Development of information and communication specialists' strategic leadership competence trends in knowledge society

Even though knowledge society has been established several decades ago, it is still recognized that there is often a gap among the requirements of knowledge society and its participants. These requirements, such as competitiveness, efficiency, and professionalism, and knowledge society participants’ core competencies do not correspond to each other. The insufficient competitiveness of Europe and e-exclusion are determined by a poor collaboration of state institutions and business or­ganisations, a slow ICT infrastructure integration into knowledge economy processes, as well as the deficiency of knowledge organisation specialists. The global organization of strategic thinking im­plements its strategic goals regarding the creation of consistent competencies, trust, and responsibility. In the article, the development of information trends and communication strategic leadership competencies in knowledge society are analysed, the results of an empirical qualitative research are presented and a brief interpretation of experts’ in­sights is given