Alexander Viess

The (inter)national development of the program "Working - Learning - Developing Competencies. Potential for Innovation in a modern Working Environment" is characterized by contradictory contexts areas like long run strategies against short run expectations, social stability against economic flexibility, competition against cooperation, growing changing dynamics against uncertainty, work intensification against reduction of staff, ability of innovation against increasing pressure of costs. The BMBF-program "Working - Learning - Developing Competencies. Potential for Innovation in a modern Working Environment" characterizes these contradictory contexts as a topic for future research of work and innnovation.