The Handbook of Competency Mapping: Understanding, Designing and Implementing Competency Models in Organizations

Competencies lie at the heart of every of every successful activity. Organizations across the world are trying to understand and integrate competencies in their organizational processes. This book is designed as handbook to help managers and executives understand, develop, manage competencies and also map them within their organizations. Assuming no prior knowledge, the book introduces the reader to the concept of competencies and how they work. It then helps the reader understand the why and how of competency models. In an accessible structure and framework, this book tackles some key issues with regard to this contemporary subject. Written in a jargon-free and accessible style, this book will be useful to managers in strategizing , developing, mapping and implementing competency frameworks in their organizations

Table of Contents:
Introduction to Competency Developing Competency Models Issues related to developing Competency Models Competence-Based Application Formation of Competency Framework Competency Mapping and Assessment Centre Resistance and Recommendations

About the Author :
Seema Sanghi is Managing Director at Styrax Consultants, a firm set up by her in the human resource solution space, which is focused on developing processes and people. It offers consul-tancy in competency mapping, assessment centre, psychometric testing and development, assessment tool development, training and development, mentoring and coaching and HR processes and interventions. She was formerly Director at FORE School of Management She received the Mother Teresa Award in 2003 and the Excellence in Education Award in 2004. She has been a recipient of three gold medals and national scholarships for academic excel¬lence. Books authored by her include Towards Personal Excellence (also available in Chinese), Organizational Behaviour and Essentials of Organizational Behaviour (co-authored with Stephen Robbins and Timothy Judge) and Institutional Governance. Her co-authored book Organizational Behaviour was highly appreci¬ated by His Excellency Dr A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, then President of India. Human Resource Management, authored by her, received ISTD Book Award from the Indian Society of Training and Development (ISTD), Ministry of HRD. She has over 100 psy-chometric tests, research papers and articles published in national and international journals and magazines. She has been an international consultant to UNDP for developing competency framework and assessment centre design for Public Service Commission. She has been associated with development of selection tests for central government and several state governments in India. She has assessed and trained several thousand professionals on competency mapping and assessment centre. She has trained numerous executives and offered consultancy across various sectors in India, Bangladesh, Nepal and Saudi Arabia Her interests are in the area of competency mapping, assess¬ment centre, tool development, psychometric testing, mentoring, coaching, cross-culture issues, ethics and motivational complexities related to environmental issues. Her hobbies include oil painting and interior designing.