Professional Documents
Culture Documents
A Guide To Competency Development in The Civil Service: Performance Management & Development System
A Guide To Competency Development in The Civil Service: Performance Management & Development System
Competency Development
in the Civil Service
Performance Management &
Development System
A Guide to
Competency Development
in the Civil Service
Performance Management &
Development System
Published by
GSA
Competency Development for Job Holders & Managers
Foreword
The Performance Management and Development System operated across the civil
service is a competency based system. As part of this system, jobholders and their
managers together identify the specific competencies needed to carry out their
jobs.
Every member of staff through this system has the opportunity to develop the
competencies (skills, knowledge, behaviours and attributes) needed to carry out
his or her role effectively. To achieve this, appropriate approaches to competency
development and learning supports must be put in place, both in the workplace
and through training interventions. This guide has been developed to assist both
managers and jobholders with this task.
The guide is not intended to act as a formal interpretation of the PMDS, rather it
is a training and development support. It contains ideas and materials which
jobholders and managers may find helpful in further exploring behavioural
competencies.
Under each of the seventeen competency headings, the guide explains the
competency, its relevance, and ways in which it can be developed on the job,
through formal training or through self managed learning.
This guide may be used in different ways. Some users of the guide may read it in
depth from cover to cover. Others may focus on the particular parts of the guide
that are relevant to them at a particular point in time. The material contained in
this guide will continue to be of assistance as we develop the competencies
needed for our particular jobs both now and in the future.
Knowledge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Methods of Developing
Behavioural Competencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
On-the-Job Learning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
and e-Learning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Initiative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
Teamworking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
Leadership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
Competency Development
Key Issues
Interpersonal Understanding Managing Budgets and Resources
Information Seeking and Management Concern for Clarity and
Work Quality Analytical Thinking Conceptual Thinking
Decision Making/Judgement Specialised Expertise
1
Competency Development for Job Holders & Managers
2
Competency Development
Competency Development for Job Holders & Managers
Key Issues
Who is responsible for Competency Development?
Competency development is the responsibility of:
• the jobholder
• PMDS reviewers
• Heads of sections
• Senior management
It is useful to look at what we mean by knowledge and skills and how these can
be acquired before considering the behavioural competencies in detail. Developing
relevant skills and knowledge is a key element of competency development and is
considered in the following pages.
3
Competency Development for Job Holders & Managers
Knowledge
Knowledge is essentially the information we need to do the job. For example, we
need to know all the relevant information about any case or situation we are
dealing with. We may need to know about legislative or accounting procedures or
about details of legislation or regulations. We need to know about policies,
organisational structures and so on.
4
Competency Development
Competency Development for Job Holders & Managers
Key Issues
Knowledge at work is acquired in formal and informal ways. Research indicates
that most work related knowledge is acquired informally at work.
Skills
Skills are the things we need to be able to do in the job.
In order to acquire the ability "to do" something we need clear guidance or to
observe someone else carrying out the activity first. For example, if we observe
effective practice at meetings or effective handling of customers this is a first step
in learning how to do this activity ourselves. It is in the workplace that we are
most likely to have opportunities to observe.
Real progress in skill development comes when we start "doing" the activity
ourselves, ideally under the guidance of a good coach (a colleague or manager
usually). Opportunities to learn by doing are created when managers delegate,
entrust responsibility and provide support and guidance. Effective delegation and
coaching and acknowledgement of a task well done are, perhaps, the most
powerful competency development tools.
5
Competency Development for Job Holders & Managers
4. Get feedback or find out why the error is occurring and how to
improve
6
Competency Development
Competency Development for Job Holders & Managers
Key Issues
Behaviours and Attributes
Experience indicates that enhanced performance can best be achieved and
maintained if we focus not only on the knowledge and skills required for a job but
also on behaviours and attributes. The combination of knowledge, skill,
behaviours and attributes determine whether we handle situations appropriately
and professionally at work.
