Assignment 1

Students are required to Define the difference between Trait, Competency, Skills

Trait Competency Skill

It is used to identify the
behavioral qualities that are
common among the leaders. It
says that it is natural to a
person to act and react like a
leader without any external
training or influence. Such
person in initiative in its
action, highly tenacious and
energetic, strong decision
making power, use creativity
to increase its influence on
people, charismatic
personality, emotionally
stable, confidence in his
approach and maintain high
honesty and integrity.
Formula for Competency
Skill + Knowledge +
Abilities= Competencies
It possess to identify the
observable behavior that
successful performers
demonstrates on the job, those
behaviours demonstrate the
ability to perform the job
requirements competently.
Competencies are more
detailed than skills and take a
person's knowledge and
abilities into account to
determine whether a person
has the right behaviors to
succeed in their job roles.
On the one hand Skill and
Competency are similar but
only on basic level, because
both identify an ability of an
individual has acquired
through training and
Experience.
Skills gives us what they tell
us what types of abilities a
person need to perform a
specific activity.
But Skills don’t tell us how to
perform these activities.

 Behavioral competencies communicate the softer, inherent, or natural behaviors of your

employees.

Example: Creativity and Innovation can be a behavioral competency for an agency.

  Technical competencies express the application of crucial skills and knowledge required
for success in specialized job fields.

Example: Strategic Sales Planning can be a technical competency for an organization. It would

be applicable to those who work in the Sales Department.

 Leadership competencies capture the essential aspects of effective leaders and translate

them into measurable behaviors.

Example: Nurturing Innovation can be a leadership competency for a company.

Competency Type Competency Definition

Locating and collecting data from appropriate sources

Behavioral Information Gathering and analyzing it to prepare meaningful and concise
reports that summarize the information

Providing service excellence to internal and/or external

Client Focus
clients

Using critical thinking, good business sense and

Decision Making organizational values to make decisions involving
varying levels of risk and ambiguity

Building long term, value-based relationships with

Sales - Account accounts, developing business and maximizing the
Technical
Management revenue they generate while reducing the time and costs
in managing them

Accounting & Finance - Applying and understanding of auditing concepts and

Auditing methodologies for internal and external audits

Supporting, developing, retaining, and engaging a

Human Resources – Talent workforce by creating, implementing, and maintaining
Management talent management solutions (e.g.,
employee engagement, succession planning, learning
and development, assessment, planning)
 Recognizing, valuing, and leveraging the unique
perspectives, experiences, and talents of every
Leadership Embracing Diversity
individual; promoting cross-cultural understanding,
fairness, and inclusion throughout the organization

Creating a welcoming environment that encourages

different perspectives and new ideas, building a culture
Nurturing Innovation
of curiosity, openness, and creativity across the
organization and the wider community

Energizing and inspiring others to strive for excellence

and commit to common goals and purposes, creating a
Inspiring Others
sense of self-efficacy, resilience, and persistence in
followers.

After describing in detail about competencies, Skills, and Traits. Being student of Human
Resource Management studying Learning and Development what I feel that I am Fresh Grad of
MBA the skills I possess that are Effective Communication, Presentation, Decision making,
Analyzing of Blacklisted, Proscribed and Sanctions Person in Pakistan with the help of on hand
information in my job roles. These Skills derived from my job experience, Trainings from
respected organization. By the passage of time and experience these skills will be translated into
observable behaviours to perform the task in observable behaviour.