact sources, authorizing legislation, and administering agencies. The information is primarily directed to officials and individuals involved in human development. Most of the programs receive…

This annotated bibliography is dedicated to rural women workers and their roles during the 20th century (1875-1971). It is concerned with materials which consider both the questions of rural manpower and rural womanpower. There are a variety of source materials (books, articles, research papers, etc.) and some 338 entries. Divided into six…

The objectives of the Smaller Communities Program of the Employment Security Offices in Catron County, New Mexico, were to inventory the unemployed, underemployed and individuals who wish to change jobs, register them and do job development work; to test applicants and assist them in choosing a job; to refer all possible applicants to work,…

The objectives of the Smaller Communities Program of the Employment Security Offices in Torrache County, New Mexico, were to inventory the unemployed, underemployed, and individuals who wish to change jobs and register them for employment; to test applicants and assist them in choosing a job; to refer all possible applicants to work, training, or…

Numerous studies conducted by the Committee for Studies on Regions under Industrialization of the Polish Academy of Sciences provide the basis for historical analysis and regional comparison relative to concept formation, program guidelines, and program implementation procedures for rational human factor management. The exhaustion of Poland's…

While the adoption of new mechanical and biological-chemical technology has brought revolutionary changes in agricultural production, these changes have also contributed to a decline in employment in many rural industries. There are, however, a number of new technologies, likely to impact on rural areas in the 1980s and beyond, that should level…

The report is published to help inform employees of the Economic Development Administration and Regional Commissions of the nature, results, and applications of regional development research. Articles in this issue discuss: (1) a multiregional input-output model for the United States, (2) implications of rural-urban migration for regional…

Data on a commercial and an agricultural Guatemalan population indicates most peasants derive income from both agricultural and nonagricultural sources. While disguised employment does not utilize labor at its most efficient level, development projects should complement traditional economic activities and recognize that diversion of peasant labor…