Tag: competences research

interviews

What competencies will be worth improving as a research project manager? Interview with Prof. Visente Martinez Tur of the University of Valencia (Spain)

In the next interview we conducted as part of our C4RE series, we ask our guest, Prof. Visente Martinez Tur of the University of Valencia, about the hard competencies involved in managing a research project. When you watch the interview, you’ll get answers to the following questions: See the full interview: About our interviewee: Prof. Visente Martinez Tur is a professor at the University of Valencia in Spain and coordinator of the Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree in Work, Organizational and Personnel Psychology (WOP-P) program. He has made significant contributions to applied psychology and fulfills all the requirements for IAAP

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publications / research results

Our publication from the international conference “Modernity of Industry and Services” (MIS 2023)

The annual conference organized by TNOiK, Katowice Branch, took place on November 22-24, 2023, where we were able to present our research results in the form of an article entitled “KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION OF MANAGERIAL COMPETENCES IN VIRTUAL TEAMS AIMED AT ARTIFICIAL MANAGEMENT.” In a previous blog post, we briefly introduced the concept of an organizational size system to represent knowledge of competencies in the form of organizational sizes, and consequently in the form of managerial activities. Today we will briefly introduce the published article. The purpose of the article was to present a solution to a research problem in the

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conferences

The International Scientific Conference “Modernity of Industry and Services” (MIS 2023 – Modernity of Industry and Services) is coming up

The annual international conference entitled “Modernity of Industry and Services” will kick off on November 22, 2023. “Modernity of Industry and Services.” We were pleased to register our presence and sent an article on the representation of knowledge of managerial competencies to automate the work of the manager. The conference has a long tradition and several years ago we used to attend it regularly. Now we are back there again and can meet with social scientists, mainly from management and quality sciences, in person. Find out more about the conference here: https://www.polsl.pl/roz1/mis-2023/ What did we write an article about? About

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publications / research results

The book entitled “Competencies of employees of research universities in Poland” – key research findings

We encourage you to read our latest publication entitled “Competencies of employees at research universities in Poland – key research findings”. “Competencies of employees of research universities in Poland – the most important research results”, in which we included an analysis of the competencies of employees of Polish research universities based on the research we conducted in 2022. Below are the key findings of our publication. You can purchase it at the bookstore of the Publishing House of the University of Silesia in Katowice: https://wydawnictwo.us.edu.pl/node/27063 The above publication contains an elaboration of the conducted empirical research in terms of assessing

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publications / research results

We have published a book with the results of the research entitled. “Competencies of staff at research universities in Poland”

A publication with our research results on the competencies of the research and support staff of Polish research universities has just been released! How did it get started? As a team of the Interdisciplinary Centre for Staff Development of the University of Silesia in Katowice (ICRK), we developed the first model of key competencies supporting research excellence designed for employees of Polish universities. Based on this model, a one-of-a-kind tool has been created for those associated with the higher education sector. The developed model became the basis for conducting a survey of competencies of research and support staff at Polish

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conferences

Conference concluding the competence research project

Almost a year ago, we organized a conference to conclude the project “Interdisciplinary Center for Personnel Development – think tank for the development of key competencies of future personnel for Polish science”, funded by the Ministry of Education and Science under the “Dialogue” program. It was held from October 24 to 25, 2022 in the building at 14 Bankowa Street in Katowice. During the conference, we presented the results of the team’s work on the concept of managing universities through competence. The meeting was attended by representatives of the research community and support staff from Polish research universities. Guests at

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publications / research results

Processes taken into account in the study of competencies of science employees at research universities in Poland

Within the framework of the conference we wrote about earlier, which took place in September 2022 at the Wroclaw University of Economics, we published the preliminary results of a study on the competencies of science employees at Polish research universities. As part of the study, a description of 4 core processes was developed as the basis for adequate selection of competencies. The process of preparing the description of the four core processes as the basis for research excellence was based on the results of the discussion of research experts was based on the results of the discussion of internal experts

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conferences

Our presentation at the conference in the series Success in Personnel Management 2022, organized by the Wroclaw University of Economics

On September 19-20, 2022, a conference in the series Success in Personnel Management 2022 was held at the Wroclaw University of Economics, where we presented the first research results from the project “ICRK – think tank on the development of key competencies of future personnel for Polish science”. We presented a speech, the crux of which was the answer to what competencies are important for both groups to effectively implement these processes? The specific research questions we also answered are: Regarding the first research question, we found in our research that there are 3 groups of competencies: core, research and

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about competences

What are competencies and why are they important in university management? Part 2

In this post, we show more definitions of competencies that helped us build a competency model and conduct research in Polish research universities. Let’s look at definitions of competence that emphasize the behavioral dimension and the dynamics that consolidate its components, which are so important in the context of the described project of researching the competence of university employees. Woodruffe (1997, p. 26) emphasized the behavioral dimension affecting work outcomes: “competence refers to a series of behaviors that must be selected to competently perform the tasks and mission of the job.” Similarly, according to Levy-Leboyer (1997), competence implies, in an

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about competences

What are competencies and why are they important in university management? Part 1

Our research and implementation interests focus on employee competencies and how to use them to manage a university. Management by competencies is a popular method for managing teams and entire companies in business, but it is still little known in academia. As part of our Interdisciplinary Centre for Staff Development, we decided to change this and promote competence management as an effective method of university management. What are competencies? Definitions of competencies are constantly evolving, so we briefly present the views on competencies that have emerged in recent years. Competencies are discussed by management practitioners, but also by scholars working

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