Despite the increasingly strong paradigm of management, which is especially visible in corporate management sector, there have been changes perception strategic and decision-making. An important indicator this process level or application managerial competencies practice. Extensive research, was started by Department Management Institute Technology Business České Budějovice 2016, still going on...

What is the reason for acquisitions? Till now, strategies related to the daily operations of the firm like increased sale, reduced cost or managerial ambitions have been the prevalent motive. However, a new dynamic motive, the competence explanation is emerging. The purpose of this paper is to develop the existing typology on acquisition motives with a combined approach of competence, resource ...

BACKGROUND Managerial competencies to enhance individual and organisational performance have gained currency in global efforts to strengthen health systems. Competent managers are essential in the implementation of primary health care (PHC) reforms that aim to achieve universal health coverage. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the competencies of PHC clinic nursing managers in two South African province...

With the growing acceptance of logistics and supply chain management as critical business concerns, there is an emerging realisation that more investment is needed to develop appropriate managerial skills and competencies. This paper explores the challenges for management development that arise as organisations seek to bridge the gap between current capabilities and those required for future su...

INTRODUCTION In order to prepare the healthcare system and healthcare personnel to meet the health needs of populations affected by disasters, educational programs have been developed by numerous academic institutions, hospitals, professional organizations, governments, and non-government organizations. Lacking standards for best practices as a foundation, many organizations and institutions ha...

BACKGROUND Profiling of jobs in terms of competency requirements has increasingly been applied in many organizational settings. Testing these competencies through situational judgment tests (SJTs) leads to validity problems because it is not usually clear which constructs SJTs measure. The primary purpose of this paper is to evaluate whether the application of cognitive diagnosis models (CDM) t...

This paper studies the change for capabilities/competencies of Taiwan software firms through physical systems, knowledge and skills, managerial system, and value and norm aspects before and after they introduce CMMI. By conducting qualitative-based multiple case-study approach and using semi-structural questionnaire as the tool, we identified CMMI related organization routines. Grounding on the...

OBJECTIVES For occupational health (OH) nurses to perform activities effectively, not only skills and knowledge but also competencies proposed by Dr. McClelland are indispensable. This study aimed to identify competencies required for OH nurses and to show their structure diagram. METHODS Qualitative descriptive research was conducted from October 2010 to August 2011. Eight high-performing OH...

In this issue, Chan et al. report interesting perspectives on the notion of ‘busyness’ in emergency departments (EDs) [1]. Specifically, they found that faculty and junior residents differed significantly in their conception of busyness and that faculty development around teaching managerial skills is deficient. We feel that the authors have outlined both an issue that cuts to the heart of what...