Micro level studies suggest managerial skills play a key role in the adoption of modern technologies. In this paper we model the interactive process between on-the-job managerial skill acquisition and the adoption of modern technology. We use the model to illustrate why some countries develop managerial skills quickly and adopt best practice technologies, while others stay backwards. The model ...

To standardize the key building blocks of disaster health competency models (content, structure, and process), we recommend a reinterpretation of the research, development, test, and evaluation construct (RDT&E) as a novel organizing framework for creating and presenting disaster health competency models. This approach seeks to foster national alignment of disaster health competencies. For scop...

background: faculty members are the main sources of universities. determination and promotion of their competencies lead to the overall performance promotion of universities. faculty members’ teaching competencies have the greatest role in the improvement of education, research and universities social services quality. therefore, in order to investigate this issue more carefully, this study aim...

The American Society of Training and Development's (ASTD) Certified Professional in Learning and Performance (CPLP) program is purported to be based on the ASTD's competency model, a model which outlines foundational competencies, roles, and areas of expertise in the field of training and performance improvement. This study seeks to uncover the relationship between the competency model and the ...

This paper describes an exploratory study using a modified competency profiling methodology (1) to study effective leadership in a sample of high functioning family businesses. Competency modeling links leadership behavior, self-concept and motivation to empirically successful firm outcomes. The five leaders or leadership teams interviewed in the study exhibited similarities across six competen...

identifying the influential factors in sustainable competitive advantage through a resource based view (rbv) is one of the main and most important ways of creating a sustainable competitive position. the purpose of this paper, therefore, is to identify the csf in gaining sustainable competitive advantage in bank mellat based on a resource based view. in order to do this, a conceptual model was ...

Competency-based education and assessment initiatives have been completed in a number of health care and health management professions during the past decade. In addition, several competency specification endeavors have been similarly undertaken in relation to the field of public health, including the development of the Council on Linkages between Academia and Public Health Practice competency ...

One of the abilities required a school administrator as leader is managerial competency. Principals may effectively manage education if they have excellent skills, just teachers must professional skills in order to carry out their tasks. Management and are both essential for principals instructors. It envisaged that these would improve educational quality. As result, this study was done investi...

Developing cultural diversity skills is a major ethical challenge for organizations operating within marginalized communities. This study defines intelligence profiles us two-step approach. In the first step, managers (n = 31) are invited to complete Cultural Intelligence Quotient Assessment Test identify and describe different managerial profiles. second semi-structured interviews conducted 17...

This paper provides an understanding of performance evaluation as a valuable tool in determining the strengths and weaknesses of a maintenance worker. The Maintenance Workforce Competency Model is introduced to embrace these key facets. In this paper, the development process of the model is presented as a tool to gauge or quantify the maintenance workforce’s competency, by considering their int...