Technical progress and the work force in Czechoslovakia

The authors analyse likely changes in the structure of education and qualifications in the Czechoslovak work force during the next thirty years. They stress the low level of qualification, particularly among management, compared with other industrialized countries, and the impact that this is probably having on productivity and on exports. Over the next thirty years, they foresee increasing mechanization in agriculture and forestry, more mechanization and automation in industry, and in certain types of services, and in consequence, a large increase in demand for qualified personnel, especially scientists and technologists.