university–enterprise cooperation

Results of TSNA analysis in Serbia, WBC-VMnet project
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LEGEND
1. Specialized trainings related to the type of business
of the firm
2. Advanced CAD modeling
3. CAM modeling and NC programming
4. From design to virtual manufacturing to the users
5. Design of tools for plastic
6. Concurrent engineering
7. Development and optimization of the production
processes supported by virtual manufacturing
8. Industrial design
9. Bioengineering - applications
10. Informative seminars about new trends
11. Project design and management
12. Business communication and negotiation
13. Practical business marketing
14. Learning foreign languages
15. Introducing new quality certificates, and related trainings
16. Others
Full Reports of TSNA analysis in Serbia,
Croatia, Montenegro and Bosnia and
Herzegovina, are available in electronic
form on www.wbc-vmnet.rs.
Within the TEMPUS project “Higher
Education Learning Partnerships–HELP”,
144596-TEMPUS-2008-HU-JPHES,
whose holder in Serbia is UNESCO Chair for
Entrepreneurial Studies at the University of
Novi Sad, and partners the Center for Strategic
Economic research “Vojvodina-CESS” and
Carlsberg company – Serbia, a research entitled
‘’Assessing the needs of the economy for
a workforce with specific skills’’ was conducted.
Goals of the conducted research were
to investigate whether the economy was
satisfied with existing university personnel,
that is their knowledge and skills, and to
consider the needs of the economy for specific
trainings and ways of their organization.
The research was conducted on a sample of
48 enterprises from Serbia, 45 from Croatia,
50 from Hungary and 50 from Romania, from
various sectors and sizes. Results showed that
the practice and awareness of the organization
of trainings in enterprises was relatively
developed, but that the companies marked
the practical and organizational skills of
university staff rather low. On the other hand,
these skills were also rated as most important
for successful operation of enterprises, but
also as most deficient. When answering the
question why the enterprises did not organize
training programs for their employees, 44%
of the surveyed stated the lack of adequate
training programs as the reason, and 37%
the lack of funds. The survey also showed
that the enterprise’s greatest difficulty was
to find quality training programs to enhance
the practical and the organizational skills of
their employees.
Current state in the WBC region 4