The innovative and cost-effective steps outlined in Retraining the American Workforce will help corporate leaders and human resource professionals work together to maintain a productive workforce and meet the challenges of the future.. Retraining the American Workforce is a detailed study of corporate retaining from the viewpoint of the training practitioner and human resource manager. Stressing the need for corporate involvement with retraining, the book outlines a strategy with which corporations can help prevent skill-obsolescence and reduce layoffs and worker dislocation. Valuable chapters deal with outplacement and career transitions for workers following layoffs and the special problems of retraining the older worker.Trainers and managers who are involved with retraining programs will find this book an important resource in helping workers to cope with the major transitions they face. In an era of budget deficits, corporate takeovers, and trade legislation, the retraining of American workers has become a crucial political and business issue.
Todays corporations need to adopt a proactive strategy to address this crisisa strategy that links training and retraining to the companys long-range planning process. This will take the cooperative effort of human resource professionals and executives, and Retraining the American Workforce can be a crucial part of this effort. As the first practical study of corporate retraining, this book provides both a broad, informational overview of retrainingwhy it us necessary and how it differs from traditional trainingand a detailed, practical guide to the design and delivery of retraining programs. Retraining the American Workforce is a vital resource for human resource professionals, strategic planners, and executives who need to initiate and support long-range plans for the workforce. Miller covers all the essentials of developing effective retraining programs.American business is changing from an industrial to a service-based economy while it struggles to deal with the challenge of new foreign competition and deregulation in many industries.
These much-discussed developments are also causing sweeping changes in the skills required to work productively and the tragic dislocation of workers. Retraining these workers for jobs in the new economy is increasingly becoming a concern of the private sector, as well as the federal and state governments. *How retraining can become a component of long-term corporate strategy *How to design, implement, and evaluate cost-effective retraining programs for workers threatened with dislocation *How corporations can work effectively with federal and state government agencies in implementing retraining programs *The roles and responsibilities of personnel/HRD departments in retraining *Why retrainees need career planning.
- ISBN10 0201115859
- ISBN13 9780201115857
- Publish Date 21 January 1989
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 11 October 2009
- Publish Country US
- Publisher INGRAM PUBLISHER SERVICES US
- Imprint Perseus Books
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 176
- Language English