Informatologia, Vol. 48 No. 1-2, 2015.
Original scientific paper
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF TEACHING METHODS/FORMS AND ORGANIZATIONAL FORMS AS IMPORTANT ELEMENTS FOR THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF MANAGERS INVOLVED IN TOURISM
Jasmina Starc
; School of Business and Management Novo mesto, Slovenia
Barbara Rodica
; School of Business and Management Novo mesto, Slovenia
Iva Konda
; School of Business and Management Novo mesto, Slovenia
Abstract
The article presents the adequacy of teaching methods, forms of teaching and organizational forms in the education and training of managers involved in tourism. The first part presents and provides a detailed description of forms of teaching (frontal, group work, pair work, individual work), teaching methods (conversation, discussion, explanation, lecture etc.) and organizational forms (seminar, course, workshop, educational meeting, e-learning etc.) as important elements for the professional development in the education and training of managers. The second part provides results of a research that was conducted on a sample of 120 top- and middle-level managers involved in tourism. In the scope of the research, managers involved in tourism were asked to assess the adequacy of teaching methods, forms of teaching and organizational forms, in light of their suitability for high-quality conveyance of educational and training contents. The most suitable form of teaching according to managers involved in tourism is therefore group work, in the framework of which workshops, seminars, courses and expert excursions were chosen as the most suitable forms. Role play, the case method and discussion method were assessed as being the most suitable teaching methods. Workshops and seminars are considered to be the most suitable organizational forms. This research confirmed our initial hypothesis postulating that managers involved in tourism will choose as the most suitable those forms of teaching, teaching methods and organizational forms, which enable their active participation in the process of education and training.
Keywords
education; management; tourism
Hrčak ID:
137728
URI
Publication date:
31.3.2015.
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