This chapter introduces a tool for assessing engineers' interest in what is required from successful systems engineers, or in other words, assessing the extent of engineers' systems thinking. What is required from successful systems engineers (the characteristics of successful systems engineers) is commonly called 'competencies of successful systems engineers' and much activity to develop syste...

McClelland believed that Competence Model can be divided into two parts: water ice and underwater part of the iceberg. Water ice, that is Threshold Competence, which is based on the quality requirements for competent persons, but it can not with the good performers who distinguish between mediocre. Underwater part of the iceberg of social roles, self-concept, character and motivation of compete...

The problem of comparing and matching different learners’ knowledge arises when assessment systems use a one-dimensional numerical value to represent “knowledge level”. Such assessment systems may measure inconsistently because they estimate this level differently and inadequately. The multi-dimensional competency model called COMpetence-Based learner knowledge for personalized Assessment (COMB...

This paper presents a novel approach to the enterprise competence management and a case study. This approach is based on a model called CRAI (Competency-Resource-Aspect-Individual) which allows representing enterprise personnel's competencies. On the other hand, the paper provides a generic competency management process in which the CRAI model plays the central role. The proposed case study is ...

OBJECTIVES To determine the emergency preparedness competency specific to public health inspectors (PHIs), preparedness limitations and needs of the workforce, as well as to identify important factors that affect the preparedness competency of PHIs. SETTING Cross-sectional survey was conducted in Heilongjiang, a province in northeastern China. PARTICIPANTS A questionnaire was administered t...

The demonstration of nurses' competency has been a challenge for nurse educators for a multitude of reasons. Standardizing competencies across a health care system is especially challenging. One multihospital health care system embarked on a journey to standardize and implement competencies across the system. Using a collaborative approach, the Wright model of competency assessment was selected...

With the continuous progress of China’s industrialization, problems with the environment, health and safety (EHS) have become increasingly prominent. A study on EHS managers’ competency model shall help Chinese enterprises build up an EHS professional team and accomplish EHS managerial goals. This article adopts the “behavioral event interview” (BEI) method to extract characteristic indexes for...

Surgical reconstruction of fractured extremities is a complex procedure that orthopaedic residents must master during training. Currently, training is based on an apprenticeship model, which while beneficial, is not uniform and does not provide any means to assess skills competency. Surgical simulation can help address shortcomings in the training model by providing residents opportunities to (...

The study reviews research on the impact of Information Technology (IT) outsourcing on developing organizational competitive advantage. The paper examines the impacts of outsourcing based on a competency-based model of sustainable competitive advantage. Both negative and positive impacts of outsourcing on three different types of organizational competency are explained and research questions fo...