The document discusses competency mapping. It explains that competency mapping identifies an individual's strengths and weaknesses to help them understand where to direct career development efforts. Competency mapping is important for organizations facing rapid change from globalization, increasing competition, and new technologies. Competencies are the intellectual, managerial, social and emotional capabilities derived from job roles that are critical for effective performance. Competency mapping allows organizations to develop their human resources and ensure they have the skills needed to compete in today's fast-paced global marketplace.
A Study on Talent Management and its Impact on Organization Performance- An E...Dr. Amarjeet Singh
These days organization’s talent is its primary source of competitive advantage. Performance of organization depends upon performance of its employees. If employees of an organization possess unique competence, that will differentiate them from their competitors. In this competitive environment retention of talented workforce is a major task for HR managers along with acquisition. Talent management is a very complex and critical task. Right Talent acquisition makes organization strategy more strong. The current global economic situation has increased overall jobseekers in employment market worldwide, but there is still notable talent shortage in different sectors and different countries, this leads to increase the problem of “Talent Mismatch”.As today’s corporate world requires a person with multitasking skill, talent acquisition is becoming very difficult. As a result, finding the “right” person for a particular job is becoming more challenging. Not only acquisition even retention of talented workforce has become greatest challenge for organization. Today’s changing landscape of business requires its HR to act more strategically to build employee engagement which is a great tool for talent management. Talent Management focuses on how individuals enter; move up across or out of the organization. Talent Management will succeed with the support of strong organization structure. As better talent can change the future of business, Talent Management has to be given predominant role in organization. If organization implements talent management strategies effectively, that enhances employee’s engagement which in turn helps to improve organization performance. Higher the employee engagement higher the productivity. This present study aims to identify the relationship between talent management and organization performance. This study is based on empirical research evidence build by literature reviews carried out in this direction. Researcher is intended to use different articles, research papers and literatures in order to identify the positive relationship between talent management and organization performance. This empirical research paper will provide insights to HR managers to build Talent management as a Strategic tool to build employee engagement and thereby improving organization performance.
In a Dynamic environment, human resources are
one of the important sources of the organizational
Enlargement which also helps to take fighting edge. Human
resource system contributes towards the empirical
enlargement through facilitating the change & by
developing the competencies of the employees. Talent
Management is the key for improved business performance
& for the empirical enlargement of an organization. The
linkage between talent management and Empirical
Enlargement will help to attain higher organizational
performance. Many studies have been conducted regarding
how companies can gain a empirical fierce edge through
their human resources & proper knack management.
Having talented employees helps the firms drive and boost
for organizational success. knack management is of strategic
importance & by developing the talent, organizations may
develop strong leadership teams which will help to take
fierce edge and that will enable the organization to achieve
its goals & organizationalsuccess.
A Study on Talent Management and its Impact on Organization Performance- An E...Dr. Amarjeet Singh
These days organization’s talent is its primary source of competitive advantage. Performance of organization depends upon performance of its employees. If employees of an organization possess unique competence, that will differentiate them from their competitors. In this competitive environment retention of talented workforce is a major task for HR managers along with acquisition. Talent management is a very complex and critical task. Right Talent acquisition makes organization strategy more strong. The current global economic situation has increased overall jobseekers in employment market worldwide, but there is still notable talent shortage in different sectors and different countries, this leads to increase the problem of “Talent Mismatch”.As today’s corporate world requires a person with multitasking skill, talent acquisition is becoming very difficult. As a result, finding the “right” person for a particular job is becoming more challenging. Not only acquisition even retention of talented workforce has become greatest challenge for organization. Today’s changing landscape of business requires its HR to act more strategically to build employee engagement which is a great tool for talent management. Talent Management focuses on how individuals enter; move up across or out of the organization. Talent Management will succeed with the support of strong organization structure. As better talent can change the future of business, Talent Management has to be given predominant role in organization. If organization implements talent management strategies effectively, that enhances employee’s engagement which in turn helps to improve organization performance. Higher the employee engagement higher the productivity. This present study aims to identify the relationship between talent management and organization performance. This study is based on empirical research evidence build by literature reviews carried out in this direction. Researcher is intended to use different articles, research papers and literatures in order to identify the positive relationship between talent management and organization performance. This empirical research paper will provide insights to HR managers to build Talent management as a Strategic tool to build employee engagement and thereby improving organization performance.
