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Competency Based Human Resource Management presents a practice-oriented approach for building organizational competency at the workplace to achieve organizational goals. Useful for students and practitioners of HRM, this book adequately balances theory and illustrations to elucidate the application of analytics in competency modelling across varied industry domains and verticals. Along with methodology for developing reliable and valid psychometric tools for assessment, the book elaborately covers two most popular approaches—Assessment Centre and 360 Degree—in conjunction with relevant statistical tools. With more than three decades of industry and academic experience, the authors, through this textbook, aim to help readers gain conceptual as well as practical insight into competency modelling, competency assessment and the integration of competency models into HRM.

Contents: Preface. I. About Competency, Mapping and Modelling: 1. Introduction to the Concept of Competency. 2. History of the Competency Movement. 3. Developing a Competency Model. II. About Competency Assessment: 4. Principal Approaches to Assessing Competencies. 5. Designing an Instrument for Competency Assessment. III. HRM Applications Using Competency: 6. Competency-Based Recruitment and Selection. 7. Competency-Based Training and Development. 8. Competency-Based Performance Management. 9. Competency-Based Career and Succession Planning. 10. Role of HR Department in Setting Up a Competency-Based HRM System. Index.