MANAGEMENT TRAINING PROGRAMME CHARACTERISTICS IN LATVIA

Year 2012, Volume: 4 Issue: 1, 53 - 61, 01.06.2012

Anita Lasmane Signe Enkuzena

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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