Core Competencies Core competencies are the essential capabilities that create a firm’s sustainable competitive advantage. Based on experience‚ knowledge‚ and know-how‚ they are built up over time and cannot be easily imitated. For this reason‚ products and technologies are seldom core competencies. The advantage they provide is short-lived‚ and other companies can readily purchase‚ emulate‚ or improve upon them. Core competencies are more likely to be processes. Processes cut across functional
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According to this article‚ core competencies involve many different people on many different levels. Core competencies are concepts that are enhanced as they are used; unlike physical assets of the company that become outdated with time and deteriorate‚ core competencies develop as they are shared and applied throughout. The concept has three key requirements for a company to view it has a central means to its way the company or employees work. One requirement for a core competency is that it is not easy
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Competency Goal #5 Resource Collection #14 A couple national early childhood associations that will help me on my way to becoming an early childhood professional are: •National Association for the Education of Young Children Membership- When becoming a member of NAEYC there are three membership options; comprehensive‚ regular‚ or student. Being a member of NAEYC provides you with numerous benefits to support the important work you do at different points in your career‚ such as; 20% discount
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Multicultural Competency Paper Kim Nores University of Phoenix PSYCH/535 Nino Kakulia 10/15/2012 As a psychologist it is imperative to be able to understand different cultures. We should be aware of our own biases‚ perceptions‚ attitudes and beliefs that we hold about culturally different groups. We should also be knowledgeable about the values‚ practices and experiences of individuals who are culturally different from ourselves. We should also be aware of our strengths and weakness in interacting
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item that evokes or has meaning” (2012‚ Chap 1). It is important for employees in all organizations to have the ability to communicate effectively and to get the message across clearly‚ limiting the possibility of misunderstanding. Communication competency consists of knowledge or awareness of different communication elements‚ such as interpersonal communication skills and soft skills‚ management communication skills‚ communication barriers‚ and listening styles. The communication competence in a
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understanding of my own communication style. According to the communication competency I had an overall score of 81 out of a possible 90. According to the tool this would indicate me as a more “competent” communicator. My strongest areas of communication are in Motivation and Knowledge‚ which can be defined as my desire to create conversational opportunities and my understanding of how to develop and obtain conversational goals. I would completely agree with this‚ as my biggest strength is the ability
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EIN6339 Operations Engineering ASSIGNMENT #1: The Goal and Theory of Constraints (TOC) Shahrouz Ebadian (Shahrouz.Ebadian@gmail.com) The Goal: Do you think that this is an operational methodology or a philosophy? Please explain. The Goal is a management-oriented novel that focuses on the concepts of systems management. The fictional novel focuses around Alex Rogo and the problems in his production plant. The plant is constantly behind schedule and unprofitable. Alex is given
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What is the importance of cultural competency in nursing practice? Support your response. We as part of the health care team need to understand all cultures in order to provide holistic Nursing care. Being culture competent is more than just knowing what each culture traditional norms are‚ it is knowing one’s own beliefs and values and being able to put these aside when providing care. Since each culture and religion perceives diseases‚ treatments and value of life differently we as nurses need
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A core competency is a concept in management theory originally advocated by C. K. Prahalad‚ and Gary Hamel‚ two business book writers. In their view a core competency is a specific factor that a business sees as being central to the way it‚ or its employees‚ works. It fulfills three key criteria: 1. It is not easy for competitors to imitate. 2. It can be re-used widely for many products and markets. 3. It must contribute to the end consumer’s experienced benefits. The importance of the
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The usual controversies start off dealing with the term competency for one. Ever since it was established by the landmark case Dusky v. 1960‚ the word has evolved and now has stricter terms as it relates to the judicial system (Westendorf 2010). We also have to look at the controversies that reliability‚ validity‚ and biases create when administering a competency evaluation. The tests that are given to find the level of competency vary and here are a few of those. The reliability for the CST evaluation
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