Quality and development planning in education

This paper deals with development planning in schools as the basic managerial activities, especially in a changing environment. It is stressed that collaborative organisational culture is one of the conditions for development planning to become a learning process. Many issues that are presented at the institution/school level can be also applied to the institutions at the national level. This paper is written on the basis of the management study which was part of my master study and the experiences I gained when I worked in national educational institutions during preparation and implementation of the new educational legislation in Slovenia. I also gained specific experiences and insights into the school system by providing different training programs for headteachers in the National Leadership School

Entrepreneurs’ Expectations and Students’ Competencies According to the First Stage of the Synergy Project Evaluation

The article presents the results of a research on students’ competencies selfesteem. The research was conducted in the years 2009–2012, on a sample of 1,831 students, under the project called ‘SYNERGY – MCSU Faculty of Economics students’ competencies development by gaining practical knowledge.’ co-financed by the European Union from the European Social Fund. The purpose of the research was to pinpoint the areas of competencies that are considered to be essential for business and determine the level of students’ self-esteem in the identified areas. The main objective of the article is to show the competencies that are desirable from the business point of view, but are, in the opinion of the students, at a rather low level and require special attention and development. The paper presents the key findings of the study: the lowest self-esteem level was observed in the area of knowledge needed by the employers, the highest in the attitudes wanted by the labor market. Positive relationship was found between the level of competence self-esteem and the respondents’ year of study