Table 2 Most important competencies,...

Table 2

Most important competencies, need for training and curriculum alignment by category

		Industry		Professors	Students
		Importance	Need for training	Curriculum alignment	Curriculum alignment
Managerial skills	Strategic skills	3.94	3.59	3.27	3.99
	Target orientation skills	4.29	3.29	3.73	3.97
	Leadership skills	4.35	3.88	3.27	3.86
	Decision-making skills	3.76	3.41	3.73	4.05
	Problem-solving skills	3.76	3.59	3.87	4.18
	Crisis management skills	3.47	3.82	2.73	3.56
	Risk management skills	3.76	3.76	3.33	3.66
	Financial management skills	3.65	3.82	3.07	3.34
Interpersonal skills	Communication skills	3.88	4.24	4.00	4.30
	Negotiation skills	3.88	4.29	2.80	3.67
	Foreign language skills	3.94	3.47	3.33	3.60
	Emotional intelligence skills	3.94	3.76	2.33	3.53
	Time management skills	4.18	3.35	3.00	3.68
	Ability to be open minded	4.29	3.71	3.40	4.00
	Stress management skills	4.35	4.47	2.33	3.49
Cognitive and adaptability skills	Innovation competencies	4.18	4.35	3.33	3.92
	Critical thinking skills	4.00	4.06	2.93	3.84
	Analytical thinking skills	4.18	3.65	2.93	3.85
	Proactivity	4.18	3.41	3.33	3.97
	Ability to adapt to changes	4.65	4.12	3.13	4.08
	Ability to learn from incidents	4.53	4.00	3.13	4.12
	Resilience	4.41	4.41	2.73	3.78
	Information management skills	4.24	4.00	3.40	3.90
Digital skills	Apply ICT infrastructure	4.29	4.18	3.53	3.75
	Apply new digital technologies (AI or IoT)	4.41	4.53	3.07	3.52
	Digital strategy and business development	3.88	4.35	3.00	3.58
	Data management skills	4.71	4.53	3.47	3.85
	Data processing	4.47	4.35	3.40	3.59
	Statistic skills	3.88	4.18	3.67	3.51
	Digital marketing skills	3.00	3.53	2.80	3.15
	Cybersecurity skills	3.94	3.94	3.27	3.26
Sustainability-related skills	Environment management skills	3.71	3.88	3.60	3.66
	Supply chain sustainability strategies and tech. Comp	3.88	4.06	3.20	3.77
	Awareness of trends and drivers of change	3.47	3.76	3.20	3.73
	Understand and apply principles of sustainability	4.06	3.88	3.60	3.82
	Establish and explain visions of sustainable development	3.41	3.59	3.33	3.68
	Implement sustainability projects	3.47	3.29	3.20	3.85
	Implement corporate culture for green HR management	3.71	4.18	3.53	3.81
	Develop employees’ environmental skills	3.29	3.18	3.27	3.78

		Industry		Professors	Students
		Importance	Need for training	Curriculum alignment	Curriculum alignment
Managerial skills	Strategic skills	3.94	3.59	3.27	3.99
	Target orientation skills	4.29	3.29	3.73	3.97
	Leadership skills	4.35	3.88	3.27	3.86
	Decision-making skills	3.76	3.41	3.73	4.05
	Problem-solving skills	3.76	3.59	3.87	4.18
	Crisis management skills	3.47	3.82	2.73	3.56
	Risk management skills	3.76	3.76	3.33	3.66
	Financial management skills	3.65	3.82	3.07	3.34
Interpersonal skills	Communication skills	3.88	4.24	4.00	4.30
	Negotiation skills	3.88	4.29	2.80	3.67
	Foreign language skills	3.94	3.47	3.33	3.60
	Emotional intelligence skills	3.94	3.76	2.33	3.53
	Time management skills	4.18	3.35	3.00	3.68
	Ability to be open minded	4.29	3.71	3.40	4.00
	Stress management skills	4.35	4.47	2.33	3.49
Cognitive and adaptability skills	Innovation competencies	4.18	4.35	3.33	3.92
	Critical thinking skills	4.00	4.06	2.93	3.84
	Analytical thinking skills	4.18	3.65	2.93	3.85
	Proactivity	4.18	3.41	3.33	3.97
	Ability to adapt to changes	4.65	4.12	3.13	4.08
	Ability to learn from incidents	4.53	4.00	3.13	4.12
	Resilience	4.41	4.41	2.73	3.78
	Information management skills	4.24	4.00	3.40	3.90
Digital skills	Apply ICT infrastructure	4.29	4.18	3.53	3.75
	Apply new digital technologies (AI or IoT)	4.41	4.53	3.07	3.52
	Digital strategy and business development	3.88	4.35	3.00	3.58
	Data management skills	4.71	4.53	3.47	3.85
	Data processing	4.47	4.35	3.40	3.59
	Statistic skills	3.88	4.18	3.67	3.51
	Digital marketing skills	3.00	3.53	2.80	3.15
	Cybersecurity skills	3.94	3.94	3.27	3.26
Sustainability-related skills	Environment management skills	3.71	3.88	3.60	3.66
	Supply chain sustainability strategies and tech. Comp	3.88	4.06	3.20	3.77
	Awareness of trends and drivers of change	3.47	3.76	3.20	3.73
	Understand and apply principles of sustainability	4.06	3.88	3.60	3.82
	Establish and explain visions of sustainable development	3.41	3.59	3.33	3.68
	Implement sustainability projects	3.47	3.29	3.20	3.85
	Implement corporate culture for green HR management	3.71	4.18	3.53	3.81
	Develop employees’ environmental skills	3.29	3.18	3.27	3.78

Note(s): Competencies highlighted in italics represent those that received the ten highest evaluations from various groups in each column

Source(s): Authors’ own work

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