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Competency Mapping in Action:A Critical Review
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Today's complex and cut-throat selling environment combined with rapid technological changes and globalization has raised a concern for superior performance. Firms are becoming increasingly aware of the need to have competent employees for survival and long term sustamability. The fast changes happening in the demography and social systems thereof have given chance for various HR practices enhancing the employee productivity and growth. One of the most commonly used HR practice is competency mapping for development of the employees. The aim of the study is to critically evaluate the application and use of competency framework in the Indian organizations. Identifying and development of the competencies in organization enable better performance management as well as reward and recognition systems leading to career and succession planning programs.
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Competency, Competency Mapping, Employee's Performance, Competency Gap.
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