Influence of Managerial Staff for the Competence of the Enterpises

Contemporary enterprises, functioning in the ever-changing environment, must have competencies which enable them to promptly respond to fresh challenges. The conducted empirical research was intended, among others, to assess the level of competencies of managers as well as organisational competencies of innovative enterprises, i.e. those implementing innovations. 161 Polish enterprises which employ at least 10 people and implemented at least one innovation last year were subject to research. This paper presents the analysis of the respondents' opinions about the competencies of managers and organisational competencies. The analysis of the Pearson correlation proves that the managerial competencies of the primary importance include: knowledge of management, strategic management and innovation management. A certain competence gap is clearly visible here. It is necessary to focus, in the surveyed enterprises, on creative thinking about the future, making the enterprise more modern and more flexible - strategic management, appropriate innovation management, change management and wider use of information technologies, which would vastly increase organisational competencies.