Manpower Planning in a Free Society / Richard Allen Lester.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lester, Richard Allen, 1908-1997, author.

Contributor:

Princeton University Industrial Relations Section., Content Provider.

University of California, Berkeley Institute of Industrial Relations, Content Provider.

Harbison, Frederick, Contributor.

Series:

Princeton Legacy Library

Princeton Legacy Library ; 1800

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Manpower policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (242 p.)

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Contents: Foreword. Preface. 1. An Approach to Manpower Problems. 2. Manpower Planning and the Market. 3. A New Concept of the Employment Service. 4. Organization and Staff for an Effective Service. 5. Planning on the Demand Side. 6. Planning Adjustments in Supply. 7. The Economics of Manpower Planning. 8. The Contribution of Research. 9. Conclusion. Appendix. Index.Originally published in 1966.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Foreword / Harbison, Frederick

Preface

Contents

CHAPTER 1. An Approach to Manpower Problems

CHAPTER 2. Manpower Planning and the Market

CHAPTER 3. A New Concept of the Employment Service

CHAPTER 4. Organization and Staff for an Effective Service

CHAPTER 5. Planning on the Demand Side

CHAPTER 6. Planning Adjustments in Supply

CHAPTER 7. The Economics of Manpower Planning and Operations

CHAPTER 8. The Contribution of Research

CHAPTER 9. Conclusion

APPENDIX: Title I of the Manpower Development and Training Act

Index

Notes:

"A joint project of the Industrial Relations Section, Princeton University and the Program of Unemployment and the American Economy of the Institute of Industrial Relations of the University of California (Berkeley)"

Bibliographical footnotes.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

0-691-64680-5

1-4008-6867-X

OCLC:

903442320