Education of maritime managers

The goal of this paper is to show contemporary approach to education and improvement of managers, and to discuss issues of maritime manager training. The purpose of the paper is to draw attention to needs of permanent education, as well as to show new possible conceptual solutions of managers´ education. Many Croatian companies are aware of the importance of business education in order to survive in today´s unstable business world. However, business practices in many countries show that business education plays an insignificant role when it comes to priorities.