(1190) THE IMPACT OF PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (MBA) TO CHANGES IN THE AREA OF PERSONAL AND MANAGERIAL SKILLS ON SELECTED MAYORS AND DEPUTY MAYORS FROM THE CZECH REPUBLIC

摘要

The rapid development of information and communication technologies (ICT) in the last 20 yearsaffected all sectors of human activity. The changes also affected education that offers more accessibleand high-efficiency learning using ICT to all people interested in broadening their knowledge andskills. Information and communication technologies have brought great potential for the part-timeforms of education which meet the requirements of our time and offers efficient and most flexiblemodel of education. Graduating in college or University is much easier.Regard to the requirements of our time, namely the emergence and the life in the information society,the lack of jobs … etc., people with many years of experience, which are considered as experts intheir profession, are going back to schools. This not only about people from the private sector, buta similar situation is also in the public sector. It is common when filling vacancies in publicadministration that is given priority for applicants with a university degree and then for candidateswithout a university education. Another situation occurred at positions based on the results of theelections, such as the mayor, town councillors, members of parliament, senators and others who donot pass the traditional selection procedures and for their functions are not set qualifications. Despitethe fact that for the execution of their jobs is not required university degree, many of them areexpanding key competencies.This paper is focused on the impact of a one-year professional education program MBA (Master ofBusiness Administration) specialized on the public administration sector with representatives of smalland medium-sized Municipalities in the Czech Republic (mayors, deputy mayors) in order to ascertainthe changes especially in the area of personal and managerial skills.