Initiatives for the improvement of continuous management training

  1. Jon Landeta 1
  2. Jon Barrutia 1
  3. Jon Hoyos 1
  4. Andrés Araujo 1
  1. 1 Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea
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    Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea

    Lejona, España

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Revista:
Management Letters / Cuadernos de Gestión

ISSN: 1131-6837

Año de publicación: 2015

Volumen: 15

Número: 1

Páginas: 61-92

Tipo: Artículo

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Resumen

Objetivo. La finalidad de este trabajo es presentar, desde el punto de vista de la empresa, un conjunto estructurado de propuestas y prácticas directivas orientadas a mejorar la intensidad y eficacia de la formación continua directiva. Metodología. El artículo toma como principales referentes teóricos la Teoría del Capital Humano, la Visión basada en los Recursos y las contribuciones procedentes de la Nueva Economía Institucional en relación con los problemas de asimetrías de información entre empresas, empleados y oferentes de formación. Las propuestas derivadas de esta aproximación teórica han sido completadas con contribuciones basadas en la experiencia aportada por una selección de directores de recursos humanos y de formación de doce empresas vascas destacadas por su fuerte inversión en formación directiva, obtenidas mediante diferentes técnicas cualitativas: Focus Groups, Nominal Groups y Método Delphi, que juntas conforman el denominado Hybrid Delphi. Resultados e implicaciones. Las propuestas son dirigidas a los principales agentes de la actividad formativa: proveedores de formación directiva, asociaciones y agentes públicos implicados en la formación directiva y, especialmente, a las propias empresas. Las iniciativas apuestan sobre todo por incrementar la transparencia del mercado de la formación, por incrementar los compromisos mutuos entre empresa y directivos, y por relacionar formación y desarrollo directivo con cultura y dirección estratégica, de forma que las empresas puedan llegar a hacer la inversión óptima en formación continua directiva. Originalidad/valor. La metodología empleada es original y las contribuciones son consistentes con la teoría, son de probada utilidad práctica y son presentadas en una jerarquía, lo que facilita la toma de decisiones.

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