Competency Mapping Evaluate Employees Skills in IT Industry

STBBS OVERVIEW Company Profile

Stbbs Software Inc is a professionally run software development company with a clear focus on delivering optimal, customized and cost effective solutions to global customers. Stbbs's management team has domestic and international consulting experience in providing cutting-edge solutions. The core team has extensive experience in managing and developing software solutions based on wide range of technologies.

We specialize in developing e-business solutions, and customized website developments to meet customer's specific business needs. We also focus on providing Integrated Software solution for various functional requirements, IT roadmap, data management services including data maintenance and conversion, multimedia services including high end image scanning and processing. Our IT Infrastructure Services offering right from providing unbiased, endor-neutral advice and designing a roadmap for clients. IT infrastructure needs, to building and managing the infrastructure throughout its lifecycle. The offering caters to the set up of customized infrastructure solutions.

We also provide advisory services on infrastructure planning and optimization. Solutions are customized to the client's needs.

With our innovative domain focused service delivery model, we are able to address the niche market with a good understanding of customers business needs and offer stable and scalable solutions solving their needs. We are committed to deliver optimal solutions with high quality, competitive pricing, state-ofthe-art technology, security, quick turn around times, and with excellent customer service

Introduction
Competency Mapping is a process of identifying key competencies for an organization, the jobs and functions within it. Competency mapping is important and is an essential activity. Every well-managed firm should have well defined roles and list of competencies required to perform each role effectively. Competency mapping identifies an individuals strengths and weaknesses in order to help them better understand themselves and to show them where career development efforts need to be directed Competency: A person related concept that refers to the dimension of behavior lying behind competent performer. Competence: A Work related concept that refers to area of work at which a person is competent Competencies: Often referred as the combination of the above two

Review Of Literature
A Competency is the capability of applying or using knowledge, skills, abilities, behaviors, and personal characteristics to successfully perform critical work tasks, specific functions, or operate in a given role or position. Personal characteristics may be mental/ intellectual/cognitive, social/emotional/attitudinal, and physical/psychomotor attributes necessary to perform the job described competencies as underlying characteristic of an individual, which are causally related to effective job performance

Objectives of the Study

Among the other objectives, the study embarked upon the following To Identify company specific Competencies in select organization. To know how competencies are Identified, Defined, Assessed, Monitored and Measured in STBBS indusrty To analyze how the Competencies are Linked to Strategies, Business Performance and Results To examine the competency mapping strategies with jobs and attainment of individuals and organization objectives

To Analyze the Impact of Competency Mapping in Relation to Individual and Corporate Objectives

HR Challenges In The IT Industry

Retention and Motivation of personnel are major HR concerns today. It has been observed that the average tenure for an IT professional is less than three years. And another Challenge is the Up-gradation of Skills through Re-training. Rapid and unpredictable technological changes, and the increased emphasis on quality of services are compelling IT businesses to recruit adaptable and competent employees. IT professionals themselves expect their employers provide them with all the training they may need in order to perform not only in their current projects, but also in related ones that they may subsequently hold within the organization.

Need for the Study

There are some useful benefits of using competency model for the company, managers, and employees as well. Because it Increase the effectiveness of training and professional development programs by linking them to the success criteria and a proper communication would evolve with a help of Competency mapping and the better understanding of Roles & responsibilities.

Limitations of the study

The respondents may (team leaders) have a chance to give wrong information due to personal bias. I cannot get exact information because some of the employees are busy with their Schedules and they hesitate to share information Since its a Japan Based Company the language is a huge bias and the interaction with employees is such a Typical task