Competency - Developments

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AUSTRALIA has used its skills training expertise to improve relations with India, agreeing to help the country work on its target of training 500 million people by 2022.
Prime Minister Julia Gillard oversaw the signing of a memorandum of understanding between Australia's industry skills council, SkillsDMC, and its Indian counterpart, which will see the emerging economic powerhouse learn how to boost its workforce's skills.
SkillsDMC will help its Indian counterpart with the creation of competency standards and processes for affiliation of training partners.
Mr McDonald said the relationship would be based on an information exchange, so India did not make the same mistakes Australia had previously. The support was about training people to meet India's needs.

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Competency Management for Organisations

Many years ago I wrote a book Competency Management: a practitioner’s guide. I have reviewed hundreds of articles and books and let me assure you it has been an overwhelming experience. The lack of clarity in thinking and insufficiency in understanding the concepts has resulted in many flawed approaches. Basically we can start with a simple question: Are you competent in what you do? You better be if you do not want to be out of your job. Whatever the term may mean, we all have a feel for the word – it simply means a person is able to do the job. This is purely from a workplace viewpoint. The English dictionary describes the word “competence” as suitable, sufficient or fit.