The Concept of Manager: Critical Analysis and Competencies Required

10th International Scientific Conference "Business and Management 2018" : Selected Papers 2018
Tatjana Ņikitina, Inga Lapiņa

The aim of the research is to analyse manager’s competence groups, a manager role in modern enterprise and clarify what competences are required for managers in knowledge intensive business service (KIBS) organizations. Authors assumed that natural changes in the external environment lead to appearance and development of new managerial activities and competences or manifestation of a certain set of competencies. Previous researchers reveal that new context of teams that are diversified in terms of locations, disciplines and social groups require managers to act differently. Other researchers emphasize acceleration of technological novelties and presence of new organizational forms such as small and medium enterprises (SMEs) also creates new operational processes and managerial activities. Business society and labor market expect a professional who acts in different roles of entrepreneur, leader, and manager simultaneously. The authors conducted literature overview and identified ten leading competencies that are necessary for a manager in KIBS.

Keywords
manager, managerial competences, knowledge intensive business service (KIBS), business administration, management of technological innovation and R&D, knowledge economy
DOI
10.3846/bm.2018.27

Ņikitina, T., Lapiņa, I. The Concept of Manager: Critical Analysis and Competencies Required. In: 10th International Scientific Conference "Business and Management 2018" : Selected Papers, Lithuania, Viļņa, 3-4 May, 2018. Vilnius: VGTU Press, Technika, 2018, pp.236-244. ISBN 978-609-476-119-5. e-ISBN 978-609-476-118-8. ISSN 2029-4441. e-ISSN 2029-929X. Available from: doi:10.3846/bm.2018.27

Publication language
English (en)