Kompetenz- und Personalentwicklung sind im Rahmen von "Human Resource Management" zunehmend zum Gegenstand betrieblicher Weiterbildungsaktivitäten geworden. Die Rolle, die technische Innovationen und die damit verbundenen Rationalisierungen in den 80er Jahren spielten, kommt inzwischen den...

Skills are key to a better job and a better life. Yet acquiring them is often most difficult for the people who need them most: those trapped in low-paid jobs with hard working conditions. Innovative experiments throughout OECD member countries show that barriers to skills acquisition can be...

Today’s firms are confronted by a lack of skilled workers and an aging workforce. Successful companies support the performance and motivation of their older employees. At the same time, there is global competition to find young skilled workers. Contemporary case studies are used to illustrate...