Abstract:

The paper deals with selected development trends of further professional education in relation to the critical elements of the system of military personnel of the Army of the Czech Republic. It also identifies ways of improving the quality of development and competency management of military professionals and the use of training effects in planning processes and career management. It provides an analysis and interpretation of data from the research conducted in 2016 with the support of the Ministry of Defence. The aim of the research was to investigate the motivation for further professional education and selected determinants defining the direction of development and career management, both from the perspective of a soldier himself, and from the perspective of the Czech Army. The obtained data will relevantly allow to set the direction for next steps of the research within the Sectional intention of the development of organization "Development of social skills of the soldier-leader".