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Coaching Approach as A Sustainable Means of Improving Communication Skills of Management Students

Version 1 : Received: 1 January 2023 / Approved: 3 January 2023 / Online: 3 January 2023 (09:23:21 CET)

How to cite: Seemann, P.; Stofkova, Z.; Binasova, V.; Majercak, P. Coaching Approach as A Sustainable Means of Improving Communication Skills of Management Students. Preprints 2023, 2023010025. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202301.0025.v1 Seemann, P.; Stofkova, Z.; Binasova, V.; Majercak, P. Coaching Approach as A Sustainable Means of Improving Communication Skills of Management Students. Preprints 2023, 2023010025. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202301.0025.v1

Abstract

The impetus for the development of coaching as a professional managerial activity is based on the needs and requirements of a modern sustainable society. The paper aims to explore the awareness of academic students about the coaching approach and to formu-late recommendations for its application in the academic environment. The article focuses on the views of experts in the field of coaching approach as a means of improving com-munication in the academic/educational setting, characterizes communication and coaching approach, coaching models and its benefits and barriers. The survey presents a survey of awareness of the coaching approach among college and university students of in Slovakia and the possibilities/options of its application in the academic environment. The research was carried out by the questionnaire method. The evaluation of the questionnaire and the statistical evaluation of established hypotheses and assumptions concerning the coaching approach. The proposion of students was the introduction of the subject "Basics of coaching" which could be taught for all students at University of Zilina, Slovakia. Acording to the survey, 468 students, representing 68%, have knowledge about coaching. Furthermore, 68% of students had or have doubts about achieving their goals during their studies. According to the results of the survey, only 24% of students had ex-perience with coaching. The cooperation with a coach was regarded as beneficial for 71% of participants of the survey, which had already experience the coaching lectures. The students of managerial fields would benefit in enhancing leadership skills and providing support of their working teams.Finally, suggest organizing an introductory full-day workshops for students of man-agement -future managers, followed by organizing individual thematic workshops for specific areas of coaching.Moreover, the usage of coaching skills is possible yet while they are students with applications in communication in their relationships, student jobs, searching the profes-sional job opportunities and accomplishing the final thesis.To raise awareness of coaching approach in the University of Zilina in a cooperation with The Counseling and Career Center and its activities.

Keywords

Management; Sustainability tools; Coaching process; Communication; Educational institution; Social sustainability of human beings.

Subject

Social Sciences, Education

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