Managerial Preparation in Context of Learning Styles Preferences of Future Managers

Abstract

Currently is necessary to identify own way of cognition and information processing, so called the cognitive style, which is connected with learning style. Contribution contains theoretical information about many typologies of learning styles (e.g.. according to brain hemispheres dominance, intelligence, learning motivation, etc.) and research is focused on typlogy of D. A. Kolb (divergator, assimilator, convergator and accomodator). Aim of the research is to analyze preference of learning styles of future managers, to identify correlations between learning styles preference and chosen features of future managers, advantages and disadvantages. of distance education and to suggest some possibilities of learning styles development by methods of creativity development. In contribution is used interrogative method by standardized Kolb's questionnaire, mathematical-statistical methods (descriptive statistics, correlation analysis, χ2test) and comparative method. The research sample is composed of 296 future managers, the dominant learning style is accomodator in number of 109 (36,82 %). Contribution contains 3 hypotheses. Statistically significant correlation was explored between learning style and perception of distance education disadvantages, between learning style and professional orientation and between learning style and self-evaluation of future managers. Benefit of the contribution are suggestions for creativity development methods application for these learning styles.