The modern company management system based upon competencies

• Author: Sylwia Cmiel
• Pages: 663-675

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SYLWIA ĆMIEL*

THE MODERN COMPANY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

BASED UPON COMPETENCIES

KEY WORDS: human resources management, strategic management, organizational management.

Introduction

Several factors guarantee a favorable development of a company i.a

good marketing policy, financial stability and, most of all, the human

factor. This factor is an essential part of the company’s overall strategy.

The company’s competencies are extremely important. Organizational

competencies are a source of sustainable competitive advantage in the XXI

century. The company’s organizational competencies must be aligned with

its strategic ones in order to help further its mission and realize its marketing

goals. No company’s strategy is to be successfully implemented without

those competencies.

Strategic competencies are based upon core competencies. Building

strategic competencies entails having underlying knowledge bases and

resources, ability to coordinate different technological innovations and

manage many complex streams of technology, which results in introducing

an array of new products and services. Strategic competencies stem from the

collective learning process within the company; they are not linked to one

particular location in the firm, do not become obsolete, and they are hard to

be imitated by the competitors1.

1. The management system based upon competencies

Every organization needs purposeful and rational competency building.

Employees’ competencies are the company’s most valuable resource.

Today human resources departments do not only deal with recruitment,

workforce analysis, training and development, but also attempt to manage

employees’ competences in conformity with the company’s long term

requirements.

* Sylwia Ćmiel University of Euroregional Economy Alcide De Gasperi in Józefów

(Poland).

1 E. MASTYK-MUSIAŁ (ed.), Zarz>dzanie kompetencjami w organizacji, Warszawa

2005, p. 34.