COMPARISON OF REQUIREMENTS FOR BRAND MANAGERS RESPONSIBLE FOR COMPETITIVENESS OF BRANDS: A CROSS-NATIONAL STUDY IN THE US AND THE CZECH REPUBLIC

The purpose of the paper is to present partial results of an independent research project. The author´s choice of the position “Brand Manager” was influenced by the fact that branding is a very powerful tool in striving for competitiveness in the 21st century. The paper focuses on a set of requireme...

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Main Author: Wroblowská Zuzana
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tomas Bata University in Zlín 2017-12-01
Series:Journal of Competitiveness
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Online Access:http://www.cjournal.cz/files/271.pdf
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description The purpose of the paper is to present partial results of an independent research project. The author´s choice of the position “Brand Manager” was influenced by the fact that branding is a very powerful tool in striving for competitiveness in the 21st century. The paper focuses on a set of requirements in terms of educational level, professional experience, knowledge, technical competence, and business management skills for candidates for the position of “Brand Manager”. Berelson´s content analysis method was used to study recruitment advertisement texts. A cross-national study was conducted to compare requirements in the US and in the Czech Republic. The result of the present research project in the US confirmed a fundamental need for a university education, knowledge of marketing, and experience in the field of the advertising company´s business. An unexpected result was that the groups of technical competences as well as required practices and work experience for brand managers in the US and the Czech Republic had statistically significant differences. The article concludes with a number of recommendations formulated for the implementation of the human resource management practices of recruiting and selection, as their inappropriate strategy and implementation is common and the consequences are costly.
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spelling doaj.art-61f94cee2d56454a9e58fb187abfcd682022-12-22T03:17:36ZengTomas Bata University in ZlínJournal of Competitiveness1804-171X1804-17282017-12-019414816310.7441/joc.2017.04.10COMPARISON OF REQUIREMENTS FOR BRAND MANAGERS RESPONSIBLE FOR COMPETITIVENESS OF BRANDS: A CROSS-NATIONAL STUDY IN THE US AND THE CZECH REPUBLICWroblowská Zuzana0University of Finance and AdministrationThe purpose of the paper is to present partial results of an independent research project. The author´s choice of the position “Brand Manager” was influenced by the fact that branding is a very powerful tool in striving for competitiveness in the 21st century. The paper focuses on a set of requirements in terms of educational level, professional experience, knowledge, technical competence, and business management skills for candidates for the position of “Brand Manager”. Berelson´s content analysis method was used to study recruitment advertisement texts. A cross-national study was conducted to compare requirements in the US and in the Czech Republic. The result of the present research project in the US confirmed a fundamental need for a university education, knowledge of marketing, and experience in the field of the advertising company´s business. An unexpected result was that the groups of technical competences as well as required practices and work experience for brand managers in the US and the Czech Republic had statistically significant differences. The article concludes with a number of recommendations formulated for the implementation of the human resource management practices of recruiting and selection, as their inappropriate strategy and implementation is common and the consequences are costly.http://www.cjournal.cz/files/271.pdfbrand managercompetitivenesshuman resource managementknowledgerecruitingskillstechnical competence
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COMPARISON OF REQUIREMENTS FOR BRAND MANAGERS RESPONSIBLE FOR COMPETITIVENESS OF BRANDS: A CROSS-NATIONAL STUDY IN THE US AND THE CZECH REPUBLIC
Journal of Competitiveness
brand manager
competitiveness
human resource management
knowledge
recruiting
skills
technical competence
title COMPARISON OF REQUIREMENTS FOR BRAND MANAGERS RESPONSIBLE FOR COMPETITIVENESS OF BRANDS: A CROSS-NATIONAL STUDY IN THE US AND THE CZECH REPUBLIC
title_full COMPARISON OF REQUIREMENTS FOR BRAND MANAGERS RESPONSIBLE FOR COMPETITIVENESS OF BRANDS: A CROSS-NATIONAL STUDY IN THE US AND THE CZECH REPUBLIC
title_fullStr COMPARISON OF REQUIREMENTS FOR BRAND MANAGERS RESPONSIBLE FOR COMPETITIVENESS OF BRANDS: A CROSS-NATIONAL STUDY IN THE US AND THE CZECH REPUBLIC
title_full_unstemmed COMPARISON OF REQUIREMENTS FOR BRAND MANAGERS RESPONSIBLE FOR COMPETITIVENESS OF BRANDS: A CROSS-NATIONAL STUDY IN THE US AND THE CZECH REPUBLIC
title_short COMPARISON OF REQUIREMENTS FOR BRAND MANAGERS RESPONSIBLE FOR COMPETITIVENESS OF BRANDS: A CROSS-NATIONAL STUDY IN THE US AND THE CZECH REPUBLIC
title_sort comparison of requirements for brand managers responsible for competitiveness of brands a cross national study in the us and the czech republic
topic brand manager
competitiveness
human resource management
knowledge
recruiting
skills
technical competence
url http://www.cjournal.cz/files/271.pdf
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