Discussion 1
Respond to these questions in about 250-300 words (per question except for question 3). This entire post must have 3 sources not including the assigned reading, although you should also have referenced the assigned readings to show understanding. This post must be written in APA 6th edition format.
1. Define Workforce Development and explain the overall function of a workforce development system.
2. List three major insights you have gained from watching the video on Workforce Development and explain how these insights are relevant to the US context.
3. Create a graphical representation (diagram) of the key components of a workforce development system (as described in question one).
Discussion 2
Respond to these questions in about 250-300 words. This entire post must have 3 sources not including the assigned reading, although you should also have referenced the assigned readings to show understanding. This post must be written in APA 6th edition format.
1. Based on the assigned readings, coupled with your own experiences and observations, in what ways do you see globalization affecting workforce development?
2. Describe how your graphic week 1 relates to the conceptual model covered in this week's readings.
3. In addition to the future skill needs discussed this week, what do you see as some of the key areas in which the labor market needs to be prepared for future skill demands?
Discussion 3
Respond to these questions in about 250-300 words. This entire post must have 3 sources not including the assigned reading, although you should also have referenced the assigned readings to show understanding. This post must be written in APA 6th edition format.
1. How does gender, race, class, age, educational levels, alter the effectiveness of public Workforce Development policies?
2. Define the job destruction versus job description rate, as discussed in the video:
Technology, Unemployment and Workforce Development in a Rapidly Changing World
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLwJP-FnoNE.
3. Conduct a literature search (academic sources only) on workforce development and welfare policy and then describe how these policies are formulated and implemented. Be sure to discuss how working poor women might become unable to acquire human capital resources to attain self-sufficiency, despite the best intentions of these policies. Be sure to cite the literature you have found using the APA 6th edition guidelines.