Class Skills Analysis and Management

This course aims to develop the competences theme in an organizational context and to understand the problem of acquiring skills from a systemic organizational perspective. It is also intended that students learn how to assess competences and their connection to the HRM system: technical strategies and instruments, as well as to analyse integrated skills assessment policies and the understanding of their importance for HRM.

- Framework of Competence Management in HRM

• The importance of reskilling and upskilling in the current organizational context
• What is Competence Management?
• Competence Management and People Management
• Competence Management and Knowledge Management

- Definition of Competence and contributions to HRM

• Different perspectives of competences
• Competence Concept and main contributions
• Evolution of competences perspectives

- Competence Models

• Theoretical concepts
• The importance of competence models: Competence-based HRM
• Competence typologies
• Competences for the new organizational context
• Examples of competence models

- Methodology of the Competence Management System

• Identification of key competences
• Description of the key competences portfolio
• Competence assessment
• Conception of action plans for competences development
• Competence performance assessment

The methodologies used in the teaching-learning process are:

- Interactive expository method - with questions and situations to promote students' critical thinking

- Problem-based learning

- Project-based learning - The group work has a part that is developed in class with the tutoring of the teacher, consisting of the creation and definition of competences based on a real company (whenever possible). The aim is to stimulate the student's search for the company, as well as the contact to collect information.

• Ceitil, M. (2016). Gestão e desenvolvimento de competências (2nd ed.). Lisboa: Edições Sílabo.
• Cascão, F. (2014). Gestão de Competências, do Conhecimento e do Talento. Lisboa: Edições Sílabo.
• Elliot, A., Dweck, C. & Yeager, D. (2017) Handbook of Competence and Motivation: theory and Application (2nd ed.). London: The Guilford Press
• Kupczyk, T & Stor, M. (2017). Competency Management: theory, research & business practice. Wroclaw: University of Business in Wroclaw
• Weeks, A. (2021). Competency and competency frameworks. London: Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.