In a Dynamic environment, human resources are
one of the important sources of the organizational
Enlargement which also helps to take fighting edge. Human
resource system contributes towards the empirical
enlargement through facilitating the change & by
developing the competencies of the employees. Talent
Management is the key for improved business performance
& for the empirical enlargement of an organization. The
linkage between talent management and Empirical
Enlargement will help to attain higher organizational
performance. Many studies have been conducted regarding
how companies can gain a empirical fierce edge through
their human resources & proper knack management.
Having talented employees helps the firms drive and boost
for organizational success. knack management is of strategic
importance & by developing the talent, organizations may
develop strong leadership teams which will help to take
fierce edge and that will enable the organization to achieve
its goals & organizationalsuccess.
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IMPACT OF PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT ON SUCCESSION PLANNINGindexPub
Motivation: HR in an organization faces various challenges in business environment, such as Building Capabilities, Improving Productivity, Building Performance Culture, Talent Management, Succession Planning for Key Leadership and Critical Roles, Developing Accountability and Ownership, Human Capital Management and transforming HR function into developmental Role from the legacy driven HR, etc. Succession Planning is the process of identifying and developing individuals, who have potential to hold the key leadership position in an Organization, whereas Performance Management includes assessing and improving upon the performance of an employee to meet the organizational goals. There are several Management Practices, which are adopted widely in Industry to make a successful Succession Planning. Workforce and Talent Management is one of them. The health of an organization majorly depends on the proper placement of people, which is a combined outcome of Talent Identification, Talent Development and Talent Retention. Performance Management plays a vital role in Talent Identification. It also has an impact on Talent Development and Talent Retention. The key idea of succession planning suggests that the right person to be placed at the right position at the right time. Succession planning is becoming a challenge these days in the corporate world. Organizations are often not found prepared with their successors to occupy the key positions as and when required. The positions are either kept vacant for a substantial period or more than one role is assigned to a single person. Identifying the right talent for the key positions from outside the organization and recruiting them is a much more difficult task at the eleventh hour. This has a significant impact on organizational health and in turn to organizational sustainability. Organizations must last longer than people. Role of organization continues even when the people move out. Employees must superannuate after attaining a certain age. Also, organizations must have a contingency plan for sudden vacancy arises out of attrition, health hazards and death of employee. Succession planning is the strategy to ensure that a suitable person is made available during exigencies. Employees are developed for taking on higher responsibilities and for the new roles that may emerge in future. The placement of Key Leadership positions can be executed either by inviting the talent from outside or developing the talent in-house. The latter is always in demand keeping in view the core values of the organization and the impact on loyalty and organizational culture in a long run. It is preferable to develop the in-house talent pool to reduce dependency on recruitment of experienced people from outside for the critical roles. It brings the talent acquisition cost low and contributes as a motivating factor for the team as well. The acceptability of a person placed at Top / Key Leadership Positions is high when these are occupied
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Focus on Human Resource as Improvement of the Flexible Manufacturing Operatio...ijtsrd
Focus on human resource in organizations regarded as a tool for organizations growth and profitability, strategic innovation, organizational and customer-oriented changes. This article attempts to explain the imperative strategic plan collective by patterns of thinking. The importance of strategic, long-term policy and imperative strategic plan collective is very clear to planners. Imperative strategic managers like to follow a similar and routine imperative strategic behavioral pattern. Imperative strategic plan collective, normally taken, as a part of imperative strategic planning, therefore also tends to run in cycles of around last years. Implementing tailored organization can give a competitive advantage and help foster goodwill toward focus on human resource approach. Studies on corporate organizational imperative strategic have possessed an increasing growth. This paper proposes a learning organization expectations method that considers tailored organization information. In todays tailored organization al environment, there are usually several products and services to fulfill certain functions. The rise of intense competition among the domestic and global markets has revealed the crucial role of organizational imperative strategic in actualization and maintenance of competitive privilege development in the imperative strategic organizations. Dr. Nasser Fegh-hi Farahmand"Focus on Human Resource as Improvement of the Flexible Manufacturing Operation of Organization" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-1 | Issue-4 , June 2017, URL: http://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd2187.pdf http://www.ijtsrd.com/management/hrm-and-retail-business/2187/focus-on-human-resource-as-improvement-of-the-flexible-manufacturing-operation-of-organization/dr-nasser-fegh-hi-farahmand
