Limitations to Today's Competency Models

Competency models are the set of skills and knowledge required by a group of workers to perform their work successfully. They are used for many purposes including recruiting, interviewing, instructional design, and job descriptions to name a few. Rarely do organizations use the same list of competencies for each of these purposes. When they do, the competencies are very broad (e.g., communication skills, decision making) and provide limited value to a manager or employee trying to use the competency information to make a decision.



What multipurpose uses do you make of competency models and what are the limitations you experience with the competency models you use?