An organization needs specific capabilities to develop competencies, but at the same time remaining open for expanded search. These paradoxical requirements imply that there are balances to be struck if capabilities and resources are to remain vital. How do firms then maintain, yet renew or replace their distinctive competencies? Notwithstanding the managerial relevance of this provocative ques...

Objective The aim of this paper was to develop a leadership and managerial competency framework for public hospital managers in Vietnam. Methods This mixed-method study used a four-step approach. The first step was a position description content analysis to identify the tasks hospital managers are required to carry out. The resulting data were used to identify the leadership and managerial co...

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...

Based on a three-semester design-based research study examining learning and teaching in a web-conferencing environment, this article identifies types of synchronous collaboration competencies and reveals their influence on learning processes. Four levels of online collaborative competencies were observed – operational, interactional, managerial, and design. The relative importance of students ...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the issues involved in managerial control and managerial identity in relation to the idea of a post-bureaucratic organization. In addition it introduces the papers in this special issue. Design/methodology/approach The paper identifies the increasing complexity of issues of managerial control and managerial identity that arise from ...

<p style="text-align: justify;">The study focused on generational differences in teachers’ professional competencies (interaction styles, teaching styles and didactic competencies) motivation for the profession. A total of 462 teachers (20 students with at least a bachelor’s degree; age: M = 43.36, SD 11.05) participated study. The Questionnaire Teacher Interaction (Slovak version), Slova...