This paper contributes to the "Work and Education" area through the descriptive analysis and criticism of an important document produced by the CNI (National Confederation of Industry) for the Meeting of the Ibero-American Business Presidents, held between July 12 and 16, 1993, in Salvador (Bahia, Brazil). Such analysis focuses on the questions raised about the relationship of Brazilian entrepreneurs with the demands for basic education in order to form workers adapted to the needs of the work process characterized by the microelectronics revolution, and endowed with skills and expertise, which, from the early 90s on, have become the hegemonic banner of the Brazilian educational field. In this sense, such document becomes more relevant because of its vanguardism, since it put forward trends that have been incorporated into the contemporary educational policies.
Work and education; Businessman and education; Basic education