IMPACT OF PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT ON SUCCESSION PLANNINGindexPub
Motivation: HR in an organization faces various challenges in business environment, such as Building Capabilities, Improving Productivity, Building Performance Culture, Talent Management, Succession Planning for Key Leadership and Critical Roles, Developing Accountability and Ownership, Human Capital Management and transforming HR function into developmental Role from the legacy driven HR, etc. Succession Planning is the process of identifying and developing individuals, who have potential to hold the key leadership position in an Organization, whereas Performance Management includes assessing and improving upon the performance of an employee to meet the organizational goals. There are several Management Practices, which are adopted widely in Industry to make a successful Succession Planning. Workforce and Talent Management is one of them. The health of an organization majorly depends on the proper placement of people, which is a combined outcome of Talent Identification, Talent Development and Talent Retention. Performance Management plays a vital role in Talent Identification. It also has an impact on Talent Development and Talent Retention. The key idea of succession planning suggests that the right person to be placed at the right position at the right time. Succession planning is becoming a challenge these days in the corporate world. Organizations are often not found prepared with their successors to occupy the key positions as and when required. The positions are either kept vacant for a substantial period or more than one role is assigned to a single person. Identifying the right talent for the key positions from outside the organization and recruiting them is a much more difficult task at the eleventh hour. This has a significant impact on organizational health and in turn to organizational sustainability. Organizations must last longer than people. Role of organization continues even when the people move out. Employees must superannuate after attaining a certain age. Also, organizations must have a contingency plan for sudden vacancy arises out of attrition, health hazards and death of employee. Succession planning is the strategy to ensure that a suitable person is made available during exigencies. Employees are developed for taking on higher responsibilities and for the new roles that may emerge in future. The placement of Key Leadership positions can be executed either by inviting the talent from outside or developing the talent in-house. The latter is always in demand keeping in view the core values of the organization and the impact on loyalty and organizational culture in a long run. It is preferable to develop the in-house talent pool to reduce dependency on recruitment of experienced people from outside for the critical roles. It brings the talent acquisition cost low and contributes as a motivating factor for the team as well. The acceptability of a person placed at Top / Key Leadership Positions is high when these are occupied
The Global Head of Human Resources at Bilcare Research, Anu Mhaisalkar, answers some key questions regarding the role of an HR leader operating in an international business in the current economic crisis.
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1. Electronic copy available at: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2007503
Page 1 of 15
Title Page
(i) Title of submission: Competancy Mapping
(ii) Name of the author: Prof. R Ramakrishnan
(iii) Designation with department: Professor and Head,
Department of Management Studies
(iv) Mailing address:
College: Muthayammal Engineering College,
Rasipuram 637408
Residence: Suri Illam, 10A Swami Sivanadam Salai,
Rasipuram 637408
(v) e-mail address: ramakrish54@gmail.com
(vi) Phone number(s) College : 04287-220837 and 226837
Residence : 04287-225837
Mobile : 9865812476
(vii) Fax number: 04287- 226537
Based on the paper submitted to
National Conference
On
Emerging Trends in Business Research
Organized by
Easwari Engineering College, Chennai
On
31 March 2006
2. Electronic copy available at: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2007503
Page 2 of 15
Competency Mapping
Abstract
Businesses carried out for profit or not, are facing change like never before. The many
driving forces to this change includes
A rapidly expanding marketplace (globalization),
Increasing competition,
Diversity among consumers, and
Availability to new forms of technology.
