Management Competencies and Organizational Performance in CEE: A Comparison of Slovenia and Austria

• Authors: Petra Šparl , Anja Žnidaršič , Helmut Kasper , Jürgen Mühlbacher , Jure Kovač
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Today management competencies are seen as the only long-term strategic advantage of any company. However, from corporate experience we know that only 10 % of the knowledge acquired is transferred into entrepreneurial practice. Current trends in management development often overemphasize individual learning and ignore the missing fit between individual behavior and organizational performance. To meet these demands, we collected competency attributions of managers attending executive courses in Austria and Slovenia. A questionnaire with closed and open question will help to explore and compare the relation between organizational performance and current management competencies in these countries. The results confirm our predictions to a lesser extent. However, they represent a basis for further examination of the relationship between managerial competencies and organizational performance.

Keywords

EN

classes of competencies; competency-based theory; competency management; organizational performance

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Organizacija
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 46
• Issue: 5
• Pages: 214-220

Dates

published

2013-09-01

online

2013-10-20

Contributors

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Petra Šparl

• University of Maribor, Faculty of Organizational Sciences, Kidričeva 55a, 4000 Kranj

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Anja Žnidaršič

• University of Maribor, Faculty of Organizational Sciences, Kidričeva 55a, 4000 Kranj

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Helmut Kasper

• WU - Vienna University of Economics and Business, Institute for Change Management and Management Development, Welthandelplatz 1, A-1090 Vienna, Austria

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Jürgen Mühlbacher

• WU - Vienna University of Economics and Business, Institute for Change Management and Management Development, Welthandelplatz 1, A-1090 Vienna, Austria

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Jure Kovač

• University of Maribor, Faculty of Organizational Sciences, Kidričeva 55a, 4000 Kranj

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/orga-2013-0022