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16 The Human Component in Manufacturing
Pages 91-94

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... Many states are making more explicit links between the resources available for workforce development and economic development planning, strategies, and activities. Approximately 20 states have taken formal steps to reorganize and/or merge agencies with workforce and economic development responsibilities in order to capitalize on opportunities for alignment.
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From page 92...
... Public policy and public funding in the workforce arena have concentrated primarily in three areas: providing income support to people out of work, matching people to jobs, and providing training to increase skills for better jobs. For the most part, this policy rightly assumes that the public has some responsibility for addressing skill deficiencies -- and federal and state labor agencies have acted in this arena.
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From page 93...
... Participants at the local and regional levels include workforce and economic development agencies and organizations, local Chambers of Commerce, community colleges and private education providers, literacy councils, state and local chapters of business and industry associations, the local manufacturing extension centers, small business development centers, and organizations promoting entrepreneurship. The communities that can figure out how to meld the unique mix of resources and expertise that they have into a mature service provider network at the local level -- for the betterment of individual employers, particularly manufacturers -- will have a comparative advantage over those communities that don't.
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From page 94...
... 1996. America's Best: Industry Week's Guide to World Class Manufacturing Plants.
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