Organizations are under tremendous pressure to improve their performance through reduction
of cost and in quality up-gradation with increasing global competition.
Organizations irrespective of their type and size must employ competent and motivated
workers. It has been now well recognized that human resource is the most important asset of any
organization. An organization is only as good as its people.
A skilled and committed workforce is required to compete in today’s fast, global
marketplace. Only those organizations that are able to engage such manpower will win the race.
It has been seen that Learning is at the core of all HRD efforts. HRD programs must respond
to job changes and integrate the long-term plans and strategies of the organization to ensure the
efficient and effective use of resources.
HRD is neither a concept nor a tool, but is an approach using different personnel systems,
depending upon the needs and priorities of the organization. The basic assumption is the belief in
human potential and its development by providing a suitable and congenial environment.
To compete and thrive, many organizations are including employee education, training,
and development as an important and effective part of their organizational strategy.
Organizations need to be dynamic and growth-oriented to sustain in the competitive
environment. This is possible only through the competence of the human resources.
Today’s workforce is better educated and more affluent. They have already met the most
basic needs of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs as the standard of living has improved over the
years. They have the luxury to think and seek meaningfulness and purpose of life.
It has been known from many research studies that the number one reason that people
quit their jobs is dissatisfaction with their supervisors and not their paychecks. It has also been
3. Page 3 of 15
seen that unhappy people are four times more likely to leave their jobs than those having nice
bosses. There is a link between the opportunities extended by the organization for employees’
professional development and employees’ commitment.
Competency mapping is an important resource in this environment, and is an addition to
knowledge management and learning organization initiatives. Competency refers to the
intellectual, managerial, social and emotional competency. Competencies are derived from
specific job families within the organization and are often grouped around categories such as
strategy, relationships, innovation, leadership, risk-taking, decision making, emotional
intelligence, etc.
Competency mapping identifies an individual’s strengths and weaknesses in order to help
them better understand themselves and to show them where career development efforts need to
be directed. Lifelong learning will surely be one of the most important pieces in the set that
employees will turn to again and again on their path to meaningfulness and purpose.
Change is the order of the day. As Karl max said “Theory without Practice is futile and Practice
without Theory is sterile”. This article would look at the new concept of competency mapping
and its relevance to the future as more research is being put in this field.
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4. Page 4 of 15
Full Article: Competency Mapping
Businesses carried out for profit or not, are facing change like never before. The many
driving forces to this change includes
A rapidly expanding marketplace (globalization),
Increasing competition,
Diversity among consumers, and
Availability to new forms of technology.
Organizations need to be dynamic and growth-oriented to sustain in the competitive
environment. This is possible only through the competence of the human resources. They are
under tremendous pressure to improve their performance through reduction of cost and in quality
up-gradation with increasing global competition.
Organizations irrespective of their type and size must employ competent and motivated
workers. It has been now well recognized that human resource is the most important asset of any
organization. An organization is only as good as its people.
A skilled and committed workforce is required to compete in today’s fast, global
marketplace. Only those organizations that are able to engage such manpower will win the race.
Learning is at the core of all HRD efforts. HRD programs must respond to job changes and
integrate the long-term plans and strategies of the organization to ensure the efficient and
effective use of resources.
The new production technology, automation and application of electronic control systems
have changed the ratio of skilled and unskilled jobs. New systems require new skills and certain
minimum educational qualifications. They need continuous up gradation of skills. Thus,
development of people, decentralizations of decision making, flatter and different management
5. Page 5 of 15
practices than those followed in the past have become necessary for survival of business. HRD
initiatives meet the need of these business imperatives.
HRD is neither a concept nor a tool, but is an approach using different personnel systems,
depending upon the needs and priorities of the organization. The basic assumption is the belief in
human potential and its development by providing a suitable and congenial environment.
