Relevance of managerial skills since Arequipenian manager’s perception

Abstract

This research aims to determine which is the perception of Arequipenian managers about the importance assigned to the management skills according to the anthropological model proposed by Juan Antonio Pérez López (1993). For data collection, a questionnaire was used, designed by professors of the IESE Business School (Spain), which was adapted for the investigation with good levels of validity and reliability, and was applied in an individual way in 70 companies.
The main findings were that the most valued management skills, were honesty, customer focus, self-control, coaching, business insight, self-knowledge, concentration, teamwork, resource management, time management, networking, delegation, equity, self-criticism and personal learning.