EDUCATION AS KEY FACTOR OF CAREER

Diplomsko delo podrobneje obravnava kariero in izobraževanje ter njun pomen in prepletenost v posameznikovem vsakdanjem življenju in v organizaciji. Osrednje teme so predstavitev pojmov kariera in izobraževanje, pomen izobraževanja z vidika podjetij, kjer smo navedli nekaj primerov uspešnih slovenskih organizacij. To je tudi predmet raziskave, ki je bila opravljena na omenjenem področju. Ciljna skupina raziskave so zaposleni na različnih delovnih mestih. Za raziskavo smo uporabili kvantitativno metodo ankete, ki je sestavljena iz dveh anketnih vprašalnikov: z vidika posameznikov in z vidika vodilnih zaposlenih ter kadrovskih delavcev v različnih organizacijah. Namen raziskave je ugotoviti, kateri dejavniki po mnenju prve in druge ciljne skupine vplivajo na uspešen razvoj kariere, kakšna je motivacija za izobraževanje, kaj predstavlja oviro pri izobraževanju in kakšne so najbolj učinkovite oblike izobraževanja. Anketiranci so vprašani tudi o pomenu kariere in o vseživljenjskem izobraževanju v njihovem življenju. Raziskava je pokazala, da sta najpomembnejša dejavnika za uspešno kariero posameznikov samoiniciativnost ter delovne izkušnje, s čimer se strinjajo tudi delodajalci. Pri motivaciji za izobraževanje je v obeh primerih v ospredju osebna rast, le da delodajalec meni, da je od tega pomembnejša le še večja strokovnost na delovnem mestu. Posamezniki in predstavniki delodajalcev se strinjajo, da je največja ovira za izobraževanje pomanjkanje časa in prezaposlenost. Najučinkovitejša metoda izobraževanja so po mnenju posameznikov delavnice in mentorstvo, po mnenju predstavnikov delodajalcev pa mentorstvo, coaching in delavnice. Izobraževanje je za uspešno kariero izjemno pomembno, saj je razvoj le-te odvisen predvsem od posameznikovega učenja, tako formalnega kot neformalnega, predvsem pa vseživljenjskega učenja. Je dobrina, ki posameznikom omogoča kvalitetnejše in uspešnejše delo ter posledično tudi večje zadovoljstvo pri delu. Znano je namreč, da je zadovoljen in uspešen kader temelj vsakega uspešnega podjetja.This thesis elaborates on career and education as well as their importance and interwinement in an individual´s everyday life and in an orgabization. The central themes are the presentation of the concepts of career and education, and the importance of education from the viewpoint of companies. The latter includes a few examples of successful Slovenian organizations, and is also the subject of our research consists of persons with different jobs. We used the quantitative method for our survey, which included two quetstionnaires: one to identify individuals´ perspectives, and other to identify the perspectives of the management staff and human resources workers in different organizations. The purpose of this research is to determine which factors, in opinions of the first and second surveyed groups, affect a successful development of one´s career, as well as what provides motivation for education, which are the obstacles to education, and which are the importance of their careers and lifelong learning in their lives. The results of both questionnaires shw that the most important factors for one´s successful career are self-initiative and work experience. The surveyed individuals believe that the primary motivation for education if personal growth, whereas the surveyed employers believe that improved expertise in the workplace is of greater importance. Individuals and employer´s representatives agree that the biggest obstacles to education are overwork and lack of time. According to individuals, the most effective methods of education are workshops and mentoring, whereas employers´ representatives believe that the most effective method are mentoring, coaching and workshops. Education is extremly important for successful career, as the development of such a career depends largely on one´s education or learning – both formal and non-formal, especially on lifelong learning. Education allows individuals to work better and be more successful, which, consequntly, brings them more work satisfaction. It is known that satisfied and successful emplyes are the foundation of every successful business