The rural development policy in the European Union is in need of a significant revision as it has not been designed or managed as an integrated policy, but as the 'little sister' of agricultural policy. Although some consensus exists regarding policy objectives and the second pillar could be...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to determine key competencies used by organizations in identifying high potential employees. It also seeks to examine practices and programs to manage such employees and finally to identify problems encountered in the development programs....