<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> 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.</p></abstract>

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.

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

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

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

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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...

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

Published Online: Oct 20, 2013

Page range: 214 - 220

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/orga-2013-0022

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