Comments on: Competency Evaluation Goes Beyond Course Completion http://tier1.wordpress.com/2008/06/18/competency-evaluation-goes-beyond-course-completion/ Fueling Performance with Knowledge Tue, 22 Dec 2009 12:53:19 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Hiren http://tier1.wordpress.com/2008/06/18/competency-evaluation-goes-beyond-course-completion/#comment-135 Hiren Thu, 31 Jul 2008 10:14:35 +0000 http://tier1.wordpress.com/?p=61#comment-135 This is a very good writeup. I am currently doing a module on competency mapping from the Indian society for training and development . Though in competency models, the focus is on the person rather than the task, in the unviersity it would indicate that a person knows something and not actually do something which can only be tested in a real life evironment. I would go a step further. Unfortunaely, the education system is too knolwedge centric instead of being skill centric. Skills can be tested only in real life einvironment and then advanced knowledge should be imparted like in sports instead of it being the other way around. There are many career misfits in the United states itself. Competency models should be further made skill centric and ensure that that the right person gets the right job which is its primarly objective. The mapping may be done for a role but it is tested only in real life. I feel that competency models can be actively used for lateral career transition, which in some cases is the esssence of talent management- http://mypyp.wordpress.com/ This is a very good writeup. I am currently doing a module on competency mapping from the Indian society for training and development . Though in competency models, the focus is on the person rather than the task, in the unviersity it would indicate that a person knows something and not actually do something which can only be tested in a real life evironment.

I would go a step further. Unfortunaely, the education system is too knolwedge centric instead of being skill centric. Skills can be tested only in real life einvironment and then advanced knowledge should be imparted like in sports instead of it being the other way around.

There are many career misfits in the United states itself. Competency models should be further made skill centric and ensure that that the right person gets the right job which is its primarly objective. The mapping may be done for a role but it is tested only in real life. I feel that competency models can be actively used for lateral career transition, which in some cases is the esssence of talent management- http://mypyp.wordpress.com/

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