The basic principle of HRD philosophy is the belief in -
Human potential and its development;
Optimum utilization of human resources; and
A harmonious balance between business strategy and
HRD strategy, i.e., strategic planning and HRD should go hand in hand. According to
Udai Pareek and TV Rao(1981) the four basic partners of development are
The self (the individual);
The immediate superior (boss);
HRD department and
The organisation.
They also observed that the six units concerned with HRD in an organisation are.
Person (employee);
Role;
Dyad;
Team;
Inter-team &
The organisation.
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The effectiveness of one unit (foci) will contribute to the effectiveness of others as HRD
are an integrated process and cannot be thought of in isolation.
Human Resources Management adds value when it helps individuals and organizations
do better than their present level of performance. Both functional and behavioral Competencies
have acquired major significance in achieving exemplary job performance within an individual's
roles, responsibilities and relationship in an organization and its internal and external
environment. Competency Model is one around which the process of selection, placement,
redeployment, development and separation can be knit.
To compete and thrive, many organizations are including employee education, training,
and development as an important and effective part of their organizational strategy. It has been
known from many research studies that the number one reason that people quit their jobs is
dissatisfaction with their supervisors and not their paychecks. It has also been seen that unhappy
people are four times more likely to leave their jobs than those having nice bosses. There is a
link between the opportunities extended by the organization for employees’ professional
development and employees’ commitment.
Today’s workforce is better educated and more affluent. They have already met the most
basic needs of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs as the standard of living has improved over the
years. They have the luxury to think and seek meaningfulness and purpose of life. Organizations
need to be dynamic and growth-oriented to sustain in the competitive environment. This is
possible only through the competence of the human resources.
A Competency is something that describes how a job might be done, excellently; a
Competence only describes what has to be done, not how. Competency refers to the intellectual,
managerial, social and emotional competency. It is a capacity of an individual that leads to the
7. Page 7 of 15
behavior, which meets the job demands within the parameters of the organizational environment
and in turn brings about desired results.
Competency is an underlying characteristic of an individual that is related to effective or
superior performance in a job or situation. They are derived from specific job families within the
organization and are often grouped around categories such as strategy, relationships, innovation,
leadership, risk-taking, decision-making, emotional intelligence, etc.
Competence is of fundamental importance to every company and institution to cope with
new markets and new requirements from the customers and clients. It is important to have an
understanding of the fact that the knowledge of each worker and a common knowledge for the
whole company are of greatest importance to reach the strategic goals and to carry out the
strategic plans.
The competence of the workers is as important as the means of production, the products,
the economy and the market, and here we talk about new competence adapted to what the
company produces now and will produce in the future.
Increased competition between companies leads to higher demands for quality, shorter
delivery time and better guarantee for delivery in time. All these requirements assume that
workers have better knowledge and a better understanding of the company's activities.
According to Guy Le Boterf (1998), a French expert on competence, “Competence is the
combination of relevant resources that the individual mobilizes to reach a particular result”
According to him , competence combines the three aspects of Knowledge, Know-How, and
Attributes and Resources as depicted in the figure below
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According to Le Boterf Competence is a Kaleidoscope of resources that changes
continuously shape and colour. For example, a violin maker’s result, her or his performance (a
wonderful violin with a perfect and harmonious sound) is the result of the ability, the
competence to perform a series of key activities by combining and mobilizing in the best
possible way the wealth of individual (personal) and network (external) resources. Similar
examples of the relation between resources, competence and results may be imagined for any
other position.
For example, competences that describe the duties of a sales manager can be
How to manage the sales office and staff attached to it,
Preparation of quotations
Process of sales order
Management of key accounts and
Motivating, co-coordinating and supervising the field sales force.
The Competencies that might determine excellence in this role could include
Inter personal Skills,
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Problem Solving Skills
Determination and Drive
Judgment;
Commercial Awareness etc.,
These may further be described by behavioral indicators relating specifically to that post
in that organisation.
Competency mapping is a process of identifying key competencies for a particular
position in an organisation, and then using it for job-evaluation, recruitment, training and
development, performance management, succession planning, etc. It is an important resource in
this environment, and is an addition to knowledge management and learning organization
initiatives. It is designed to consistently measure and assess individual and group performance as
it relates to the expectations of the organization and its customers.
