Evaluation of specialists' competitiveness in modern enterprise
2015
Katane, I., Latvia Univ. of Agriculture, Jelgava (Latvia) | Kristovska, I., University College of Economics and Culture, Riga (Latvia)
The competitiveness of enterprise to a great extent is dependent on each employee’s as specialist’s competitiveness, therefore it is important to evaluate the specialists’ competitiveness and promote its development in modern enterprises as learning organization. At the end of the 20th century and at the beginning of the 21st century increasing attention in social sciences is paid to the concept of competitiveness and its different contexts. At present, the competitiveness develops not only as the category of economics, but also as the main category of the science of pedagogy and education because at the beginning of the 21st century the paradigm of competitiveness changed significantly. Competitiveness is an integrative totality of an individual’s qualities (qualities of a personality and a specialist) that ensures its viability, including development and self-actualization, under the conditions of changing environment. The basis for the personality’s competitiveness is experience. While developing the methodology for the evaluation of staff’ competitiveness in modern enterprise, it was important to substantiate the structure of competitiveness, indications of competitiveness and use this methodology in empirical research. The worked out methodology for the evaluation of a specialist’s competitiveness which was grounded on the results of previously performed studies was approbated within the pilot research at one of the Latvian enterprises. The aim of this article is to publish the results of the specialists’ competitiveness evaluation in a modern international insurance agency.
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