Author: Mathematica Policy Research

Publication Year: 1976

Media Type: Report

Summary:

Abstract:

Hence, MPR directed the bulk of its efforts during the planning study to estimating the number and basic characteristics of professional craftsmen in the from the scanty available data and to designing survey questionnaires and procedures aimed at this group. Secondarily, MPR focused on craft organizations.

The full planning study report runs to 93 pages and 6 appendices. This paper attempts to pull out from the report knowledge we learned that may be of general interest to persons in the crafts field. We begin with a review of the few surveys which have focused on craftsmen and crafts production in recent years. Unfortunately, as will be evident, the data from these surveys is too restricted to go very far toward providing a comprehensive picture of crafts activity in America today. We then turn to the estimates of professional craftsmen and their organizations that we constructed working from some of these survey efforts and several recent directories. Finally, we offer our survey recommendations. (p. 3)

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Categories: Organizational Planning