Competency-based Approach

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Description of Competency-based Approach. Explanation.

Definition Competency-based Approach. Description.

A Competency-based Approach is a HRM method that focuses on the skills and talents needed to be able to perform a particular task to a certain standard. The method relies on using a series of assessment tools that identify not only the technical skills a candidate possesses, but his behavioral competencies as well. The approach can be valuable for:

• Developing performance standards.

• Career Management

• Appraising employees against these standards.

• Training and development. Identifying  needs of individual employees.

• Recruitment. Assessing the skills, abilities and characteristics needed when hiring new employees.

Steps in the Competency-based Approach. Process

1. Define organizational culture.

2. Define essential job activities and responsibilities.

3. Define technical competencies and skills required.

4. Define behavioral competencies.

5. Define competencies and behavioral indicators.

Two categories of Competencies

Competencies can be broken down into two categories:

1. Work-based Competencies. Job-specific characteristics, skills and abilities such as fluency in the Italian language or the ability to work with Microsoft Excel.

2. Behavior-based Competencies. Personal characteristics or attributes such as interpersonal skills, attitudes, motivation.

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Habib Taibi - Algeria

Basic Features of Competency-based Approach

"1. Consensus around what is a successful teaching performance. 2. Competence consists of combination of attributes (such as knowledge, abilities, skills and attitudes) underlying aspects of successful professional performance. 3. Competence is inferred from good performance. 4. Competence standards provide a clear statement of what is considered important in ‘good’ (competent) performance. 5. A competence-based system identifies units of competence (roles for the profession), elements of competence, performance criteria and a range of indicators. 6. Valid standards need to take into account the complexity of the teaching work. Therefore competence standards of the integrated kind must allow for diversity of competent performance. 7. Competence standards of an integrated kind offer powerful guidance for the improvement of traditional course with respect to content, teaching strategies and assessment of procedures. 8. The teaching profession must own and develop the competence standards. Competence standards should not be centrally controlled. 9. Competence standards define entry level. But the standards relate to tasks that allow for various degrees of performance. So a minimum acceptable level of performance is consistent with a full range of performance from excellent through failing. 10. Competence standards are not a curriculum document, although they will have implications for the development of future curricula. 11. Competence standards provide a sound and consistent basis for assessment. 12. Competence standards are a public statement of what the teaching profession does. 13. Competence standards are open to review."

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Wirba Edward K. - Cameroon

CBA Techniques in A Crowded Class

"How can this approach be used in teaching economics in a class of 200 students? "

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Abdou - Morocco

Competency-based Approach, Has it Begun or Finished?

"How can we apply an approach without having prior training? Is this approach a universal model we should follow to ensure that we are on the same level as others or that we should apply approaches specific to our society???"

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Boukhentache Slimane - Algeria

Project Work in Competency Based-approach

"I would like to learn more about competency based approach in connection to project work."

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naima - Algeria

CBA Characteristics?

"What are the main characteristics of the competency based approach ?"

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Bachir - Algeria

CBA Techniques in a crowded class

"How can we use competency based teaching in a class of 40 pupils?"

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Zahra - Algeria

CBA Techniques

"What are the different techniques we can use within the competency based approach? For example, which techniques could be used to teach reading?"

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