Lifelong learning in the professional practice

Education of employees is an ongoing process in which adaptation and changes in working behavior, level of knowledge, skills and employee motivation occur through the use of diferent strategies, styles and methods. The result is a reduction in the differences between the current competencies of employees and the requirements imposed on them by employers, respectively between the requirements of the labor market and their competitiveness. The process of learning in the professional practice involves identification of educational requirements, learning objectives, education planning, selection of appropriate educational institution, the very implementation of education, and evaluation of the educational effectiveness of staff and organization. On the basis of theoretical assumptions we have conducted a study aimed to analyze the lifelong learning on a representative sample of organizations in professional technical practice in Slovakia in relation to the recommendations of the European Union and the Government of Slovak Republic. The research was aimed to determine how, at what level, and by what means Slovak universities participate in lifelong learning in manufacturing organizations. In the research we focused on the relationship of production organizations and employees to further education and self-education in the phase of their career development and career promotion.