THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS OF MANAGERS' PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE DEVELOPMENT WITHIN INTRA-FIRM TRAINING: THE CASE OF UKRAINIAN COMMUNICATION COMPANIES

Abstract

The article aims the substantiation of theoretical foundations of professional competence development of managers within intra-firm training (on the examples of Ukrainian communication companies). The results of theoretical analysis of the concepts of intra-firm training», «intra-firm training and retraining of personnel», «intra-firm personnel development», «intra-firm qualification improvement», «corporate training», «corporate development of personnel» are presented; semantic analysis of the concept of «intra-firm training» is performed, its essential characteristics are revealed, the author’s definition of the concepts of «intra-firm training» is proposed. The theoretical foundations (modern theories, scientific concepts, conceptual ideas and provisions) concerning the managers’ professional competence development within intra-firm training is analysed. Among them are the group of theories of professional development (theory of mental development (G. Kostyuk), the concept of professional development of a personality (Y. Povarenkov), theory of professionalism (A. Markova), theory of professional development of a personality (E. Zeer); the group of career development theories (the trait and factor theory of occupational choice (F. Parsons), the theory of career choice (J. Holland), the theory of vocational development (D. Super); the group of theories of organization and organizational behaviour (the theory of organization (L. Gulick) (the POSDCORB theory), the theory of intraorganizational ecology (J. Preffer, D. Galunic, K. Eisenhardt); the theory of human capital (G. Becker, J. Mincer, T. Shults). Principles of managers’ professional competence development within intra-firm training based on results of analysis and scientific synthesis of theoretical foundations of such development are substantiated.

Keywords

• intra-firm training
• managers of communication companies
• professional competence
• professional development