An overview about required skills for people management professionals acting on agroindustrial cooperatives of Paraná

Abstract

Observing the growing interest in the academic and business environment in relation to the concept of competence and considering that the cooperatives present a prominent position in society, the present work sought to know the skills required for professionals who work in departments of people management in agroindustrial cooperatives in the state of Paraná. From a questionnaire applied to this public, the following five competences were obtained: capacity to work in teams; ability to deal with new and unusual situations; Communication capacity; interpersonal relationship capacity; and ability to focus on the client, establishing trust and ensuring long-term relationship. However, with regard to the participants' understanding of the concept of competence, a diversity of approaches was observed in the responses, which may be related to the lack of consensus on the subject by the population studied. Thus, the relevance of new studies is emphasized in order to deepen the discussions about this subject, being able to offer useful knowledge to the society, to the academic public and specially to the professionals of the area and cooperatives.