Competency mapping for HR professional in Indian IT industry

Abstract

Today organizations are operating in a much more complex competitive and challenging environment HR professionals are now expected to operate more strategically and proactively The competencies that the HR professionals once needed are no longer sufficient in the new world of HR challenges Hence the need to map the competencies has become more pronounced newlineIT industry, being one of the top contributors in the economic growth of India requires a skilled and competent workforce as per industry needs Thus there is a requirement for the competency mapping and competency development of HR professionals in order to meet the challenges facing them newlineThe aim of the study was to measure the competence levels of HR professionals thus resulting in the development of an HR competency model Six competency groups leadership interpersonal business technical analytical and technological competency groups and their linkages to the performance improvement were analyzed using the statistical software SPSS Altogether competency groups and items were analyzed The use of survey data in the study helps us to provide evidence of the relationship between the competencies and performance improvement newline newline