Taken from the annual conference (May 12-16, 1969) of the American Society for Training and Development, these papers concentrate on sociological and related trends affecting manpower development and utilization. Such topics as new training and educational resources for industrial trainers, current social change and upheaval on and off college campuses, and the impact of social, technological, and organizational change on professional and technical education, are treated in the first papers. Others describe and discuss new technology in military training, IBM field engineering training, current Federal legislation, employment opportunities for women, the systems approach to training and development, the need to improve communication and cooperation between the universities and business, and applications of behavioral science knowledge and methods in human relations training by the National Training Laboratories. The last paper compares management development and organizational development as strategies for change. (ly)