I like the way you have whittled the list down to a small number of useful
categories. I think that 63 competencies could become a problem in terms
of assessment of those competencies and the relative usefulness of each
competency. With more aggregated categories one would also be better able
to "customise" competencies to specific circumstances. I am not convinced
that all 63 are universal management competencies.
On a slightly different tack, your list reminds me of a a list of
competencies that was (may still be?) used by the School of Agriculture
and Rural Development at the University of Western Sydney Hawkesbury (NSW,
Australia). At the time this list of competencies was developed, the
School approached "teaching" in their Master of Applied Science programme
from the perspective of "facilitating systemic learning". The
competencies are, I believe, essential to effective problem solving, and
thus good management.
So, the list:
Learning (about learning to be a better learner)
Researching (collecting information and thinking systemically about it)
Communicating (establishing, restoring or strengthening relationships where
shared meaning is desirable or necessary)
Designing (an interactive blend of understanding, planning and executing)
Ways of Thinking. (includes thinking systemically, critically and
imaginatively amongst others)
Still learning,
Les
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