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External Environment Assignment Resources

  • Online Papers on Workforce Challenges and Issues in the Global Marketplace

  • An Emerging and Critical Problem of the Science and Engineering Labor Force
    Trends in the science and engineering workforce.

    The Multiplier Effect
    Article on risks to U.S. standing in technology and science.

    NASA: Major Management Challenges and Program Risks
    Challenges in attracting and retaining a skilled workforce.

  • Career Guides
  • Career Guide to Industries (Ref. HF 5382.5 .U5C316)

    Encyclopedia of Careers and Vocational Guidance (Ref. HF 5381 .E52)

    Occupational Outlook Handbook (Ref. HF 5381 .U62)

    Vocational Careers Sourcebook (Ref. HF 5382.5 .V5V64)

  • Online and Print Data Sources, and Other Reference Resources
  • American FactFinder

    CIA's The World Factbook (Ref. G 122 .U56a)

    CIA's The World Factbook online

    Handbook of U.S. Labor Statistics: Employment, Earnings, Prices, Productivity, and Other Labor Data (Ref. HD 8064 .H38)

    International Data Base
    International census statistics and country rankings.

    International Labour Organization

    International Marketing Data and Statistics (Ref. HA 42 .I56)

    International Monetary Fund's International Financial Statistics Yearbook (Ref. HG 3881 .I6365)

    Key Indicators of the Labour Market (Ref. HD 5701 .K49)

    National Center for Education Statistics

    Oklahoma Business, Global Market

    Pew Research Center

    State Occupational Outlook Handbook (Ref. HD 5723 .S85)

    Trade Directories of the World (Ref. HF 54 .U5T76)
    Demographic data, economics, social trends.

    U.N.'s Demographic Yearbook (Ref. HA 17 .D45)

    U.N.'s Industrial Development Organization's International Yearbook of Industrial Statistics (HC 10 .I673)

    U.N.'s Statistical Yearbook (Ref. HA 12.5 .U63)

    U.N.'s World Economic and Social Survey (Ref. HC 59 .A169)

    UNESCO's Statistical Yearbook (Ref. HA 154 .S797)

    U.S. Census Bureau's Economic Census

    U.S. Census Bureau's Statistical Abstract of the United States (Ref. HA 202)

    U.S. Census Bureau's Statistical Abstract of the United States online

    U.S. Dept. of Commerce's BEA Survey of Current Business

    U.S. Small Business Administration
    Covers topics dealing with small businesses and exporting.

    World Chamber of Commerce Directory (Ref. HF 294 .W75)

    World Tourism Organization's Yearbook of Tourism Statistics (Ref. HC 10 .I673)

    World Bank

    World Trade Organization
    International trade statistics, economic research and analysis.



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