Optimizing the German Workforce : Labor Administration from Bismarck to the Economic Miracle

During the twentieth century, German government and industry created a highly skilled workforce as part of an ambitious program to control and develop the country's human resources. Yet, these long-standing efforts to match as many workers as possible to skilled vocations and to establish a sys...

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Main Author: Meskill, David (auth)
Format: Book Chapter
Published: Berghahn Books 2010
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