"In this article we present the interdisciplinary, developmental and systemic approach to the study of work and aging that guides research at the Jacobs Center on Lifelong Learning and Institutional Development (JCLL). We introduce basic principles of adult development including its plasticity,...

"In this article we present the interdisciplinary, developmental and systemic approach to the study of work and aging that guides research at the Jacobs Center on Lifelong Learning and Institutional Development (JCLL). We introduce basic principles of adult development including its plasticity,...

To become more competitive, the SMEs in our study should encourage learning at all the organizational levels, meaning becoming learning organizations. The lifelong learning has become a vital necessity of the contemporary society, it is a theoretical principle and it acts to describe a specific...

The paper is devoted to the problem of the learning organisations and durability of human capital projects funded by the European Union. It reviews the effects staff training brings to trained employees themselves, the organisation and the community and compares the theoretic concepts with...

The contemporary society, which permanently changesand renews itself, confronts with a continuously increasing demand of qualifications, specializations, abilities and competencies in all activity areas.The capacity of organizations to adapt to these changes depends on the development of new...

"This paper focuses on the 'flexicurity' concept, which links flexibility on the labour market with social security. It is applied here to the institutional basic conditions of the Federal Republic of Germany and is discussed as an alternative to solely increasing flexibility. The central...

"Im Rahmen des Projekts 'Berufliche Weiterbildung als Bestandteil Lebenslangen Lernens' (WeLL) wird ein Linked Employer-Employee-Datensatz im Paneldesign erstellt, welcher umfangreiche Informationen zur beruflichen Weiterbildung enthält. Durch die Wahl eines Employer-Employee-Ansatzes können...

"The study reports comprehensively about further vocational training activities in the context of regular employment relationships in western and eastern Germany. In a comparative analysis of the participants in and the structure of further vocational training special emphasis is placed on a...