Search results for "COMPETENCE"

Modelling competences and anticipating the future competence needs in the forest sector

2018

This explorative study examined practices of competence modelling in the forest sector organisations and how organisations anticipate changes in competence needs in the future. Semi-structured in-depth interviews (n=10) were conducted amongst forest sector experts in Finland and data was analysed by thematic analysis. The findings showed that the practices of modelling competences were diverse, most frequently used ones being superior-subordinate review discussions and quantitative competence surveys. In addition to these formal systems, informal modelling, especially on the team level and in smaller companies was also frequent. Organisations used competence modelling for several human reso…

5-6 gadu vecu bērnu komunikatīvās kompetences attīstība multikulturālā klasē

2018

Maģistra darba “5-6 gadīgu bērnu komunikatīvās kompetences attīstīšana multikulturālā klasē” galvenais mērķis bija saprast un analizēt, kā bērni dotajā vecuma grupā attīsta savu komunikatīvo kompetenci otrās valodas apguvē, ņemot vērā, ka valodas mācīšanās notiek iegremdēšanās tipa skolā un bērni nāk no dažādiem vidēm. Teorētiskā daļa kalpoja par pamatu komunikatīvās kompetences koncepta saprašanai un kā tā attiecās uz mūsdienu izglītības vidi. Ar savāktās izpratnes par kompleksiem komunikatīvās kompetences elementiem palīdzību kļuva iespējams pieiet 5-6 gadīgo bērnu komunikatīvās kompetences novērtēšanai otrā valodā. Komunikatīvā kompetence tika analizēta, izmantojot novērošanu, intervijas…

Frequency-dependent selection and environmental heterogeneity as selective mechanisms in wild populations

2010

Towards an Internationalization of the Information Systems Curriculum

2012

Globalization has changed the requirements to professionals and students in all branches and sectors significantly in the past decade. However in the domain of Information Systems, these changes have not yet found their way into current study programs and curricula. We identify and validate core internationalization competences and their relation to IS specific competences based on an initial set of competence categories. This is the basis for designing learning services of the future. The presented study aims at validating both and identifying additional categories and competences. In this paper, we present the first results of this study focusing on the internationalization and knowledge …

Towards cross-cultural social work: a teaching approach for development of intercultural competences / Hacía un trabajo social intercultural: un mode…

2017

The professional skills demanded of social workers by contemporary society must unavoidably include the capacity to apply knowledge, to know how to act and acquire the appropriate new competences for listening and taking care of people coming from different cultures. With regard to the training of future generations of social workers it must be remembered that they will have to deal with an increasingly globalized society and face the new demands placed upon the profession by the presence of a greater number of people migrating to Italy in increasingly greater numbers. Teaching experimentation carried out as part of the degree course in Social Work at the University of Palermo over the last…

Intercultural customer service encounters : a behavioral study of satisfactory and unsatisfactory service outcomes

2012

Ulkomaalaistaustaisten asukkaiden ja turistien määrä Suomessa on kasvanut huomattavasti viime vuosien aikana. Yritysten resurssien ohjaaminen tämän alati kasvavan ja ostovoimaisen asiakaskunnan tarpeiden huomioimiseen voisi edistää asiakaspalvelualan yritysten liiketoimintaa. Tällä hetkellä on kuitenkin epäselvää miten hyvin ulkomaalaisten asiakkaiden erityistarpeet on huomioitu suomalaisessa asiakaspalvelussa. Tutkimuksen tavoitteena oli tutkia asiakastyytyväisyyttä kulttuurienvälisissä asiakaspalvelutilanteissa Suomessa. Kvalitatiivinen tutkimus suoritettiin puoli-strukturoitujen teemahaastatteluiden avulla ja haastateltaviksi valittiin joukko ulkomaalaisia vaihto- ja tutkinto-opiskelijoi…

A competent participant in the new media landscape: Promoting an interdisciplinary perspective

2016

Dynamic changes in media technology, society, media consumption and the economy affect the media landscape as well as the role and status of media users who are no longer passive receivers, but active media participants, and thus need to develop appropriate competence areas. We argue that using an interdisciplinary perspective within communication and journalism studies is necessary to address the scope of challenges that new media users are facing. Hence, we propose a palette of competence areas to be achieved, which would include intercultural communication, interpersonal communication and a basic knowledge of ethics, visual literacy, and source criticism abilities. While we understand th…

Challenges of Interdisciplinary University Programs of Studies: The Case of English in Public Communication

2017

The aim of this study is to track students’ self-assessed successes and failures after taking courses in English in Public Communication (EPC) at the University of Opole. This interdisciplinary BA program combines philological, sociological and public communication courses. Using the data from 204 surveys, the study compares the calculated mean scores for the achievement of “new knowledge,” “new skills” and “new social competences” within two groups of subjects: core curriculum courses and practical English courses as declared by the first- and second-year students of EPC. Results show that there are clearer self-recognized knowledge gains, but consistently lower degrees of confidence when …

Latvijas mazo un vidējo uzņēmumu vadītāju kompetenču nozīme starptautiskā tirgus apgūšanā

2017

Maģistra darba tēma ir “Latvijas mazo un vidējo uzņēmumu vadītāju kompetenču nozīme starptautiskā tirgus apgūšanā”. Maģistra darba mērķis ir noteikt vadītāju kompetences nozīmi uzņēmuma internacionalizācijas procesā un izteikt priekšlikumus Latvijas mazo un vidējo uzņēmumu vadītāju kompetenču līmeņa celšanai. Darba uzdevumi noteikti, balstoties uz maģistra darba mērķi. Pētījuma rezultāti apliecina, ka uzņēmumu vadītāju kompetencēm ir tieša ietekme uz uzņēmuma konkurences priekšrocībām un internacionalizācijas procesu. Iepriekšējās vadīšanas pieredzes nozīme Latvijas darba tirgū tiek nepamatoti augstu novērtēta, līdz ar to netiek pievērsta uzmanība vadības kompetencēm. Maģistra darba izstrād…

Expectations Towards International Study Visits – Preliminary Research Findings

2021

Abstract Objective: The objective of this paper is to present the preliminary research findings concerning the expectations towards international study visits undertaken by university students hailing from different higher education institutions around Europe on the canvas of internationalization as a concept. Methodology: The research was carried out on a group of 440 students from 5 European countries. The study covered the population of students of faculties whose graduates are preparing to work in business. The basic research tool was a questionnaire with dominating closed questions and the possibility for respondents to indicate more than one answer. The answers of the respondents were…