PA Plastics SourceNet Symposium
Rose Baker, BA, MEd, PhD, PMP
Professional Associate, Management Development Programs and Services, The Pennsylvania State University
Rose Baker brings nearly 20 years of instructional design, project management, and teaching experience and over 10 years of business experience to her position. Formerly, she worked as an instructional designer and project manager with General Motors, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Training and Educational Systems Associates,
PA Plastics SourceNet Symposium
Rose Baker, BA, MEd, PhD, PMP
Professional Associate, Management Development Programs and Services, The Pennsylvania State University
Rose Baker brings nearly 20 years of instructional design, project management, and teaching experience and over 10 years of business experience to her position. Formerly, she worked as an instructional designer and project manager with General Motors, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Training and Educational Systems Associates, University of Phoenix, Huntingdon County Career and Technology Center, and the Pennsylvania Public School System. Within several of these organizations, she was also an instructor, performed benchmarking, and researched global trends for e-business and coaching strategies. Dr. Baker was employed by The Pennsylvania State University World Campus to perform and analyze survey and interview evaluations of courses. She was also a partner in a successful retail businesses for over 10 years.
Abstract
Employment and Competitiveness of the Pennsylvania Plastics Industry
Information is presented about the future employment and competitive position of the Pennsylvania plastics manufacturing industry. This information was derived from economic modeling, forecasting, and benchmarking research conducted by The Pennsylvania State University Workforce Education and Development Initiative. Between 2004 and 2017, Pennsylvania is forecast to lose employment and experience declining numbers of job openings in occupations in its plastics manufacturing industry as a result of manufacturing productivity increases and in spite of enjoying advantages relative to the entire U.S. in delivered prices and in costs of production (except fuel). The industry is driven by exports and by business-to-business sales, rather than by sales to Pennsylvania households and government. Disruptions of the export position of Pennsylvania plastics manufacturing or in increasing competition in Pennsylvania markets for Pennsylvania-manufactured plastics products would further degrade industry and occupational employment in the Pennsylvania plastics manufacturing industry.