Commander’s Managerial Competences in the Czech Armed Forces

The paper summarizes the research results of commanders’ managerial competences. The aim of the research consisted in identifying facts, which managerial competences make or do not make troubles for commanders; there are offered recommendations for the development of commanders’ critical competences. The research was conducted within three groups of respondents: the first group comprised senior officers, participants of the General Staff course; the second group comprised junior officers, participants of the senior officer course, and the third group covered graduates of the basic officers’ course. Using the questionnaire research, respondents rated ten selected managerial competences of their subordinates. The research results concluded that commanders face the greatest difficulties in communication, self-development and analytical thinking.