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SULTAN, PAUL; PRASOW, P. – 1964
THIS SAMPLING OF COLLECTED TESTIMONY WAS INTENDED TO ILLUSTRATE SOME OF THE DIMENSIONS OF MANPOWER PROBLEMS FACED EVEN IN EXPANDING LABOR MARKETS. A REVIEW OF SELECTED "STRUCTURAL" ASPECTS OF EMPLOYMENT ANALYSIS GAVE PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO THE IMPACT OF AUTOMATION ON EMPLOYMENT WHEN CONSIDERATION WAS GIVEN, NOT TO THE AMOUNT OF LABOR DEMANDED,…
Descriptors: Automation, Educational Needs, Employment, Employment Patterns
Futransky, David; And Others – 1972
This report grew out of the Contractor's work with three Federal agencies to restructure jobs in selected occupational fields and make necessary changes in training, selection, and other manpower practices in order to: (1) enable employees in lower grades to progress to higher grades not customarily filled by promotion from the lower levels; and…
Descriptors: Career Ladders, Government Employees, Guidelines, Improvement
Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance, Washington, DC. – 1993
A study was done by the Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance to determine specific legislative, regulatory or administrative sources of complexity and burden in student loan programs under Part B of the Higher Education Act of 1965 and to recommend enhancements that will have positive effects on loan delivery and collection systems…
Descriptors: College Students, Colleges, Data Processing, Delivery Systems
Feeney, J. D. – 1982
Using two statistical analysis techniques (the Program Evaluation and Review Technique and the Critical Path Method), this study analyzed procedures for compiling the required yearly report of the Metropolitan Separate School Board (Catholic) of Toronto, Canada. The computer-assisted analysis organized the process of completing the report more…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Catholic Schools, Critical Path Method, Efficiency
Applegate, H. C. – 1973
an analyst from the staff of the City Manager of Glendale, California, conducted a work simplification study for the central library to adjust public service operations in the library's new quarters. This report presents the study's recommendations concerning the book circulation process. Following an outline of the organization and functions of…
Descriptors: Data Processing, Design Requirements, Fines (Penalties), Job Simplification
O'Toole, James; And Others – 1972
The report analyzes health, education, and welfare problems from the perspective of work which plays a powerful role in the psychological, social, and economic aspects determining for many the quality of life. Work problems create repercussions in other parts of the social system. Documentary evidence on which the report is based consists of…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Design Requirements, Job Satisfaction, Job Simplification
Mietus, Walter S. – 1982
The need for increased industrial productivity has become great in American society. If America is not to be outstripped by foreign competitors, worker productivity must be increased. Industrial arts can play a part in increasing productivity by fostering productive ideas in students. Attempts at work redesign have led to short-term increases in…
Descriptors: Creative Thinking, Educational Improvement, Industrial Arts, Job Development
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Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. Planning and Research Branch. – 1977
This study examines the required levels of custodial services for schools in the County of Athabasca. Standard work units were described and applied to the tasks specified for each school. As a result, it was found that the level of custodial staffing is presently below requirements. Recommendations were set forth for increasing the custodial…
Descriptors: Building Operation, Cost Effectiveness, Custodian Training, Educational Programs
Case, C. Marston – 1969
The application of a PERT system to a large-scale project will increase the probability of accomplishing project objectives by providing greater visibility of (1) the project objectives, (2) the relationships among the parts of the projects, and (3) the relationships of those component parts to the project objectives. Consequently, educational…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Critical Path Method, Educational Researchers
Davis, Michael J.; Fargher, John R. – 1984
This learning module, which is intended for use in in-service training for vocational rehabilitation counselors, deals with work design methods that are intended to improve client production and work quality. The following topics are discussed: work simplification, motion economy, the usefulness of jigs and cues in production, procedures for…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Counselor Training, Facility Planning, Inservice Education
Lavin, Richard J. – 1974
The focus of this report is on the functions of the curriculum coordinator in the Chelmsford Public Schools. The role of coordinator came into being as a response to a particular set of needs. An analysis of the changing nature of those needs provided a basis for deciding whether the coordinator role should be continued in its present form;…
Descriptors: Administrative Change, Administrative Organization, Administrator Role, Coordinators
Barrett, Gerald V.; And Others – 1975
The annotated bibliography, review of literature, and glossary of terms contained in this document relate to current and past trends in job design. Topics covered are Quality of Work Life; Conceptual and Theoretical Framework for Job Design; Measurement of Tasks and Job Structural Attributes and Tasks; Survey Research on Job Design; Case, Field,…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Employment Patterns, Individual Characteristics, Job Analysis
Basta, Nicholas – Graduating Engineer, 1986
Discusses the career outlook for mechanical engineers. Explains that the number of bachelor degrees awarded yearly has reached a plateau, but salaries continue to rise. Suggests that the largest increase in demand for mechanical engineers will come from industries involved in automation, particularly those developing robotics. (TW)
Descriptors: Automation, Career Choice, Career Planning, College Science
Slezak, Tom – Technological Horizons in Education, 1981
By interfacing a Biotran II counting device with an Apple II computer, biologists in a biomedical laboratory increased accuracy and speed over manual logging of Biotran readings. Suggests that others interface small computers to computer readable devices as a cost-effective approach. Outlines necessary steps. (DC)
Descriptors: Automation, Biomedical Equipment, Computer Oriented Programs, Higher Education
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Mayrowetz, David; Smylie, Mark A. – Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education, 2004
Over the past two decades, scholars and practitioners in a variety of industries have considered work redesign among a constellation of strategies to promote employee recruitment and retention, development, motivation, and performance. Although educational policymakers in the middle to late 1990s shifted their attention to standards, systemic…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Teacher Leadership, Job Analysis, Job Simplification
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