Workforce 2000 There have been made numerous fore

There have been made numerous forecasts as to the composition of the work-force during the year 2000, with researchers and practitioners indicating that minority and female workers will predominate other worker groups (Perrin, 1990; Levine & Havighurst, 1989; Marshall, 1986; Ross & Sandhill, 1975). Perrin (1990, p. 2) reports that:

The survey companies are literally in the midst of a sea of change. The average survey company's work force is already just about one-half female. Minorities now compose up to 20% of the work force at just under 60% of the survey companies and more than 26% of employees at almost a quarter of the survey group.

The Bureau of the Census (Levine & Havighurst, 1989) reports that there will occur numerous changes within the work-force during the upcoming decade, particularly in the areas of: gender composition; the roles of women; the preparation of workers, particularly in the areas of attitudes and levels of education; demographic diversification, resulting in so-called minorities outnumbering so-called non-minorities; and a markedly changed internal environment. Johnston and Packer (1990) indicate that those forces driving the American economy will dramatically change, resulting in: the integration of the world economy; a shift from the production of goods to services; the institution of advanced technologies; and, increased competition in product, service, and labor markets. These changes can only reflect within the internal

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