ASSESSING COMPETENCIES
ASSESSING COMPETENCIES. Must understand industry first. What customers/consumers want Nature of competition Laws, regulations…… Must know key success factors. WHY COMPETENCIES?. Why not focus on assets? Why not focus on resources? Why not focus on skills?
ASSESSING COMPETENCIES
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ASSESSING COMPETENCIES • Must understand industry first. • What customers/consumers want • Nature of competition • Laws, regulations…… • Must know key success factors
WHY COMPETENCIES? • Why not focus on assets? • Why not focus on resources? • Why not focus on skills? • Why not focus on strengths/weaknesses?
WHY COMPETENCIES? • Outback Steakhouse Example: • Strength: Good beef, good suppliers • Strengths in other countries/markets? • Competency: Find very good suppliers, build strong relationships. • Strength in other countries/markets?
Strategy/Planning Marketing Finance Manufacturing Human Resources Organization Design Information Control Culture Other? ASSESSING COMPETENCIESStrengths, Weaknesses, Competencies, Strategies
STRATEGY/PLANNING • Evidence of? • Nature of? (Use budget as plan?) • Who is doing it? • Strategic Thinking!
MARKETING SYSTEM • Meeting Wants/Needs • Products/Services/Mix • Customers’ Perceptions • Promotion • Distribution (Fit? Control?) • Pricing • Competitive Position
FINANCE SYSTEM • For Specific Product, Business Unit • Margins • Cost Structure • Activity-based Accounting? • Overall • ROA, ROI • ROS, ROE • Cash Flow • Credit Potential
PRODUCTION SYSTEM • Processes Appropriate • Supplies, Materials • Alliances With Suppliers • Quality, Cost • Equipment, Facilities • Technology • Condition • Safety Concerns • Ecological Concerns
HUMAN RESOURCES SYSTEM • Management Team • Competencies, Skills • Educate • Train • Develop (Build Competencies) • Rewards Tied To Goals • Employee-Mgmt. Relations
ORGANIZATION DESIGNAS RELATED TO • Technology, Processes • Information, Communication • Authority Flow • Responsibility, Control • Coordination • Position of Product, Unit
INFORMATION SYSTEM • Gather Proper Data • Tools • Forms…….. • Computer, Software • Real Messages (Perceptions) • Rewards – What, Who, Why? • Symbols, Culture • Action of Managers
CONTROL • What is Measured • Real • Perceived • What is Rewarded • Real • Perceived
CULTURE • Dominant Values, Beliefs • Norms • Symbols • Action of Managers • Related to Strategy, Goals?
ASSESSING COMPETENCIES • Compare Competencies to “Situation” • Compare Competencies to Competitors • Competitive Position • Benchmark • To “Best in Class” • To Competitors
ASSESSING COMPETENCIES • Competency/Strength is Valuable Only If: • Valuable to customer/consumer • Relatively Rare • Costly to Imitate • Nonsubstitutable
ASSESSING COMPETENCIES • How to Do It? • Yourself • Group(s) Inside Company • Outside Assistance • Ask Customers (Customer Perceptions) • Ask Suppliers • Ask Others?????