noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a labour/manpower shortage (= a shortage of people to do work )
▪
During the war, there was a severe labour shortage, so women began doing jobs they had never done before.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
skilled
▪
Money and skilled manpower are the main constraints.
▪
Equally, all the machinery in the world would be useless without the skilled manpower to use it.
▪
It takes several thousand man-years of highly skilled scientific manpower just to get one drug to the market.
▪
Righting the economy demanded major cuts in Defence spending and the release of skilled manpower from the Services to export-orientated industries.
■ NOUN
planning
▪
The overall significance of automation for manpower planning in the manufacture of motor vehicles can then be considered.
▪
Ball argues that the main engine in the shaping of higher education should be informed student demand, not manpower planning .
▪
Statistical techniques for manpower planning: Development of statistical methods for use in manpower planning .
shortage
▪
Even if there were no reform of nurse education, a manpower shortage is inevitable and must therefore be addressed.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪
At the time there was a major shortage of trained manpower in computer science in the US.
▪
The Commission was set up to look at the management of the manpower resources of the National Health Service.
▪
The country has a large pool of skilled manpower .
▪
The police say they don't have sufficient manpower to patrol the area.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪
Alexander Krekich indicated that manpower problems would continue at current or lower levels for at least the next few months.
▪
But the deployments and continual training may be taking a toll on experienced manpower , officers fear.
▪
It is organising the service, delivering high-quality care and using manpower and finance to the best possible effect.
▪
One could not get a dispensation from the mines inspectorate to increase the manpower .
▪
The department produces a wide range of reports relating to aspects of company manpower .
▪
The introduction of conscription was not only crucial to obtain the manpower resources necessary but also to plan a total war economy.
▪
The main reason, without a doubt, was the over-abundance of manpower .
▪
The neighboring kingdoms, in manpower and resources are still overwhelmingly powerful as compared to yourselves.