GENERATIONAL DIFFERENCES IN PROJECT MANAGEMENT COMPETENCIES SELF-ASSESSMENT

Technological progress is the basis of a rapidly evolving society and defines the current reality. Project management becomes one of the most important parts of managerial activities of any organization, including public sector organizations. As the demand for project managers increases in the area of project management, the new generation of employees is coming. This situation is a challenge to improve competencies development within the existing university structures and processes. Nowadays students (Generation Z) are equipped with high-level technological skills more than most of their lecturers (Generation X and BabyBoomers generation or the Traditionalists generation). In the research, we focused on the views of graduates of the university course in project management. The aim of our study was to establish the level of subjective perception of project management students' competencies paying special attention to the project management labor market coming generation Z. This information could be useful in determining the priorities of the project management competencies development taking into consideration the requirements of the stakeholders and changing project management practices. The quantitative survey was used in the research and implemented in Slovakia.