MANAGEMENT TRAINING PROGRAMME CHARACTERISTICS IN LATVIA

Abstract

The goal of the paper is to reveal if the content and training methods of Management Training Programmes offered by T&D companies in Latvia can ensure the development of competences topical for managers in post-industrial economics. A meta-analysis of effective criteria of the content of Management Training Programmes and effective training methods in post-industrial economics has been performed. Managers’ competences that are required for ensuring sustainable and socially responsible operation of a post-industrial enterprise have been identified in the meta-analysis. Practice oriented, experience based and integrated training methods have been identified. The authors revealed that the content of the training programme is a significant precondition for improving managers’ competence because the efficiency of knowledge changes very fast in a post-industrial enterprise. The correspondence of the content of Management Training Programmes and training methods offered by T&D companies in Latvia to the effectiveness criteria identified in the meta-analysis have been tested with the help of content analysis. The content of Management Training Programmes should help to reduce the lack of managers’ competence; however, in practice, the content of Management Training Programmes is often general and unclear, and not sufficiently various experience based training methods are used. The authors recommend criteria for evaluating the content of Management Training Programmes and training methods.

Keywords

• Management training, Management Training Programme, Management training methods, Training evaluation

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