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HRSG competencies have been developed as a result of over 30 years of combined competency-based HR management experience with hundreds of organizations.
The companies we work with believe in investing quality resources to improve their organization or deliver the best for their competency initiatives.
Our philosophy is to provide those clients with the most accurate, relevant, battle-tested competency content available on the market. This includes our unique technical competencies, which provide unparalleled insights into the real skills that employees in technical positions need to succeed.We also understand that you know your business best, so unlike others, we also allow and encourage full customization of our off-the-shelf competency content.
Finally, our experienced services team combined with our best-in-class competency management software tools ensure that our clients are equipped with the optimal mix of knowledge transfer and tools to implement and manage their projects effectively.
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Through extensive literature search and review of best practices, as well as experience gained from working with thousands of clients, the HRSG team has developed a dictionary of competencies that have been shown to be critical to organizational success.
Each competency has been extensively validated with a number of organizational groups and has shown to be critical to organizational success. Every HRSG competency is divided into 5 proficiency levels, with a brief statement for each level describing how that particular level is distinct from the other 4 levels within that competency.
Proficiency levels are further described with a series of behavioral indicators that clearly describe the specific types of behavior exemplifying a given proficiency level on the job. The behaviors at each level of the scale are illustrative rather than definitive - that is, other examples of behavior are possible and can be used at each level.
Finally, the level on the proficiency scales are incremental and cumulative so that employees demonstrating proficiency at a particular scale level can be assumed to perform effectively at all levels below on the same competency scale.
Our research within a broad array of organizations has shown that the competencies included in this dictionary are required by a broad range of employees functioning within a wide variety of private and public sector organizations.
The demonstration of these competencies by employees and managers is related to increased performance at the individual, team, and organizational levels. These competencies have been refined further by specialized competency experts using numerous, working groups, behavioral event interviews,stakeholders, subject matter experts and extensive surveys.
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When done correctly, implementing competencies within your organization gives you the means to:
Furthermore, by communicating these competencies to employees, organizations empower employees to take charge of their careers, direct their own personal development, and continually self-evaluate and improve.
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Competencies are general descriptions of the behaviour or actions needed to successfully perform within a particular [work] context (e.g. job, group of jobs, function, etc).
While competencies are not new, what is new is their increased application across human resource functions to drive both employee and corporate performance and realize results that are relevant to the organization's business strategies and vision.
Employees learn, develop and refine many of their competencies over the course of their careers; HRSG's software and services are available to help you measure the competencies related to effective job performance.
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In contrast to a job description, which typically lists the tasks or functions and responsibilities for a particular role, a set of competencies (or competency profile) lists the abilities needed to conduct those tasks or functions.
Too often job descriptions are not worded in a manner that enables an employee's performance to be effectively measured. Competencies on the other hand are described in terms such that they can be observed, measured and rated against criteria that are standardized and required to do the job effectively.
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A competency profile is defined as a set of competencies and includes associated behaviors that link directly to the work to be performed, as well as the levels of proficiency for each behavior.
Usually there are several competencies (5-10) for any given position. This profile or set of competencies is specific to a job or group of jobs.
With valid, fair and unbiased competency profiles, management can recruit, select, train, develop and reward employees in a manner that is consistent with the strategic vision and objectives of the organization.
Therefore, any investment an organization makes in competency profile development has benefits far beyond the usefulness of the results for employee development purposes.
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The HRSG Competency Dictionary can be used for many Human Resource Management purposes, such as:
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As a licensor of our competency dictionary, you are entitled to access to our competency dictionary for all licensed users. You are granted non-exclusive, non-transferable, worldwide right to use our competency dictionary, solely for your own internal business purposes.
You shall not license, sub-license, sell, resell, transfer, assign, distribute or otherwise commercially exploit or make available to any third party the Content in any way. All rights not expressly granted to you are reserved by HRSG and its licensors.
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HRSG specializes in developing custom competencies for our clients.
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At present, our competency dictionary is available in English.
HRSG offers a full spectrum of consulting and research services and products, including those related to the following:
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