ERIC Number: ED288069
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1987
Pages: 480
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The Future of Working Wisconsin. Proceedings from "The Future of Working Wisconsin" Conference (Milwaukee, Wisconsin, February 24-26, 1987).
Wacker, Gabrielle Banick, Ed.
The following are among the 45 papers included in this proceedings: "Labor Force Changes in the United States: Implications for Education and Training" (Kutscher); "Industry, Employment, and Family Income: Wisconsin's Status" (Stoner); "Future Demographic and Social Trends" (Zach); "International Business in Wisconsin's Future" (Shank); "Wisconsin's Economy in the Global Marketplace" (Somersan); "Changing American Economy" (Zempel); "The Role of Wisconsin Electric Power Company in State Economic Development" (Berman); "Manufacturing in Wisconsin: Times Are Changing" (Kinney); "Future Skill Needs as Seen by Harnischfeger Industries, Inc." (DeMaster); "Agriculture in Transition: Educational Challenges of the New Farm Management" (Grossi); "Biotechnology and Its Effect on Agriculture" (Brill); "Prospectus of Wisconsin Agriculture: 1987 and in the Future" (Gunderson); "Educating for Change" (Weisensel); "Home Health Care: The Future Is Now" (Barmore); "Current Health Care Issues in Wisconsin: HMO Provider Perspective" (Brady); "Health Care Must Change if It Is to Survive" (Hanser); "Role of Services in the U.S. Economy" (Duncan); "Economic Development Potential of Service Sector Industries in Wisconsin" (Wade); "Insurance Industry" (Johnson); "Importance of Foodservice to Future of Working Wisconsin" (Lump); "Innovations in Education: 30 Years after Sputnik. Implementation and Inertia" (Bransford); "Communications Technology: Implications for Wisconsin" (Bornstein); "Structuring Expectations: Telecommunications in the 1990s" (Weston); "Computers, Schools, and the Work Place" (Long); "Computer Technology in the Next 20 Years" (Beetem); "Impact of the Computer Industry on Working in Wisconsin" (Groom); "Manufacturing Must Key-in to Advancing Computer Technology" (Lauer); "Space Station: The Next Logical Step" (Cook); "Wisconsin's Space Future" (Rice); "A Retrospective and Prospective Look at Some of the Nation's Resource Issues" (Frederick); "Energy and Wisconsin's Economy" (Brand); "Timber Resources and Products" (Lange); "Environmental Management: A Global Profit Center" (Braun); "Outlook for Work, Productivity, and Labor/Management Relations" (Oswald); "Changing Nature of Work, the Work Place, Managerial Behaviors and Implications for Wisconsin's Economy" (Witte); "High School/Technical College Connection" (Parnell); "Human Resource Development" (Broomfield); and "Future of Education and Training" (Bellman). Summaries, assumptions and issues, and additional resources are included. (MN)
Descriptors: Aerospace Industry, Agribusiness, Agriculture, Allied Health Occupations, Communications, Computers, Demography, Economic Change, Educational Needs, Employment Opportunities, Employment Patterns, Energy Occupations, Futures (of Society), Health Services, Industrialization, Labor Force Development, Labor Market, Manufacturing Industry, Natural Resources, Postsecondary Education, Productivity, Quality Control, Secondary Education, Service Occupations, Social Change, Statewide Planning, Technical Education, Vocational Education
Publications Unit, Vocational Studies Center, 964 Educational Sciences Bldg., 1025 West Johnson Street, Madison, WI 53706 ($20.00).
Publication Type: Collected Works - Proceedings; Reports - Research; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
Sponsor: Wisconsin State Board of Vocational, Technical, and Adult Education, Madison.
Authoring Institution: Wisconsin Univ., Madison. Vocational Studies Center.
Identifiers - Location: Wisconsin
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