Mapping Competencies

Developments of traditional value stream mapping to enhance personal and organisational system and methods competencies

This paper presents developments of traditional value stream mapping (VSM) related to enhancing system and method competencies of both individuals and organisations. Since systematic immersions in traditional VSM – a highly accepted technique for improving production systems – are necessary, this paper describes from a production research point of view approaches for systematic productivity inc...

Mapping space-based systems engineering curriculum to government-industry vetted competencies for improved organizational performance

This paper demonstrates a method that can be used to analyze the degree to which an organization’s systems engineering capabilities meet government-industry defined systems engineering needs. To demonstrate this process using universities as the case study, we summarize secondary research completed for nine institutions from various countries that offer systems engineering graduate level progra...

Mapping of the biomedical literature evaluation competencies based on pharmacy students' feedback.

BACKGROUND This study aims to map the learned curriculum based on students' feedback regarding the biomedical literature evaluation competencies in a pharmacy curriculum, to evaluate teaching methods and to report students' longitudinal self-assessment of their achievement of related learning outcomes as they progress from didactic to experiential courses. METHODS The biomedical literature ev...

Assessing EI Competencies 1 Assessing Emotional Intelligence Competencies

Nurse manager competencies.

First-line nurse managers play a critical management role because they greatly influence the success of healthcare organizations. Several studies have profiled the first-line nurse manager, but have focused on the characteristics and responsibilities of these individuals. This study delineated and identified specific behavioral competencies that are considered important for hospital-based nurse...