Competences are a key actor for quality performance of work tasks in the workplace of a line manager. Both professional and leadership competencies play an important role when considering the employees. The competencies of line managers differ slightly depending on the type of company. In the empirical research, we concretized a company operating in the food industry. We focused on a production company where one of the most important competencies of a line manager is the knowledge of the line. We find that these are specific professional competencies that are largely acquired through experience. In connection with this, all line managers with vocational and technical education began their careers at the position of production operator. With qualitative research method in the form of interviews, we found that the competencies between the top and middle management and line managers are similar in certain segments. It should be emphasized that they are also more pronounced. In any case, the professional competencies of line managers stand out from all three management levels. The lack of competencies in the field of human resource management, on the other hand, is expressed as an obstacle. We find that line managers can overcome it with additional training.
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