This study describes four developmental stages of Training and Technology (TAT), a human resources development activity begun 7 years ago by the Oak Ridge Associated Universities for the U. S. Department of Labor. The first year's project, in 1966, surveyed manpower development and training in universities, industry, and government in 15 Southern states. The following 2-year demonstration project was designed to train underemployed workers in area vocational schools for existing jobs and to update the preparation of vocational and technical teachers. The teacher training program became a regular University of Tennessee program that continued to use TAT facilities for course credit. The third project, beginning in 1969, concentrated on training disadvantaged persons with a training model developed for use in industrial facilities. The fourth developmental stage, beginning in 1972, involved an assessment of all past TAT experience, including a survey of post-placement TAT graduates, and inauguration of a regional utilization network workshop to explore new ways of applying TAT's research in manpower development skills. (MF)