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Scientific literature emphasizes the importance of the entrepreneurial competence
development, which is based on professional (specific) and general competencies. R.
Laužackas (2005) admits that general competencies - a combination of certain knowledge,
skills, abilities and personality traits that are essential (necessary) and can be applied in
numerous professions. As stated by the author, these competencies include creativity,
analytical thinking, sociability, responsibility and partnership; moreover, their significance is
increasing in all areas of activity (Laužackas, 2005).
The following scientists - V. Heyse and J. Erpenbeck - provided a Competence Map KODE®X,
which is divided into four competence groups: personal (P), activity and decision making (A),
social – communicative (S) and professional– methodical (F). As noted by the authors, this
Competence Map is successfully applied when identifying and improving entrepreneurial
competencies (see Figure 1):
According to V. Heyse and J. Erpenbeck, professional competencies include:
activity - decision making competencies (A) (the ability to act independently, to organize
activities, etc.),
professional - methodical competencies (F) (specific knowledge and skills necessary to
perform specific work or task, etc.).
General competencies include:
personal competencies (P) (independently organized activities in order to develop one's
attitude, values, talents, etc.),
social - communicative (S) (communication and cooperation skills, inter-cultural
competence, etc.) (Heyse & Erpenbeck, 2009).
The importance of entrepreneurial competence development is also highlighted in
Lithuanian and the EU legal documents.
“The Lisbon Strategy“(2000) was a framework of the EU major long-term task solutions,
which emphasized falling behind the US market in the business sphere. “The Lisbon
Strategy” was followed by the following documents: “The European Small Companies
Charter“, EK Green Book, “Entrepreneurship in Europe“, “Entrepreneurial Planning”, etc.,
which emphasized the conditions favourable for business development and its establishing
(The Lisbon Strategy, 2000).
Entrepreneurial breakthrough in the EU documents was observed in 2005, when
entrepreneurship was considered as the skill developed, whereas in later documents it was
related to the idea commercialization, risk taking, creativity, innovation implementation and
project management when seeking for business goals (Barynienė, Paužaitė & Cibulskaitė,
2014).
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