​PMI Group HR Strategy series 3 

Competency-based human resource management: discover a new system for unleashing the productive power of exemplary performers

Inside the book

As of late, a vast majority of our firms have been facing limited growth with no more possibility for growing further if stuck to foregone paradigms. As it stands, the fountain of competitiveness stems from human resources. Then, what are human resources? HR are those highly capable people who achieve practical results out of their own obligation. Traditional HR mgt. emphasized job professionalism(such as knowledge, skills, experiences) as a given for high performers. However, today's firms need more than job professionalism to secure corporate competitiveness. What determines the gap between super achievers & laggards depends on whether there is competency for job professionalism to turn into high performance. Corporate Korea needs to be attentive to this truth from now on. If such competencies were applied consistently to recruitment through hiring, nurturing to development, it may have given rise to a manpower-driven organization. This book is a useful guide for rudimentary theorization & practical implementation in the course of key-men hiring & nurturing for a successful organization. Thus, traditional HR sheds its outmodedness so as to come up with a more advanced HR mgt. that secures sustainable growth.

Issues inside the book

A new HR management came to the fore that magnifies high performers' achievements

Workers have long been seethed over an irrational attempt to fit their performance to pre-set job descriptions; only low performances were rampant. HR expertise tried for a very long time to make a difference to such a quagmire, however, their endeavor begot little success. This book's competency-based HR mgt. provides a new model by aligning each one's talent with his/her job. By concentrating on key capacity which determines a high performer, recruitment, training & development, compensations witness a newer horizon.

A must read for any manager responsible for change in his or her organization. I have implemented these concepts with my managers and have seen direct results with their strategic thinking and problem resolution skills.

Jacquelyn Nunez, Vice President, Group Operations, The Union Labor Life Insurance Co.

I challenge any HR or training professional to use these methodologies in his or her organization. It will mean a whole new way of partnering with the other functional areas. 

Kimberly R. Woollard, Vice President, Human Resources, MacDill Federal Credit Union

A book inexorably linked to post-millennium business success! Best-in-class companies must look beyond profit and head count to drive the world economy and social change. Dubois and Rothwell’s brilliant and pragmatic concept of competency-based HR systems is one of the foundations of this contemporary approach!

Regina M. Sacha, Vice President, Human Resources, FedEx Custom Critical

A well-researched book with practical application appropriate for a teaching text as well as a professional resource. A well-balanced presentation of theory and practice that acknowledges challenges as well as opportunities. Very readable―a must for the busy HR professional.

Edith M. Donohue, Ph.D., SPHR, consultant; coauthor of Life After Layoff 

Biblio information

Book title: Competency-based human resource management: discover a new system for unleashing the productive power of exemplary performers

Area: HR management, HR development, BA

Published by: PMI Group Press

Written by: David D.Dubois, William J.Rothwell

Translated by: Shin Hyun-Kwan 

ISBN: 979-11-952735-2-2-03320

Price: 25,000 won

Issued on: Dec 30, 2015

Author David D. Dubois

He is a consultant, an author, a lecturer, workshop leader with Ph.D in Pedagogy & Statistics. Experienced in various areas for more than 30 years, specifically in designing & realizations of competency-based HR development & performance management system. His book titled [Competency-based performance improvement: A guide for organizational changing strategy & competency-based performance improvement] has been sold quite well. His other books are [How to improve organizational performance], [Competency Cases: 12 cases of competency-based performance improvement], etc.

Author William J. Rothwell 

A consultant, an author, professor, Ph.D. in Pedagogy with more than 20 years' experience in HR development & job training. Fully participated in Graduate Schools' lectures and assorted research projects; his consulting helped corporations & governmental agencies. Careered as a corporate executive, Rothwell once edited for a long time for a trade journal of [The International Journal of Training & Development]. Major works are [Action Learning Guidebook], [ASTD Model for workers' learning & performance], [Basics for Competency-based Training], [Practical Organizational Development for Consultants], [Effective Succession Management], etc.

Translator Hyun-Kwan Shin

He is a professional in the area of business administration & HR with a doctoral degree in BA. With more than 25 years' experience in domestic & abroad consulting & successful examples, Ph.D. Shin concentrates on how to structure corporate strategies & how to create a corporate climate for sustainable growth. He started as a JEMCO's consultant in Japan and later became a Korea Management Association consultant, CEO of EMC Partners, Vice-President of HayGroup, Business Planning VP of BarTech and EWoo Technology. He now represents PMI Group, in the capacity of a consultant in various fields such as management strategy, HR unit, business marketing, and management accounting. He wrote [How to make a High-Performance Corporate Climate], [Must-Knows for Leaders in HR Practices], etc.