1. Understanding Industry in Transition.- 2. Understanding Changing Competence Demands.- 3. Meeting the New Challenges.- 4. A New Plant Designed as a Learning Organisation: Aluminium Dunkerque.- 5. From Workers to Business Partners: A Response to Crisis in Bord na Mona.- 6. Manducher: A Capability-based Strategy in the Plastics Industry.- 7. Improving Performance through Entrepreneurship at Sara Lee/Douwe Egberts.- 8. Developing Unique Production and Work Structuring Principles through a Creative Search and Learning Process: The Volvo Uddevalla Final Assembly Plant.- 9. Semi-Autonomous Work Groups at Audi-Volkswagen.- 10. The Impact of TQM Strategy on Worker Roles and Competence at Cadbury.- 11. Many Small Companies under One Roof: The Production Island Principle at Feiten & Guilleaume.- 12. The Development of `Collective Intelligence' at Autoplastique.- 13. A Learning Opportunity on the Shopfloor at AB Bygg och Transportekonomi.- 14. The Evolution of Management Thinking on Production Systems at Clark-Hurth.- 15. A Human Centred Framework of Learning as Social and Organisational Innovation.
European competitiveness in a global perspective is a major issue on the agenda of the European Union and European industry.