ABSTRACT
As we mentioned earlier, the founders divided TWI into 22 districts across the country, and each of them contributed to the development of the programs. As we saw above, in early 1941 the New Jersey District saw a need and developed a solution that became the basis of the Job Instruction Program. At about the same time, the Detroit District began to put on conferences for defense contractors with the help of the General Motors Institute (G.M.I.) of Flint, Michigan, with the express purpose of discussing general training needs and solutions. These conferences were the beginning of the Program Development plan. Each conference consisted of a series of three meetings that included information on the following topics:
• TWI organization and assistance. • General analysis of training problems in national defense industries. • Consideration of the contractors’ own training problems. • Induction of new workers. • Training of trainers. • Developing supervision. • Trade apprenticeship.2
