Differences between Offer and Demand on the ICT specialist’s Czech Labor Market

• Authors: Petr Doucek , Lea Nedomova , Milos Maryska
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Global changes in the information society are placing ever greater emphasis on professionals in all areas of human activity and in the area of ICT (Information and Communications Technology) especially. This article provides methodology how to measure knowledge level requirements on ICT specialists in business, ICT and non ICT skills in graduates of tertiary education level. It shows also an example of data collecting in academic sphere and among business unites. Practical experiences from the five years research are presented at the end of in this contribution. These results are successfully applied for human resource management and innovation management in competences of ICT professionals in small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the Czech Republic.

Keywords

EN

Information and Communication Technology (ICT); Human Resources in ICT; ICT Education; competencies in SMEs.

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Organizacija
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 45
• Issue: 6
• Pages: 261-275

Dates

published

2012-11-01

online

2013-01-05

Contributors

author

Petr Doucek

• University of Economics, Faculty of Informatics and Statistics, Department of System Analysis

author

Lea Nedomova

• University of Economics, Faculty of Informatics and Statistics, Department of System Analysis

author

Milos Maryska

• University of Economics, Faculty of Informatics and Statistics, Department of Information Technologies, W. Churchill sq. 4, Prague, Czech Republic

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10051-012-0026-0