A survey was systematically developed to assess issues related to management training and education, and it was sent to 1,OOO randomly selected U.S. companies with at least 1, OOO employees. Based on a 61% response rate, findings were obtained regarding issues such as needs assessment, management training and development approaches, reasons for selecting particular programs, characteristics of participants, how decisions are made regarding who wiII participate, preparation and follow-up of participants, evaluation of management training programs, future management training trends, and needed training content. Significant findings by company size and industry type also are reported.

This paper describes findings from a 1994 experimental evaluation of alternative work-search requirements in the Unemployment Insurance (UI) program. Requiring additional employer contacts or verification of contacts reduced UI receipt by one week and $115 per claimant. Because these additional requirements did not entail additional re-employment services, the UI spell reduction can be attributed to increased non-monetary costs for remaining on UI. A job-search workshop requirement reduced UI receipt by half a week and $75 per claimant, and additional results indicate that the effects were due to increased costs of continued UI receipt rather than to enhanced job-search productivity. These treatments did not affect employment or earnings, implying that reduced UI duration led to more intensive job search, rather than a reduction in the reservation wage. In contrast, elimination of the employer contact requirement increased UI receipt and post-UI earnings, suggesting that delayed exit from UI improved job matches.he Unemployment Insurance (UI) program is designed to provide temporary income support to involuntarily unemployed individuals while they search for work. Although the UI program provides only temporary income support for the involuntarily unemployed, it can reduce the incentive to seek employment because UI benefits reduce the cost of being unemployed, resulting in an increase in the reservation wage and longer spells of unemployment. To partially offset the negative impact UI benefits have onjob search, state UI programs typically impose work-search requirements for continued benefit receipt.

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