Development Of Knowledge Society Research Articles

The development of knowledge societies in 19 OECD countries between 1970 and 2002

The use frequency of the term `knowledge society' to characterize present Western societies is disproportionate to the clarity of its measurement and the availability of longitudinal and cross-national evidence. The author develops a conceptualization of the knowledge society that enables the study of its development in cross-national and longitudinal perspective. This conceptualization is then applied to an analysis of 19 OECD countries between 1970 and 2002. Three main sets of findings are proposed. (1) In all 19 countries a clear trend towards the knowledge society is observable. (2) From an employment perspective, societies were and still are mainly knowledge-mediation societies but are increasingly becoming knowledge-management societies; from a value-added perspective they are better described as knowledge-infrastructure societies. (3) However, developing knowledge societies di fer enormously in terms of their sectoral structures – within and outside the knowledge sector.

Management Specialist Development Systems: Internationalization Processes and the Lifelong Learning

The publication presents an analysis of management specialist development problems arising in today’s situation. Special attention is paid to management specialist development under conditions of globalisation, knowledge society development, European integration and the European Union enlargement. The publication provides an in-depth analysis of management specialists’ development principles and practical experiences in the area of management specialist development. The absence of well-founded general principles of management specialist training as well as special principles of business and public management specialist development remains an important research problem. The absence of integrated and individualized university studies and no practical realization of the lifelong learning principle in the area of management specialist development remain an important practical problem. The aim of the publication is to formulate and ground the main principles of management specialist development as well as to describe an original management specialist development model based on the implementation of the idea of lifelong learning. Topicality of this scientific problem is conditioned by the necessity to perceive management specialist development as a system, further development of which could have a direct and positive impact on social, economic and technological progress adequate to possibilities provided by globalisation, development of international cooperation and dissemination of ideas of information society. Furthermore, the modern world is witnessing a rapid formation of multicultural managerial spaces, where priority is given to global economy and international cooperation, and very intensive processes of automatization, robotization and increasing expansion of information technologies that lead to high concentration of intellectual work in managerial activity. Management specialist development systems must have the capacity to react to this situation and to manage those global processes that can be subject to managerial activity. Seeking to improve management specialist development, systematic approach has to be adopted, which would refer to all developmental processes as to one system. That means that management specialist development has to be perceived as a systematic phenomenon and, consequently, the measures applied have to be of systematic character. It is therefore essential to define the concept of management specialist development system. It has to be noted that this concept may be defined in several different ways because of the variety of characteristic features and assessment criteria inherent to management specialist development, which is perceived as a whole complex of certain processes. In view of topical problems of the contemporary society and its development priorities the following definition of the management specialist development system could be considered as universal: management specialist development system is totality of institutions and organizations working together in the same direction and aiming at development and enhancement of the properly qualified management specialists’ potential relevant to the needs raised by growing scientific and technological progress, internationalisation of economic and social development, knowledge society and globalisation processes, and also by priorities of sustainable development, innovativeness, competitiveness and sustained formation of capacities to deal with topical problems.

Management specialists in the knowledge based society: Life‐long learning oriented human resourse development

Abstract The publication presents an analysis of management specialist development problems arising in today's situation. Special attention is paid to management specialist development in the conditions of globalization, knowledge society development, European integration and the European Union enlargement. The publication provides an in‐depth analysis of management specialists development principles and practical experiences in the area of management specialist development. The absence of well‐founded general principles of management specialist development as well as special principles of business and public management specialist development remains an important research problem. The absence of integrated and individualized university studies and of the practical realization of the life‐long learning principle in the area of management specialist development remains an important practical problem. The aim of the publication ‐ to formulate and ground the main principles of management specialist developmen...

MANAGEMENT SPECIALISTS IN THE KNOWLEDGE BASED SOCIETY: LIFE‐LONG LEARNING ORIENTED HUMAN RESOURSE DEVELOPMENT

The publication presents an analysis of management specialist development problems arising in today's situation. Special attention is paid to management specialist development in the conditions of globalization, knowledge society development, European integration and the European Union enlargement. The publication provides an in‐depth analysis of management specialists development principles and practical experiences in the area of management specialist development. The absence of well‐founded general principles of management specialist development as well as specialprinciples of business and public management specialist development remains an important research problem.The absence of integrated and individualized university studies and of the practical realization of the life‐long learning principle in the area of management specialist development remains an important practical problem. The aim of the publication ‐ to formulate and ground the main principles of management specialist development as well as to describe an original management specialist development model based on the implementation of the idea of life ‐long learning. The research methodology is based on the concept of triangulation, combining the descriptive analysis, surveys and expert evaluation. The scientific novelty, theoretical and practical results are defined by the following:The following groups of principles are singled out: a) general development principles, applicable to specialists of all fields, including that of management; b) special principles of management specialist development, applicable exceptionally to management specialist development; c) specific principles of business management specialist development; d) specific principles of public management specialist development, applicable exceptionally to the development of specialists working in the public sector and public management. This model provides for combination of diverse forms of learning, university studies, independent researches, self‐development and in‐service training; long‐term individual programmers are designed to help people acquire different qualifications and develop their competences through studies in universities and other educational institutions and through participating in practical works, workshops and seminars. Introduction of long‐term individualized development programmers facilitates development of unique managerial skills and prepares every specialist for a unique position, a unique professional activity and individualized functions. The management specialist development model based on the implementation of the idea of life ‐ long learning as well as integrated and individualized university and non ‐ university studies is described. An important element of management specialist development process is development of human creativity. It also depicts specific characteristics of creativity and highlights new opportunities and possibilities for the development of the creative potential.

The University of the Twenty-First Century: From Blueprint to Reality

During the 1990s, a typical theme of a conference on the role of the university was "the university of tomorrow". Now, however, tomorrow has arrived, and universities are undergoing very powerful stimuli to transform themselves. The principal driving forces are the development of knowledge societies and economies, the all-pervasiveness of the information technologies, globalization, and the debate on the public or private nature of higher education. These forces generate a myriad of responses that, while defying the elaboration of blueprints, call for constant change and diversity.

The Significant Role of Libraries for Japan Revival and the Development of Knowledge Society

The Significant Role of Libraries for Japan Revival and the Development of Knowledge Society