This book outlines the process and outcomes of the EUROTECNET Self-Learning Competency research project that was launched in 1989. (EUROTECNET is a program designed to promote educational responses that will enable the European Community to create technological innovations in the workplace.) Part I, Technological Change and the Need for a Self-Learning Workforce, has six chapters: "EUROTECNET Enquiry on Self-Learning Competency and Technological Change"; "The Enquiry Process: A Cooperative Self-Learning Experience"; "Technological Revolution Entails a Knowledge and a Learning Revolution"; "Profile of the Self-Learning Knowledge Worker"; "Organisations for Self-Learning: Training Institutes and Enterprises"; and "Taking Steps towards a European Self-Learning Community" (Caspar). Eight chapters comprise part II, Issues Surrounding the New Learning Paradigm: "The Self-Learning Gamble: An Examination of the Issues Involved" (Carre); "Self-Learning Competency: Approaches and Experiences in the Federal Republic of Germany" (Bahr); "Developing Skilled Learners: The Experience of ICI and Shell in the United Kingdom" (Pearn, Downs); "New Starting Points for European Vocational Training" (Feldmann et al.); "The Need for Self-Learning Organisations as Part of an Overall Business/Management Strategy" (Pedler); "The Utilization of Information Technology: A Management Perspective on a Learning Issue" (Docherty); "The Self-Qualifying Organisation: A Necessity for the Future of Europe" (Talpaert); and "Vocational Training Requirements within a Company Context: A Trade Union View Point" (Steinleitner). In conclusion, "Facing up to the Challenge" urges action to convert the self-learning model into a reality. The book contains a list of the names and addresses of contributors to the book. (Contains 125 references.) (KC)