E-grāmata: Competency Based Human Resource Management: A Practitioner's Handbook

This book balances theory and illustrations to elucidate the application of competency modelling across varied industry domains. The book provides a methodology for developing reliable and valid psychometric tools for assessment. The book elaborately covers two most popular approaches—assessment centre and 360 degrees assessment along with their pro and cons and most importantly insights on which approach to apply where.

This book will help readers gain conceptual as well as practical insight into competency modelling, competency assessment and the integration of competency models into HRM. Apart from covering all the relevant topics adequately, the book delves into analytics related to design of competency models as well as setting up assessment systems. There is a chapter dedicated to designing psychometric tools for competency assessment advocating use of statistical tools like tests of significance and test design concepts like item analysis, reliability, and validity. There is another chapter dedicated to how Human Resource Department can play a facilitator’s role in setting up a competency based HRM.

The book would be useful to the students, researchers, and faculty of Business Management courses especially those specializing in Human Resource Management. It will be an invaluable resource for all HR practitioners from the industry who are wanting to make competency based HRM work – either by modifying an existing competency model or setting up a new model.

This book balances theory and illustrations to elucidate the application of competency modelling across varied industry domains. The book provides a methodology for developing reliable and valid psychometric tools for assessment. The book elaborately covers two most popular approaches—assessment centre and 360 degrees assessment.