{CompetencyManagementAsStrategy}  
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Problem To make competency management visible as a strategic issue. 
Context In the ESI sector, the focus is on techical and economic tangibles. 
Competency issues receive then less attention since they are absent in the businesses' control and measurement system.
Forces It is difficult to formulate clear objectives related to personell and competency questions. 
It is also difficult to measure the degree of achievement of these objectives.
Solution The solution entails having clear a formulation of objectives, measurement and feedback activities in relation to competency at the group, divisional and individual level. To emphasise the importance of competency issues, the annual financial accounts should contain an account of the fullfillment of objectives as well as development trends concerning the group's competence.Integrate the competence related issues in the scorecard, the measurement system and the annual report.


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Rationale The solution will lift the status of competency issues to the same level as other strategic issues.
Consequences Competency issues will be of strategic importance in the organisation allowing for organisation-wide integration and co-operation
Authors Vattenfall AB, KTH, Sweden
Related Patterns Change Process Patterns
This pattern is a subpattern to: BusinessAlignedCompetency
This pattern is related to: StructuredCompetencyManagementRoutines
This pattern is related to: CustomerDrivenCompetencyDevelopment

Product Patterns
This pattern is related to: CompetencyPlanningLevels
This pattern is related to: BusinessAreaHumanResourcePlanning
This pattern is related to: HumanResourceMeasurementConcepts
This pattern is related to: CompetencyManagementProcessIndicators

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