BHATTA, Gambhir
Enabling the cream to rise to the top : a cross-jurisdictional comparison of competencies for senior managers in the public sector - 2001
The use of competenies to identify and target leaders in organizations has picked up steam in the past decade or so. Drawing from the private sector, the public sectors of several advanced countries have comprehensively employed the competency approach within their own governance and management systems. This article looks at the employement of competencies in the senio rpublic services of five jurisdictions and concludes that cross-jurisdictional similarity is evident only on "vision and strategy",although people-related skills also appear as core competencies for senior managers. The article also argues that further research is necessary to understand why competencies in use in the senior public services differ so markedly from those in other organizations and settings
Enabling the cream to rise to the top : a cross-jurisdictional comparison of competencies for senior managers in the public sector - 2001
The use of competenies to identify and target leaders in organizations has picked up steam in the past decade or so. Drawing from the private sector, the public sectors of several advanced countries have comprehensively employed the competency approach within their own governance and management systems. This article looks at the employement of competencies in the senio rpublic services of five jurisdictions and concludes that cross-jurisdictional similarity is evident only on "vision and strategy",although people-related skills also appear as core competencies for senior managers. The article also argues that further research is necessary to understand why competencies in use in the senior public services differ so markedly from those in other organizations and settings
