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Looking Ahead: Skills and Competencies in the New Europe

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The idea that we are entering new economic order is widely shared. This paper is devoted to the examination of the emerging new economy from the point of view of people at work. Are we Europeans ready to meet the challenge? What skills and competencies are needed? What shall be done to acquire them? How should management education adjust?

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Kozminski, A.K. (1996). Looking Ahead: Skills and Competencies in the New Europe. In: Sattelberger, T. (eds) Human Resource Management im Umbruch. Gabler Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-322-87093-3_15

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