Abstract:

Managers face constant changes of the external as well as the internal environment of the company which, in order to be mitigated, require their continuous education. The aim of this article was therefore to find out from a sample set of 607 companies in the Czech Republic as to whether educational courses for managers are organized through in-company educational schemes and if so, whether they are provided as one-day or multiple-day courses and on a one-shot or periodical basis. We are convinced that educational courses should be more-day and periodic in order to be effective in meeting their aims. We divided the surveyed companies into four categories according to company size. We set the hypothesis that in more than 50% of the companies, educational courses for managers are a part of in-company  taking place over a number of days and periodically. The hypothesis was not confirmed, but the results of the statistical assessment of the questionnaire survey showed educational courses for managers are organized in companies in the CR in a statistically significantly higher proportion than 50% (except for medium companies). The proportion is highest among large companies, where it can be statistically significantly estimated at more than 80 %. The results also show that educational courses are usually organized on a one-shot and one-day basis. Large companies was the only category where a majority organized multiple-day educational programmes. Companies organize periodic educational programmes in a substantial minority proportion.