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J. Czerna-Grygielate an organizational culture, which promotes gaining knowledge among the employeesand, consequently, builds a knowledge based company.The aim of the chapter is to present the research results in context of the analyzedproblem.2. Materials&methodsExecution of the aim of the chapter obliged application of the following researchmethods: descriptive, comparative and descriptive statistics.Sources of information of the chapter are professional literature about knowledgebased economy and human capital management.The chapter presents research (based on a questionnaire) results on human capitaldevelopment occurring in enterprises located in Wielkopolska province in Poland inMay 2009. The questionnaire research contained the group 189 employee of differentservice, trade and production enterprises the area Wielkopolska province. All the elementsof the questionnaire were presented in form of questions. This questions werecontained in the questionnaire based on the bibliography on the subject. The questionnairewas divided into two part. The first one was composed of personal data. The secondone contained questions with regard to the evaluation possibilities of improvingqualification offered by the own abilities. To reach the most probable research resultantsit was conducted among employees of different sex, age and work stage. They haddifferent position in the enterprises. The aim of the chapter was the establish the role ofeducation and the sources of its financing and application of achieved knowledge andabilities in the area of human capital in the enterprises in the KBE. Numerous researchesindicate the fact that the KBE depends on high qualifications and the level ofeducation and investments in the area of human capital improve competition amongenterprises. I don’t like economy.The chapter presents results of researches conducted among 54 university studentsof Adam Mickiewicz in Poznań/Poland in March 2014 as well. The research referred totheir opinion on human capital management. The method of collecting materials forthis chapter was PAPI – Paper And Pencil Interviewing.3. Research results and discussion3.1 Human capital management in enterprisesThe knowledge pillars in enterprises of the knowledge-based economy are humancapital and human capital management on the level of organization.Basic definition of human capital can be written as function of education, experienceand abilities, approach to work and organization of work (Koc, 2014, p. 33).Human capital, as proposed by Warschat, J., Wagner, K., Hauss, I. there is: competences,attitudes, leadership and development (Warschat, Wagner, Hauss, 1999).93