Old technocrats continue to dominate managerial posts

This is the first analysis of the market taking into account the careers of the graduates. "Quality of teaching is the main reason behind the success of a university. A graduate of a polytechnic, to easily find a job, must speak foreign languages and be knowledgable about IT," said Włodzimierz Kurnik, rector of the Warsaw Polytechnic. Only every fifth director graduated in business studies, and this may present problems for those who ended their studies 20-30 years ago. "Unless they read up on modern management techniques, finances and marketing they are not capable of efficiently running a company," said Krzysztof Opolski from Warsaw University. The good news is that according to Rzeczpospolita, plenty of top Polish managers are indeed further developing their skills and enrolling on MBA courses. (Rzeczpospolita, pp. A1, B5) M.M.