Core Competencies for Library Systems on CD. More and more organizations are incorporating individual competencies into their hiring and performance management systems. Competencies are focused on what people actually do. Competencies offer a framework for organizations to use to focus their limited resources.
Core competencies consist of work-related knowledge, skills, abilities and behaviors applicable to a specific occupation, without which, an employee cannot perform successfully. Regardless of the size or complexity of an organization, a set of core competencies for each position can help produce important benefits for the library system. Prospective and current employees better understand the expectations of the job. Supervisors have additional guidelines to hire, promote, develop, train, and supervise for maximum effectiveness. Human resource professionals have the information to better recruit, examine, and select qualified candidates.
The Core Competencies for Library Systems serve as excellent models of basic competencies needed for various jobs in a library system. With the disk or CD, you can easily retrieve, edit, copy and print any portion of the contents to fit your needs. The disk or CD contains core competencies for more than 100 distinct library positions, including all library support service positions (HR, Finance, Admin, Facilities, IT, etc.) . text cited from www.amazon.com