Human Resource Competencies
Mark Lancaster
New!
Discover the HR Competencies for Future Success
Two Important Resources for the HR Professional
\ HR Competencies for the Year 2000: A Professional's Toolkit for
Performance Development (A guide for employees and managers published by
The Schoonover Group and distributed by SHRM)
NEW! Competency-based information at your fingertips! This Toolkit
provides you with vital information on key HR competencies and also helps
you take charge of assessing and developing these competencies. Based on
years of research and practical experience, this "easy-to-use" desk
reference combines the following set of competency-based applications into
one package:
An HR Competency Framework that provides a definition of the range of
competencies required for leadership and functional excellence and the
necessary behaviors for excellent performance in each competency area;
Learning Strategy Development Tool that provides a process and worksheets
for planning an individual learning strategy;
Coaching/Self-Assessment Tools for HR core competencies and various career
levels and roles;
Development Activities Guide that provides strategies and detailed
suggestions for personal growth and learning; and
Development Planning Tool that provides a framework for generating personal
development plans, sustaining personal change, and auditing progress over
time.
Each tool section offers specific suggestions for applying the tool and a
case example showing how the tool works in action.
\ HR Competencies for the Year 2000: The Wake-Up Call!
(A monograph of the 1997 study of human resource competencies sponsored by
the SHRM Foundation and authored by Dr. Stephen C. Schoonover, President of
Schoonover Associates, Inc.)
Human resource organizations are undergoing remarkable transformations,
requiring not only new HR strategies, structures and processes, but also a
range of new roles and competencies. This comprehensive study provides a
"state-of-the-art" picture of human resource challenges, opportunities, the
key factors required for future success and practical suggestions for
transforming the HR function.
The monograph includes the following sections:
An overview of the study including methodology, background, outcomes, and a
literature review of competencies;
An outline of the study results including an overview of the changing
environment, HR transformations required for organizational impact, the
need for new structures and roles, and HR competencies required for future
success;
How practitioners can implement competency-based systems;
Answers to frequently asked questions about competencies;
The HR Competency Framework (including core, level and role-specific
competencies with definitions and behaviors); and
A detailed bibliography including references about competency theory, HR
competencies and best practices for implementing competency applications.
Contact the SHRM Foundation @ (703) 548-3440 and The Schoonover Group @
(508) 457-5800 or visit our web site @www.schoonover.com