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Competency Management Guide
In this blog series, you’ll learn everything you need to know about competency management.
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Skill management vs. competence management
Skill management supports operational business processes, competence management supports strategic ones. However, the terms are often used synonymously. Anyone who deals more intensively with the topic of skills management will sooner or later come across the...
Skill management in human resource development
Skill management is a sub-area of human resource development. Many human resource development tasks cannot be realised without skills management. This article describes the role of skills management in human resource development.Human resource development definition...
Basics of competence management
In this chapter, you will learn the basics of competence management. How is competence management defined? Why should competence management be practised? Where can it be applied? And how is it demarcated as part of human resource management? We will address these...
What are competencies?
Competences are learned skills, knowledge and behaviours that are used in a professional context. They vary according to training, experience, personal interests and areas of responsibility of a person. However, different competencies can also be found in different...
The Skill Catalog
Why do we need a skills catalogue? An SME usually has a large number of employees with different qualifications. Both the areas of activity and the training and experience levels can differ greatly. In order to be able to structure what competencies employees have or...
7 competency models for skills management in the company
When creating a competence or qualification matrix, the number and definition of levels are particularly important. There are several proven models for this, which are presented in this article. Content What is a Skill Matrix The competency model Competency models for...
What is a skill matrix?
Organizations have employees with a wide variety of skills. The Skill Matrix is an easy way to make these abilities visible. It is a valuable tool to indicate the capabilities of employees within the organization or department. In doing so, it lists existing and...
Practical implementation of competence management
This chapter is about the practical implementation of competence management. Hacks on topics related to skill management and skill matrices will be shown. Furthermore, various skill management systems are explained and topics on further education and training are...
Skill Management in Excel
We now know that detailed and information-rich skill matrices can be created as needed. That's why we're going to show you why Excel is such a popular tool for skill management and how easy it is to create a skill matrix with it. The limitations of skill management in...
Skill Matrix Excel Template
Some organizations start with their skill management in Excel. This can bring some advantages but also disadvantages. To help you get started quickly with a Skill Matrix in Excel, we have provided an Excel template for download.This Excel matrix is also called a...
Professional Skill Management Systems
When organisations are ready to start with skills management, there are possibilities to create an overview by using an Excel template. Professional skill management systems are a more sustainable approach. They are more flexible, contain more information and are more...
Skill Management Systems vs. Excel
Skill management systems are different and not always compatible. Through the two articles on Skill Management in Excel and Professional Skill Management Systems, some basic knowledge about different systems in skill management has already been explained. But now the...
