Social competences of IT department employees

Purpose: Employee competences nowadays, when management methods are dynamically changing become one of the key elements of building competitive advantage. IT activities play an important role in business operations. Information flow, response to external stimuli with the help of IT department is becoming an important element of building competitive advantage of enterprises. Hence, it becomes important that the right people with appropriate social competences manage and work in IT departments. Design/methodology/approach: Social competences at work were identified on the basis of job advertisements on internet portals. The observation was made at the turn of April-June 2018. The study was repeated in January 2018. Findings: The article presents a list of social competences that are necessary among IT department employees. Originality/value: The work concerns social competences of IT department employees. The original is an attempt to select social competences for employees of IT departments. The exclusion of IT competences from the research allowed to examine whether there are differences between employees of individual departments in the enterprise.