Abstract
The present article aimed at studying the relationship between project-based organization and competence management practices (recruitment, assessment, training, compensation and career management). The central question of our research is formulated as follows: To what extent does project-based organization influence competence management practices? To answer this question, we adopted a quantitative study. A total of 156 Tunisian project managers participated in our survey. We tested our hypotheses through a linear regression analysis. The results show that the majority of competence management practices, namely recruitment, evaluation and training, are more relevant to project-based organizations and thus the three first hypotheses are confirmed. However, other practices, like remuneration and career management, are insensitive to project activities.
Highlights
Since the nineties, the business environment has been marked by accelerated economic pace as well as technological and organizational changes
Competence is defined as the ability of an individual, a group or a company to mobilize and combine resources in real work situations (Durand, 2015), while project-based organization is defined as any company that structures its tasks and adapts its operating rules from and around the projects to be carried out (Afitep-Afnor, 2000)
We aimed to provide answers to the following question: To what extent do project-based organization influence competence management practices? To answer this question, we resorted to previous studies, namely Crawford (2005), Söderlund and Bredin (2006), Bredin (2008-1), Melkonian and Picq (2011), Loufrani-Fedida & Saglietto (2016), etc
Summary
The business environment has been marked by accelerated economic pace as well as technological and organizational changes. Competence is defined as the ability of an individual, a group or a company to mobilize and combine resources in real work situations (Durand, 2015), while project-based organization is defined as any company that structures its tasks and adapts its operating rules from and around the projects to be carried out (Afitep-Afnor, 2000). In this respect, the arrangement of human resources within project-based organization has undergone regular changes (Yang et al, 2015). The relationship between competencies enhancement and the management of the projects is of paramount importance for the survival of companies as it would preserve and reinforce their competencies and enhance their capacity to conduct their projects properly
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