MANPOWER


Meaning of MANPOWER in English

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.

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