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Competency Mapping is a process of identifying key competencies for an organization
and/or a job and incorporating those competencies throughout the various processes (i.e. job
evaluation, training, recruitment) of the organization. It identifies an individual’s strengths and
weaknesses in order to help them better understand themselves and to show them where career
development efforts need to be directed. It is used to identify key attributes required to perform
effectively in a job classification or an identified process.
Competency maps are important to many of the key human resources management
functions. They are essential for proper hiring, evaluation, succession planning and for guiding
training and development.
Competencies lie at the heart of every successful activity. Organizations across the world
are trying to understand and integrate competencies in their organizational processes.
Competencies can be drawn from a number of sources depending on the focus and context
identified by the client and can include:
National Training Packages,
Standard Operating Procedures (SOP),
Position Descriptions,
Overseas Competency Sets, and
Enterprise Safe Work Method Statements.
Competence is not only an important issue at manufacturing companies that make a product,
but also at service institutions, both private and public. A social security office or an employment
office produces services to the public that must be delivered in time and of good quality.
Competence is people's ability, alone or in a community, to solve situational and targeted
tasks. Learning gives new competence. Attitude and knowledge (both practical and theoretical)
controls our actions. In a changing world we will also question if already learned skills and
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attitudes are the correct ones to succeed in the future. Established procedures can be complete
wrong compared to new challenges.
Competence mapping is to make a connection between what the company needs and
what the worker can perform and eventually detect a gap. One assumption that must be present
to uncover this gap is that current status of the competence can be documented. The company
also has to define what is needed now and in the future. With this knowledge one can be able to
uncover a competence gap and prescribe what to do next
Effective organizations recognize that helping employees manage their own careers and
providing professional development are critical components of retention. A direct relationship
exists between providing learning and development opportunities for employees and the
organization’s success and prosperity. People get hired for what they know but fired for how
they behave!
Before an organization embarks on this journey it has to be very clear about the business
goals, capability-building imperatives and core competencies of the organisation. The
competency mapping process needs to be strongly integrated with these aspects. It must be
remembered that competency-mapping process does not fit the one-size-fits all formula. It has to
be specific to the user organisation.
All the HR processes like talent induction, management development, appraisals and
training yield much better results as a result of competency mapping, As it gives a more accurate
analysis of the job requirements, the candidate's capability, gaps between the required and actual
skills as well as training & development needs to bridge these gaps, it can play a significant role
in recruiting and retaining people
Competency mapping helps identify the success criteria (i.e. behavioral standards of
performance excellence) required for individuals to be successful in their roles. It helps to:
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Support specific and objective assessment of their strengths, and specify
targeted areas for professional development.
Provide development tools and methods for enhancing their skills.
Provide the basis for a more objective dialogue with their manager or team
about performance, development, and career-related issues
Competency mapping demonstrates what type of knowledge and skills are required
and/or found within the human capital of the organization. An organization could use these
personal competency maps to build a 'yellow pages' directory, match people to jobs or positions
or determine what training programs are needed to fill skill gaps.
Competency maps take on a wide variety of forms. While there is no one correct way of
depicting them, they can generally be described as a formal, top-down effort to identify, list,
label, track, and measure competency descriptors. The competencies might be called knowledge
areas, skills, attributes, attitudes, components, tasks, traits, or simply competencies. Once
identified, numbered, and listed, they are usually broken down into sub-components, which are
also numbered, so they might be associated with the broader competency area or cluster of
competencies.
Steps involved in the process:
First: A job analysis is carried out by asking employees to fill in a questionnaire that asks them
to describe what they are doing, and what skills, attitudes and abilities they need to have to
perform it well. There would be a bit that requests them to list down attributes needed to make it
up to the next level, thus making it behavioral as well as skill-based.
Second: Having discovered the similarities in the questionnaires, a competency-based job
description is crafted and presented to the personnel department for their agreement and
additions if any.
