Abstract
This paper seeks to give a perspective with regard to competences as human assets. It is argued that an individual who wants to be successful on work life and non-work life as well needs to possess seven competences, i.e., technical competence, human relation competence, conceptual competence, intelligence, personality, individual character, and personal management competences which have to be learnt by acquiring knowledge, attitudes and skills from the two sources, i.e., heredity and environment which consists of education, training and experience. Motivation of the individual moderates the relationship between the seven competences and success. Finally a personal approach for building competences is presented. DOI: <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.4038/sljhrm.v2i1.5105">http://dx.doi.org/10.4038/sljhrm.v2i1.5105</a> Sri Lankan Journal of Human Resource Management Vol.2(1) 2008 pp.62-73
Highlights
It is theoretically and empirically evident that success of any organisation heavily depends on quality of its human resources
Apart from that, I will have to develop a good attitude about the technical competence within you so that you will believe in it, feel it positively and tend to behave appropriately to it (I will learn it; I will get that ability)
Competencies labelled as human assets include seven main types, i.e., technical competence, human relations competence, conceptual competence, intelligence, personality, character and personal management competences
Summary
It is theoretically and empirically evident that success of any organisation heavily depends on quality of its human resources. There are several terms such as capability, ability, attitudes, knowledge, and skill which are often used in practice synonymously or interchangeably. The New Oxford Thesaurus of English (2000) defines competence as capability and that someone described as competent has the necessary skill or knowledge to perform a particular task or fulfil a particular role. The same Dictionary defines that someone who is ‘competent’ has the ability, knowledge, and skill to do something in an efficient and effective way. The English Business Dictionary (1986) defines competent as able to do something or efficient. The Collins Birmingham University English Language Dictionary (1987) defines ‘capability’ as the ability or the qualities that are necessary to something. The Oxford Paperback Dictionary (1979) defines ‘capable’ as competent; and having a certain ability or capacity. What is knowledge? Is it skill or is it different from skill? Exhibit 1 gives some Dictionary definitions with regard to these two terms
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