Competency-Based Human Resource Management: Discover a New System for Unleashing the Productive Power of Exemplary Performers

by David D. Dubois, Deborah Jo King Stern, Linda K. Kemp

Force-fitting employees to job descriptions leads to unhappy people and substandard performance. For years, HR professionals have struggled with this dilemma. But it doesn’t have to be that way. Competency-Based Human Resource Management describes a new model of performance management that matches employee talents to the work that must be done. By focusing on the critical competencies that distinguish star performers, HR professionals can transform the way they recruit, select, train, develop, and compensate top-performing employees.

312 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 20, 2004