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Resistance to change in educational process adaptation.

Using realistic understanding of competitive environment and ever present changes in the market relations, in the last few years it becomes clear that lifelong learning is the only key by which an individual can maintain their competence. Global impact on everyday life makes all facts learned today, replaceable or “already seen” in just couple of days. Business processes are the best indicators of this situation, and as always, the fi rst who recognize the opportunity, has the advantage. Constant fl ow and sustainability of education had never had these challenges before. Comparing students twenty years ago, there is a large defl ection at the side of today’s as they are more demanding, more active, but also very critical. Universities, more or less successfully meet the set standards, teachers understand the impact of information and communication technologies in career guidance of young people, and the entire educational process is adapting constantly. On the other hand, companies faced with the economic crisis, have also turned to the additional education of their employees. Investing in education is trying to create an additional profi t, and certainly, greater competitive advantage. Workshops, courses and continuous professional development are no longer a dead letter in the entrepreneur’s balance sheet. Th e paper is trying to unite and identify problems and obstacles which stand in the path of the educational process IT evolution, in academia, at the University of J.J. Strossmayer in Osijek and in regional businesses. Research will show whether there are common resistances in modernization, as well as is there a specifi c reason for the rejection or obstructing the introduction of new solutions to education. Reducing the University and the business environment in the mutual denominator, we would conclude the similarities and diff erences within, actually much related fi elds. Th rough analysis, we would defi ne the opportunities for early identifi cation and elimination of that kind resistance among young people, with the aim of better preparation for demanding business world.

resistance to change; educational process modernization; modern

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