Globalization, rapid development of technologies and ever-changing surrounding environment determine the operation of modern organizations. Employees’ competences, as well as their willingness for constant improvement, gain significance in such a context. The present paper discusses skills of innovative companies’ employees and their learning styles in view of age and sex. The objective of the study was to identify and assess the influence of various independent features characterizing the employees upon their skills and learning styles. Research results enable recommendations for HR departments’ employees to be made as regards management of diverse teams in particular (especially as far as age and sex are concerned).
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Globalizacja, gwałtowny rozwój technologii i nieustanne zmiany w otoczeniu determinują funkcjonowanie współczesnych organizacji. Szczególnego znaczenia nabierają kompetencje pracowników, jak również wyrażanie przez nich chęci ciągłego doskonalenia. Problematyka prezentowanego opracowania dotyczy umiejętności pracowników innowacyjnych przedsiębiorstw oraz prezentowanych przez nich stylów uczenia, rozpatrywanych w kontekście wieku i płci. Celem badań była identyfikacja i ocena wpływu cech niezależnych charakteryzujących pracowników przedsiębiorstw na ich umiejętności oraz style uczenia. Wyniki badań predestynują do sformułowania rekomendacji dla pracowników działów HR odnośnie do zarządzania zróżnicowanymi (w szczególności pod względem wieku i płci) zespołami pracowników.
Individual differences in information processing are viewed through the concept of cognitive style. Cognitive style is displayed in various situations in working life in which the individual engages in problem solving, decision making or learning. The aim of this study was to analyse the relationships between personal (gender, age, level of education) and work-specific (position, field of trade, number of years of work experience in the field) variables and cognitive style. This research applies a quantitative design by using the Cognitive Style Index and a working environment index. Data were collected from 228 staff members in 100 small and medium-sized enterprises in Finland. The study replicated previous research findings in which women display a more analytical cognitive style than men. The lower the level of education, the higher the score is on the scale measuring analytic cognitive style. Regarding position in working hierarchies, the managers constituted the least analytic group in terms of cognitive style (convergent thinking with focus on detail), the workers the most analytic one. The experiences of a supportive working environment correlated positively with an intuitive cognitive style. The experiences of a prejudiced working environment correlated positively with an analytic cognitive style (divergent thinking with focus on the "big picture"). The implications for human resources management are outlined.
An analysis of consciousness is one of the key issue of the sociology of knowledge. Both the initiators and classics of this discipline dealt with it. Berger and Luckmann, the founders of a new paradigm in the area under considerations, also devoted much attention to it. They were interested in the common-sense consciousness, unlike their predecessors who were occupied with political, scientific, and world-view etc. consciousness. They dealt with this kind of consciousness in their most prominent book The Social Construction of Reality, and in numerous papers written separately by each of the authors. This paper puts together and orders various dispersed statements as regard the common-sense consciousness, in order to present it in a compact and complete picture.
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