Competency-based Job Description
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A Competency-based Job Description is a job description that ...
- See: Performance Evaluation, Human Resource Management, Interpersonal Communication, Personnel Selection.
References
2016
- (Wikipedia, 2016) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Competency-based_job_description Retrieved:2016-10-14.
- In human resource management, developing competency-based job descriptions is one way to define participant roles while still allowing for evolution. Like well-written typical job descriptions, competency-based job descriptions list job title, job description, key responsibilities, and requisite and preferred education and experience. What competency-based job descriptions add is a focus on less tangible behavioural competencies.
These qualities are numerous, and elaborate systems developed by human resource consulting firms and are available for assistance in developing competency-based job descriptions and related evaluative methods. A few examples of behavioural competencies are leadership, interpersonal communication, multicultural sensitivity, initiative, teamwork, and flexibility. Linked to each competency are indicators of how effectively employees meet each requirement. Enunciating behavioural competencies facilitates personnel selection, role comprehension, and performance evaluation.
- In human resource management, developing competency-based job descriptions is one way to define participant roles while still allowing for evolution. Like well-written typical job descriptions, competency-based job descriptions list job title, job description, key responsibilities, and requisite and preferred education and experience. What competency-based job descriptions add is a focus on less tangible behavioural competencies.