Professional development of public university staff - competences, preferences, motivation and barriers

Abstract

Continuous education, development and learning of staff should be considered in every institution and organization as a natural (often reciprocal) investment that will bring competitive advantages in the future. Institutional support for staff learning in the human resources development model, ideally in the modification of management by competencies, is also a necessary prerequisite for the functioning of organizations in the field of higher education. From a general point of view, it is important to pay attention to the professional, expert and personal development of all human resources within the entire university. Not only academic, scientific-research, but also technical and economic professions and activities are important for the functioning of the university, and therefore it is appropriate to adequately support all job positions. Among other things, it is appropriate to implement these issues in the development plans and activities of employees, or to value them within the framework of human resources management. The aim of the paper is to present partial results of a survey focused on the analysis of educational needs among employees of a selected public university in the Czech Republic.