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Third: Having agreed on the job requirements and the skills and attitudes needed to progress
within it and become more productive; one starts mapping the capability of the employees to the
benchmarks. There are several index points within the responsibility level. An almost (but not
quite) arbitrary level of attainment is noted against each benchmark indicating the areas where
the assessee is in terms of personal development and achievement.
These give an adept HR manager a fairly good picture of the employee to see whether he
(or she) needs to perform better or to move up a notch on the scale. Once the employee `tops'
every indicator at his level, he moves on to the next and begins there at the bottom - in short, he
is promoted.
This reasonably simple though initially (the first year only) tedious method helps
everybody to know what the real state of preparedness of an organisation to handle new business
(or its old one) because it has a clear picture of every incumbent in the organisation. It helps in
determining the training and development needs and importantly it helps to encourage the best
and develop the rest making a win-win situation for everyone.
The greatest challenge for organisations today is creating a vibrant workplace that
attracts, retains and promotes talented employees, manages expectations and at the same time
discourages non-performance.
The steps involved in competency mapping with an end result of job evaluation include the
following:
1) Conduct a job analysis by asking incumbents to complete a Position Information
Questionnaire (PIQ). Either the incumbents could be asked to completer the
Questionnaire conducting a one to one interviews using the PIQ as a guide. The idea is to
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collect from incumbents what they feel are the key behaviors necessary to perform their
respective jobs.
2) From the above job analysis, a competency based job description can be developed
after analyzing carefully the inputs from the represented group of incumbents and
converting it to standard competencies.
3) Once the competency based job description is ready, mapping the competencies
throughout the human resources processes can be done. The competencies of the
respective job description become the factors for assessment on the performance
evaluation. Using competencies will help to perform more objective evaluations based on
displayed or not displayed behaviors.
4) Taking the competency mapping one step further, the results of these evaluations can
be used to identify in the competencies that individuals need for additional development
or training. This will help to focus the training needs on the goals of the position and
company and help the employees to develop toward the ultimate success of the
organization.
Advocacy of competency mapping appears to be spreading. Its goal is to develop a
blueprint, map, or matrix of desired skills, knowledge, attributes, and attitudes at various levels
of the organization. The map is then used to channel recruiting, hiring, and training decisions.
Competency mapping has gained a following in the human resources community and
spawned a cottage industry of business consultants and vendors who profess expertise in its
application. It is often advertised as a means to save time and resources in the hiring of new
personnel and to document the occupational training needs of employees.
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At the heart of list-based approaches like competency mapping is an assumption that
certain attributes such as motives, values, and skills can be identified and reproduced through
training and education, resulting in effectively led organizations. Although research has shown
no relationship between individual traits and effectiveness, this approach still finds modern
expression.
Problems with Competence Mapping
Competence mapping should focus more on what the organisations as a whole can
manage than looking at the formal knowledge that each individual worker has. But of course, we
need to start with each individual, to fulfill that each individual has the wanted formal knowledge
and the necessary skills and know-how to do a god job for the company. The problem is that it is
here the gap comes It's between what can be measured and what is known about each individual
on one side and what is required or needed by the organization on the other side.
Select Bibliography:
Ganesh Sherman (2004), Competency Based HRM,(Tata McGraw-Hill , New Delhi
Gary Yukl (2002), Leadership in Organization (5th ed.Prentice Hall,).
Garcia, Marie L. ( 1997) “Introduction to Technology Road mapping: The Semiconductor
Industry Association's Technology Road mapping Process”, SAND97-0666. Sandia
National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM.
Pareek, U and Rao, T V (1982). Designing and Managing Human Resource Systems, New Delhi:
Oxford & IBH.
R. N. Kostoff, R. R. Schaller (2001), “ Science and Technology Roadmaps” IEEE Transactions
on Engineering Management, Vol. 48, No. 2(2001), pp.132
Select websites:
http://www.knowmap.com http://www.brint.com http://promo.kompetens.net
http://www.entovation.com http://www.expresscomputeronline.com/
http://competence.eucluster.net http://www.fsm.ac.in
http://riskresponse.com.au/services/competency-mapping
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