The Development of Competency Model Perceived by Malaysian Human Resource Practitioners’ Perspectives

Abstract

The intent of this research was to identify Malaysian Human Resource Development (HRD) practitioners' perceptions of competencies needed by HRD practitioners in organizations. The research was based on the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD) models for Workplace Learning and Performance (WLP). The purpose was to assess the perceptions of Malaysian HRD practitioners in organizations regarding the importance of competencies for human resource development in organizational contexts. This study employed quantitative, cross-sectional survey, and an existing ASTD competencies instrument. Organizations were chosen based on the Federation of Malaysian Manufacturer's (FMM) database. Data for this study were collected from 144 HRD practitioners from various organizations in Malaysia who successfully completed the web-based survey. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and Exploratory Factor Analysis. The findings of the study indicated that the Malaysian HRD practitioners perceived certain competencies as currently important and others as important in the future for their organization. The results were supported by a number of statistical findings with medium to small effect sizes. By using exploratory factor analysis, this study revealed that the Malaysian HRD practitioners perceived only 25 of the 52 competency items to be important. The results from this study have implications for the ASTD competency model and provide evidence that the competencies needed by employees and in organizations are changing over time.

Proposed Competency Model for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Lecturers Teaching in Technical Colleges, Bauchi State in Perspective

“…The word competency come from Latin word competere which literally means competent, competence or expertise that means individual to have quality or physical and intellectual qualification in carrying out specific task or job [32]. Therefore, competency is the ability and capability of TVET lecturer teaching in technical colleges to possess required knowledge, skills and attitude in order to perform a task assign to him/her.…”

“…Therefore, competency is the ability and capability of TVET lecturer teaching in technical colleges to possess required knowledge, skills and attitude in order to perform a task assign to him/her. Competency was popularized first by [15] and it was adapted by different researchers in different fields of studies giving it different perceptions or meanings in their fields based on the context in which it was applied [32].…”

“…However, competencies of workers are very vital instrument in determining institutional development and it has been proven to be an instrument to improve TVET lecturers and institutional performance that concentrate on individual's performance [30]. Moreover, the performance of persons, individuals or lecturers are more related to the workplace performance while doing job or task assign to them [32]. Nevertheless, competency needs to be look into as something that represents the entire performance of institution and it's not only concentrate on the organisational performance but is also with the individual performance [19].…”

“…Nevertheless, competency needs to be look into as something that represents the entire performance of institution and it's not only concentrate on the organisational performance but is also with the individual performance [19]. However, the individuals or organisations need to be evaluated and modified [32]. Therefore, organisations can be a workplace, tertiary institutions or technical college where the individuals or TVET lecturers work in order to earn their living.…”

“…In order to be among the world players, colleges need to provide competent lecturers with new advance skills so that to meet the challenges of real time in their respective colleges [31]. However, Lack of competency in technical colleges can bring more challenges which required new ways to accomplish competence and employability [32]. It is more valuable for lecturers to develop and improve their workability, capability and skills thoroughly especially for TVET lecturers [4].…”