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A STUDY ON COMPETENCY MAPPING AND COMPETENCY ASSESSMENT AT SUGUNA POULTRY FARM LTD
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OVERVIEW
Today’s competitive and an uncertain business scenario has urged organizations to
change the way they have been creating value and conducting business. “Survival of the fittest”
is the theory that is defining the winners in business, today. The shifting business paradigm is
forcing organizations to reformulate their business strategies so as to include, issues of human
assets, as one of the key components. It has become essential for organizations to design a kind
of people management that would act as a key to business success. Thus, the new world of
work, is reinventing Human Resource Management (HRM) to capitalize on employees' talent
rather than force-fitting employees into a “job-box” and this has been facilitated by making ‘job
competency – a key element of human capital’, the foundation for all Human Resource (HR)
efforts. Today, the move is towards a measurable, objective and a competency-based HRM - a
new way of defining and assessing the hard-to-measure traits, or otherwise, the soft skills of
employees.
WHAT ARE COMPETENCIES?
“Competencies are the characteristics of a manager that lead to the demonstration of
knowledge, skills and abilities, which result in effective performance within an occupational
area. Competency also embodies the capacity to transfer skills and abilities from one area to
another”. – Hogg B, 1989.
THE PROCESS OF COMPETENCY MAPPING
“Competency mapping is the process of identification of the competencies required
to perform successfully a given job or role or a set of tasks at a given point of time. It consists of
breaking a given role or a job into its constituent tasks or activities and identifying the
competencies (technical, managerial, behavioral, conceptual knowledge, an attitudes, skills,
etc.) needed to perform the same successfully”.
The product of competency mapping would be “a competency model which is a descriptive set
of predefined key competencies and proficiency levels required to perform successfully in a
specific job”.
COMPETENCY ASSESSMENT
After indenting the job responsibilities & competency requirements,one should go for
assessing where do individuals stand in terms of the competencies required, which is known
as Competency Assessment
Competency based assessment is a system for assessing a person's knowledge and
skills. Assessment is based on actual skills and knowledge a person can demonstrate in the
workplace or in other relevant contexts. Competency based assessment is also a system for
providing portable qualifications against nationally recognized competency standards.
BACKGROUND OF THE PROBLEM
Suguna Poultry Farm Ltd lays emphasis on working with competent people to achieve
results efficiently and effectively. With this view from the inception, the company has
formulated its own competency matrix. Suguna Poultry Farm Ltd is interested to know the
current competency level of its departments with respect to the managers and to know the
importance of various competencies in performing their job.
Suguna's Core business activities
Suguna imports the grandparent birds from Ross in UK,
best known for their tenderness and taste and from
Lohmann in Germany, the best in layers. State-of-the-art
hatcheries, quality feed and best farm management
practices ensure the highest quality broiler chicken. Suguna
is the first poultry company to implement end to end
ERP\system for poultry business management.