Competence management aims at using optimally and developing the competencies of employees, that is their ability to put in practice their knowledge, experience, know-how according to the goals of the corporation they work for. Competence management is relatively new field in human resources but has been increasingly recognized and implemented within firms over the past few years and is widely seen as essential for the achievement of a company's objectives.
To enable competence management, it is important to get the support of the management, which can be done through management coaching, as they will be the one in charge of directing the competence management strategy. They would have to evaluate each of the employee's competencies but also establish a set of the competencies needed for every task the company might need to perform. If you don't feel that your management can handle that task, there are professionals out there who will do it in your case.
To make use of the employees' abilities and to mobilize sufficient number of them, you need to first know the competencies required for carrying out a particular task. One of the aims of business coaching is to help employees understand the importance of competence management and enthuse them to become involved in it.
So employees will rapidly understand for what task their competencies are needed and what knowledge they need to gain to perform other tasks and get ahead in their careers. The employees will therefore realize by themselves what kind of training they need to take, and there will be no more training needs analysis for the management of your human resources.
Let us suppose you want to know your employees' competencies or you want to gauge how skilled they are. Before resorting to professional help, you can deploy some of the other tools available. For example, you can develop and use a form that lists the capability of each employee. The details from the forms can be entered into a centralized database accessible by every one and you can also circulate the competencies required for ongoing tasks.
Competency management will help you and your company by matching your employees' knowledge and skill sets to maximize your company's efficiency. It will provide a tremendous return on its modest cost. It also keeps your employees actively involved in your company's operations by allowing them to actively take part in assigning responsibility for your company's success.
To enable competence management, it is important to get the support of the management, which can be done through management coaching, as they will be the one in charge of directing the competence management strategy. They would have to evaluate each of the employee's competencies but also establish a set of the competencies needed for every task the company might need to perform. If you don't feel that your management can handle that task, there are professionals out there who will do it in your case.
To make use of the employees' abilities and to mobilize sufficient number of them, you need to first know the competencies required for carrying out a particular task. One of the aims of business coaching is to help employees understand the importance of competence management and enthuse them to become involved in it.
So employees will rapidly understand for what task their competencies are needed and what knowledge they need to gain to perform other tasks and get ahead in their careers. The employees will therefore realize by themselves what kind of training they need to take, and there will be no more training needs analysis for the management of your human resources.
Let us suppose you want to know your employees' competencies or you want to gauge how skilled they are. Before resorting to professional help, you can deploy some of the other tools available. For example, you can develop and use a form that lists the capability of each employee. The details from the forms can be entered into a centralized database accessible by every one and you can also circulate the competencies required for ongoing tasks.
Competency management will help you and your company by matching your employees' knowledge and skill sets to maximize your company's efficiency. It will provide a tremendous return on its modest cost. It also keeps your employees actively involved in your company's operations by allowing them to actively take part in assigning responsibility for your company's success.
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