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Title: Bell telephone magazine
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: American Telephone and Telegraph Company American Telephone and Telegraph Company. Information Dept
Subjects: Telephone
Publisher: (New York, American Telephone and Telegraph Co., etc.)
Contributing Library: Prelinger Library
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to developmentcosts is 25-1. This puts develop-ment costs in the proper perspec-tive in view of the large multiplierfactor in much System training.Thus we can afford a large invest-ment in training development toprotect a much larger investmentin training costs and the still largerinvestment in labor costs on the job.The Bell System has a large stakein improving the quality and effi-ciency of training. These improve-ments are within our reach if wegear up to take advantage of thenew instructional technology nowavailable. Our objective will be metif managers know that the benefitsof using instructional technologyare worth the price. We should takethe steps necessary to realize fur-ther benefits and improve the stateof the art. Harry A. Shoemaker is Training Re-search Manager at AT&T. He received aPh.D. in Psychology from the Universityof Colorado in 1953. He held teachingpositions at Washington State Universityand the University of Oregon before join-ing Bell Laboratories in 1962.
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22 In the 1970s urban schools willcontinue to be a major source ofemployees for telephone jobs. Be-cause a growing number of highschool graduates are going to col-lege, and because urban schools arehaving difficulty providing basic ed-ucation to others who become avail-able for telephone jobs, it is in theBell Systems best interest to helpthe schools cope with growing edu-cational problems. Although reduced economic ac-tivity in 1971 increased the avail-ability of qualified applicants fortelephone jobs in many cities of theBell System, recruiting and reten-tion problems continued and arestill with us. In 1971 the annual loss MANPOWERNEEDS AND THE URBAN SCHOOLS by G. T. Bowden

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