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Educational aspect of professional development manager

Author(s): Olga Banit
Subject(s): Business Economy / Management, Sociology
Published by: Wydawnictwo OR TWP w Szczecinie
Keywords: hard skills; soft skills; managers

Summary/Abstract: This article is postulative by nature. However, the presented content can be used for comparative analysis. The modern labor market requires from professionals a wide range of skills. There are hard skills and soft skills among them. Hard skills are primarily the skills associated with knowledge of rules and technical. Soft skills are considered universal, first of all, abilities social and communicative. Soft skills are considered universal; these abilities are mainly social and communicative. According to the Berlin Institute for Sociological Research, firm employers are increasingly paying attention to soft skills when recruiting staff. Universities have come to the conclusion that future professionals have to be prepared for the labor market situation and its requirements. Helmut Wagner, Ilka Kajmak, Bettina Bartkowiak believe that the work on key soft skills should begin since student years. The postulate of learning and developing soft skills among students in organizational and management faculties has been supported by selected examples.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 49-63
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: English, Polish