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The purpose of this paper is to look at the value of utilizing job analyses/competencies in the workplace.
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Competency Modeling Abstract The purpose of this paper is to look at the value of utilizing job analyses/competencies in the workplace. "Competencies are the knowledge (bodies of information, such as engineering), skills (such as problem solving), abilities (capacities to perform), personal characteristics (such as decisiveness) and other person-based factors that help distinguish superior performance from average performance under specified circumstances." Competencies serve as the descriptive statistics when analyzing our data. An example is also shown along with some actual charts outlining the results of a job analysis/competency (SHRM, 2004). "Descriptive statistics refers to a group of techniques that allows us to characterize information about a collection of things in (comparatively) simpler statements." For the purpose of this paper, competencies are our descriptive statistics. Competencies are also known as the duties, tasks and knowledge required to perform a particular position. Competencies are also useful when writing job descriptions, developing a selection process,...
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