Competences of managers in Podlasie companies in their subordinates' opinion

In the modern world competences become a determinant of an individual. They pervade every sphere of human life, especially business one where they are consciously used to build the competitive advantage. The term of competences is broad and complicated and although they constitute a crucial element of human professional development their character and substance are not defined precisely. Almost each work on competences presents the problem in a different light and different context. Speaking about a company success we should focus our attention on the management competences. The aim of this work is to present the results of research on defining a discrepancy between possessed and desirable competences of management