How is the concept of labour competency applied to human resources management
Apart from the experiences of labour competencies applied to vocational training, there is another possibility of application of this approach: human resources management.
Many enterprises in the United States, Europe and lately in Latin America, have incorporated competency-based human resources management as a tool to improve productivity and to foster a positive atmosphere in the relationships with their collaborators. These efforts are justified by the attempts of the organisation to improve productivity and competitiveness levels by means of knowledge and learning ability. Thus becomes evident that there is tendency to revalue human contributions to organisational competitiveness.
This application of the competencies approach comprises the traditional areas of human talent management at the organisation: selection, remuneration, training, assessment and promotion. Several experiences of applications of standardized competency systems have taken place in England, Ireland,Scotland and Australia. These experiences are framed within national systems of training and certification. In these cases,the main characteristic is their national projection and the articulation of training institutions with the needs of enterprises through training based on competency standards.
In addition, several enterprises motivated by the pressures of change and reorganisation of work have set about implementing competency-based systems of human resources management in order to maintain their competitiveness.
