This case study illustrates how a newspaper's management introduced major technological changes into the operation, focusing on job redesign. The focus is on motivation. (CH)

Analyzes the effects of an implementation of a three-day/thirty-eight hour (3/38) work schedule among information systems personnel (N=84). Data showed that 18 months after implementation, 3/38 employees still strongly favor the compressed schedule. Data also suggest substantial organizational payoffs including reductions in sick time, overtime,…

Briefly describes a liaison program a community college maintains with local employers to enlarge options for its students in a practical way. (CJ)

Author stresses the merits of free enterprise to encourage more undergraduate students to enter business professions. (GB)

Specific procedures and recommendations are presented to facilitate the progress of patients within the hospital and then out into the community. (Author)

Author is concerned about the role of work in a technological society; the schools must follow the lead of field teachers in making an appropriate shift in the school from learning to work and to learning outside the school." (Author/SP)

A federally sponsored program coordinated by the AFL-CIO Appalachian Council to aid the disadvantaged and unemployed in locating jobs. Job development and on-the-job training are both an integral part of the program. (BC)

Describes the development of a widespread system of job banks and several trial computerized matching systems as a basis for a future national matching network of job opennings and applicants. (BH)

It is evident that the economy, science, education, and the computer are interdependent and closely related. The key to success, given interdependence, lies in adopting new educational methods that make computers an integral part of the learning process from kindergarten through the university, so that computers are used daily. (Author/BRR)

Summarizes some of the uses that local Private Industry Councils (PICs) have found for their employment generating resources from the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act. Includes suggestions on how local leaders can involve PICs in the solution of employment and development problems. (SK)

Examines the question of whether or not training can reduce the risk of unemployment. Also considers whether an expanded educational system can improve the employment market and accelerate economic growth. (Availability: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, 5, rue du Commerce, L-2985, Luxembourg.) (SK)

This article considers administrative issues in the recruitment and retention of nurses within the context of the perceived nursing shortage and the recent research on nursing turnover. These issues include target areas for job redesign, control over work, and career development. (Author/CT)

Compensatory and spillover models of adjustment to work are described. Data from a pharmaceutical firm and two research and development organizations are examined to illustrate operation of these models. Evidence of both the compensatory and spillover models were found for several different groups of workers. (Author)

Factors (planning, relevance, involvement, follow-up, and compromise) influencing the commitment of an employer to developing jobs for handicapped persons are reviewed and conceptualized in the Employer Interaction Process. (CL)

An important aspect of work environment is job content and structure. As this case study illustrates, increased productivity, enhanced job satisfaction, substantial cost reduction, and a reduction in turnover are some of the benefits of task reorganization. (CT)