APPROACHES TO EMPLOYEE DEVELOPMENT IN CZECH ORGANISATIONS

• Main Authors: VNOUČKOVÁ, Lucie, URBANCOVÁ, Hana, SMOLOVÁ, Helena
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Czech University of Life Sciences Prague 2015-03-01
• Series: Journal on Efficiency and Responsibility in Education and Science
• Subjects: Development; education; learning; organisations; concepts
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.7160/eriesj.2015.080101

Education, development, knowledge management, career development and talent management are currently often discussed themes regarding strategic management of organisations. Those concepts are strategically important. Therefore the aim of the article is to evaluate possibilities of employee education and development and identify main approaches to employee development in Czech organizations. The results are based on a quantitative survey by questionnaire data collection. The results shows that 70% of respondents have possibility of development; 86% uses their skills and abilities and 63% stated that their employer support their development. On the contrary, 27% do not feel any possibility to grow and that may lead to disaffection, loss of production or even to employee turnover. Based on the results of the analysis, employees, who miss adequate level of development are usually key and knowledge employees; it is necessary to support their career plans and development to retain them in organisation.