Transformations of the Employment Structure as an Expression of the Transformation of Polish Industry Against the Background of the European Union

Abstract

Transformations of the Employment Structure as an Expression of the Transformation of Polish Industry Against the Background of the European Union Global social and economic changes, connected mainly with globalization processes, have an impact on changes both in present spatial and division structures of the industry and in its functions in the economic development of various spatial systems. The aim of the paper is to analyze changes in the industry's role in the Polish economy during the period of economic transformation and European integration based on its share in the employment structure. These changes are set against transformations in other EU countries, diversification and transformations of the division structure of employment in Polish industry and the similarity of the Polish employment structures to the EU countries as an expression of transformation processes. The analyzed processes are stimulated by the international environment and a change in national conditions for the socio-economic development.

Chief Development Tendencies, Structural Changes and Innovativeness of the Industrial and Service Sectors in Poland

“…To sum up the analysis, changes in the role of the industrial and service sectors in the economy were relatively slight and followed a general trend in civilisational development towards an increase in the share of services in employment and in their contribution to gross value added. Still, worth noting is the relatively large share of industry in Poland, also characteristic of other countries of CE Europe, and its relative stabilisation, unlike in West European states where the share of industry keeps declining, as also pointed out in earlier works (Rachwał 2011). Changes in the branch structures of industry and services over the analysed period were slight, with a faint upward tendency in the share of more modern branches, especially in manufacturing, at the cost of traditional ones.…”

“…This resembles the tendency of change in the other countries of CE Europe, e.g. the Czech Republic and Hungary (Rachwał 2011).…”

“…It was only political, social and economic changes initiated in Poland in 1989 that provided a basis for a more dynamic development of this sector. Thus, the 1990s were characterised by a rapid increase in employment in services accompanied by a drop in industrial employment and big changes in the structure of manufacturing connected with the breaking of production links with the former states of the socalled Eastern bloc (Rachwał 2011(Rachwał , 2015. The later period was one of a relative stabilisation of the structure of the national economy and changes in the structure and organisation of both, service and industrial activity.…”

The impact of degree programme educational capital on the transition of graduates to the labour market

“…The Polish model of training at university level, however, and that includes geography degrees, does not seem to match the changing social and economic situation in the labour market (Rachwał 2011;Piróg 2013a). Ensuring the smoothest and most satisfactory university-to-work transition possible is one of the most significant components of highquality education.…”

Spatial Arrangement Of The Territory In The Context Of Multidimensional Economic Reality

“…Hi-Hume technologies are the result of the convergence of social and information technologies aimed at processing information, as well as the latest achievements in the field of psychology, cognitive technologies, neurophysiology, ethology and other sciences. Moreover, they can carry not only professional and personal growth promotion, but also mass or point interactions of a manipulative nature with the human consciousness and subconscious (Rachwał, 2011).…”