The conception and models of managerial competence in modern theories of management
The conception and models of managerial competence in modern theories of management

Summary/Abstract: The conception and models of managerial competence in modern theories of management are analyzed in the article. The conception of managerial competence is often associated with the disposal of necessary knowledge and capability of using it in practice. However such treatment of managerial competence is not completely accurate and corresponded to the purport of this term and besides, constantly upgrading requirements for quality of leadership and cooperative activity also the use of modern methods of management induce to specify and define the conception of managerial competence and study in detail the structures of the models of managerial competence in the context of modern management theories. The authors of the article present the detailed analysis of peculiarities of conceptions of competence and managerial competence and compare them, also study the models of managerial competence and possibilities of using them. The study showed that multidimensional character of the structure of managerial competence and its factors, the necessity of personal factors and contextual factors are called the most important characteristics of managerial competence, and the structure of the model of managerial competence depends on concrete situation but anyways it must include general managerial and technical knowledge, communicative skills, psychological and behavioural capabilities, cognitive skills.

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