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Showing 1 to 20 of 1948 for “"workforce"”.
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Current perspectives of statewide Workforce Investment Board members toward community college workforce investment programs
… Human Resource Investment Council Members toward Workforce Development Programs at Community Colleges" and conducted by Thomas M. Konz at the University of Toledo revealed that HRIC members were very familiar with missions and functions of community colleges and the important role they played, but …
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Cross-trained workforce planning models
… emerged as an effective method for increasing workforce flexibility in the face of uncertain demand. Despite recently receiving substantial attention in workforce planning literature, a number of challenges towards making the best use of cross-training remain. Most notably, approaches to …
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Semiotic Analysis of Workforce Diversity
… is to affect a paradigmatical shift in workforce diversity in response to the literature gap. Workforce diversity in the USA, a phenomenon often reduced to enumerable categories set forth by and in consequence of the Civil Rights Act. This Act outlawed discrimination on the basis of sex, …
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Increasing Workforce Housing in Miami
… capital markets to help increase the supply of workforce housing, whilst producing a commercial rate of return.
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A Comparative Study between Army Civilian Workforce and Private Industry Workforce Workers' Compensation Claims Management
… Compensation Program to the Private Industry Workforce Worker's Compensation Program. Quantitative research is implemented throughout the study and will compare the cost of workers compensation (WC) claims between the Army and Private Industry. Ultimately, the study will analyze the following …
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Staying in the Workforce with Fibromyalgia
… 44% of Canadians with fibromyalgia remain in the workforce. How do they do it? This thesis aimed to understand how, given the challenges of remaining employed, these women stay at work. It also considered other stakeholders in the women’s employment and what discourses underlie the accounts of all …
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TeachBot : an education system workforce development
… industries. We present a new type of workforce training system using a collaborative robot and online learning system for expanding the user base of robots. TeachBot is a robotic instructor that delivers a series of lectures stored on an online learning site. TeachBot is also a …
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Strategies for Revitalizing the Humanitarian Workforce Program
The Canadian Humanitarian Workforce (HWF) program, funded by Public Safety Canada, plays a vital role in national disaster response. However, barriers such as lack of awareness, time constraints, and inclusivity challenge hinder volunteer engagement. This study utilized mixed-methods research, …
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Illness and injury in the offshore workforce.
… care system has been established to serve the workforce of the UK offshore oil and gas extraction industry and has been functioning since the mid 1970's. In the current study the pattern of illness and injury in the offshore workforce of the UK Oil and Gas Industry is examined using data …
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Automation and Its Effects on the Workforce.
… could be through design, development, or general workforce operations. Plant operators and operations personnel were affected by automation in a much harsher manner than design and development personnel resulting in a greater need for future training.</p>
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Women and Emiratisation in the UAE Workforce
… education and their subsequent entry into the workforce in the United Arab Emirates. The government has attempted to reduce its citizens’ dependency on public sector employment and promote opportunities in the private sector. Governmental efforts have included improving the education system, …
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Challenges in implementing green workforce development training
… the labor demands of green economic development, workforce development programs are increasingly training low-income workers for living wage jobs that contribute to environmental services or benefits. Yet, effectively preparing workers for jobs in emergent green economies, which can span many …
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Artificial intelligence impact on occupations and workforce
… seeks to assess how and where ML will affect the workforce. I extend the ideas of Brynjolfsson, Mitchell, and Rock (2018), who assess each task in the economy for its Suitability for Machine Learning (SML). This paper builds on their summary statistics to provide a more detailed analysis of where …
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Politics, jobs and workforce development : the role of workforce intermediaries in building career pathways within Boston's health care industry
This research study examines the role that workforce intermediaries within Boston play in creating career pathways for economically disadvantaged, under-skilled residents in the local health care industry. Using a case study analysis, this study compares the outcomes of two workforce …
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Workforce training for increased productivity in Saudi Arabia
… on large scale training to bring its national workforce to international standards (Nitaqat). International providers are generally employed for face-toface course delivery, using packaged course material. However, non-Saudi trainers generally lack understanding of the Saudi norms, and …
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Behavior Based Safety and the Multi-Generational Workforce
<p>Generational differences of Baby Boomers, Generation X, and Millennials regarding their acceptance of feedback and observations were studied in order to determine if different approaches to each were needed in order to effectively implement a Behavior Based Safety program within a specific …
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Workforce fatigue prediction via wearable sensor data analytics
Work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) remain a critical challenge in labour-intensive professions, often leading to disability, reduced productivity, and significant healthcare costs. Common ergonomic risk factors, such as repetitive tasks, heavy lifting, and awkward postures, contribute …
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Model of flexible workforce management in uncertain environments
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 1996.
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Optimized rostering of workforce subject to cyclic requirements
SNCF is a large-sized railway transportation company that needs to be operated 365 days a year and 24 hours a day. In order to schedule a certain category of workers in train stations and selling points, rosters are designed to cover a cyclical demand. However, the highly combinatorial nature of …
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Exposing the London piano industry workforce (c. 1765-1914)
Research into the London piano industry workforce has focused to date on high profile makers such as Backers, Beyer, Brinsmead, Broadwood, Challen, Clementi and Collard, and, more recently, lesser-known practitioners such as Southwell, Geib, Plenius, Vietor and Neubauer. Although the study of …
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