The influence of organizational values on competencies of managers

Abstract

This paper discusses the in \nfl \n uence of organizational values on managers’ competencies. \nOrganizational values are a re \nfl \n ection of individual values of founder or founding members of the \norganization. Through time organizational values are shaped by every member of the organization \nand by events that shape the organization. On the other hand competencies of managers are not \nshared by the whole organization though they do in \nfl \n uence the way managers run their organizations \nand through this also how organizations work. Based on the \nfi \n ndings of previous studies a model for \nmeasuring the in \nfl \n uence of organizational values on managers’ competencies was proposed. More \nspeci \nfi \n cally, by conducting a preliminary study a model was created that discusses the in \nfl \n uence \nof six most commonly stated organizational values on the matching competencies. To this end \nresearch question has been proposed: What is the level of correlation between organizational \nvalues and matching competencies of managers? The paper-and-pencil survey was carried out in \nthe travel and leisure industry, where 1,100 employees were surveyed. The 388 participants who \nfi \n lled out the questionnaire represent a 35.27% yield of surveys sent out and 4.26% of the population \nof this industry in Slovenia. We have determined that there is a statistically signi \nfi \n cant in \nfl \n uence of \norganizational values on matching competencies. This \nfi \n nding clearly indicates that organizational \nvalues have a strong in \nfl \n uence on managers’ competencies. This also to some extent supports the \nidea of managing by values where managing of organizations is focused on organizational values \nand every decision is done through the scope of these values.