Competency Management in Central Europe: A Comparison of Czech, Hungarian and Slovenian Competency Needs

• Authors: Jürgen Mühlbacher , Jure Kovač , Adam Novotny , Anna Putnová
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

After a strong focus on transition processes in Central East European countries (CEE), this topic has been displaced by more dramatic merger and reorganization processes or the recent financial crisis. This obscures the fact that we know almost nothing about the management competencies in these countries, which is an important building or stumbling block for future development. Therefore, we will examine the individual competencies of almost 300 top and middle managers in the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovenia, and we will compare the different sets of competencies and interpret them according to the given economic situation in these countries

Keywords

EN

Competency Management; Human Resources; Transition Economies; Czech Republic; Hungary; Slovenia

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Organizacija
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 46
• Issue: 5
• Pages: 175-185

Dates

published

2013-09-01

online

2013-10-20

Contributors

author

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 cesta 55a, 4000 Kranj, Slovenia

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Adam Novotny

• Eszterházy Károly College, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, Eszterházy tér 1, 3300 Eger, Hungary

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Anna Putnová

• University of Technology Brno, Faculty of Business and Management, Kolejní 2906/4, 612 00 Brno, Czech Republic

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/orga-2013-0019