This is the thinking behind the modern competency movement which began in
Harvard in the 1970s with the work of Professor David Mc Clelland, founder of
the Hay/McBer consultancy. The work of McClelland was based on "behavioural
event" interviews which analysed effective and ineffective behaviours at work and
grouped behaviours into clusters. These clusters form the basis of competency
frameworks. Competency is a now highly influential concept in human resource
management world-wide.
The PMDS Competency Framework thus encompasses more than the skills and
knowledge required for a job. It includes a focus on attributes and behaviours
required for effective performance within the Irish civil service.
7
Competency Development for Job Holders & Managers
COMPETENCY
DEVELOPMENT
On-The-Job Learning
Self-Managed Learning
The PMDS provides an opportunity to recognise and use the learning opportunities
in our working environment. Work on competency development will take place in
three main arenas; on the job learning, formal training interventions (such as
training courses) and self-managed learning.
8
Competency Development
Competency Development for Job Holders & Managers
Key Issues
On-the-Job Learning
The day-to-day working environment is a rich source of competency development
opportunities. Most of the specific work-related knowledge, skills and behaviours
we have already learned were learned at work from colleagues or by exposure to
situations where we could acquire knowledge or observe and practice skills and
behaviours.
Line managers have a key role to play in fostering a learning environment on-the-
job and ensuring that such learning is appropriately managed rather than left to
chance. This can be encouraged through:
• Recognition by senior managers, line managers and jobholders alike that time
needs to be set aside at regular intervals for on-the-job learning. The amount
of time will vary depending on the existing level of attainment of an
individual of the required competency.
9
Competency Development for Job Holders & Managers
Good coaching depends on the relationship between the coach and the learner. It
requires the existence of trust, respect, rapport, understanding and an atmosphere
in which it is possible to be candid.
Research shows that everyone has far more potential than she/he regularly
demonstrates. (This is often borne out in crisis situations when people are put in
situations which call on their potential.) Managers need to believe in the potential
of their people if it is to be realised at work. Again research shows that we often
behave and perform to a standard which others expect of us. Therefore, a key
element of coaching is belief in the potential of others. Coaching involves
unlocking potential which is already there. It is helping others to learn rather than
actually teaching them. When people discover, rather than being told, the learning
tends to stick.
There is no one right way to coach. It depends on the individual and the situation.
Coaching must be tailored to the specific needs of the person. When coaching, an
attitude of encouragement is central. It is important to avoid too much criticism of
a learner (especially in relation to early mistakes), information overload, moving
too fast or too slow for the learner, unfamiliar language or terms and taking too
10
Competency Development
Competency Development for Job Holders & Managers
Key Issues
much control. Bearing these kinds of issues in mind, anyone can be a good coach.
The key factor is the right attitude.
11
Competency Development for Job Holders & Managers
E-Learning
As the potential of technology develops, e-learning is increasingly becoming a
viable method of learning in certain areas. It can complement or supplement more
traditional forms of learning and offers excellent and innovative learning solutions.
E-learning can be interpreted in many ways but might typically involve interactive
learning material accessed via the Internet or an Intranet or CD/DVD. The provider
manages learning material, updates material and can interact with learners as
appropriate. Many organisations combine e-learning aspects with classroom based
training. One important advantage of e-learning is the control which a learner has
over the pace of learning.
12
Competency Development
Competency Development for Job Holders & Managers
Key Issues
When it’s not a Learning Issue
There are a range of factors which can affect an individual’s work performance
and his/her proficiency in a particular competency which may require a response
other than training and development. A different response is likely to be
appropriate where the following kinds of factors are affecting work performance.
• A motivation/morale issue
• Resource issues
• Differences of style
• An issue relating to the fit between the individual and the job
• Unresolved conflicts
1
The Employee Assistance Service is available to provide support to individuals who may be
experiencing non-work difficulties which are impacting on work performance and to advise managers
on how to handle such situations appropriately and professionally.
13
Competency Development for Job Holders & Managers
14
PA R T I I
15
Competency Development for Job Holders & Managers
Developing the
Seventeen Behavioural Competencies
in the PMDS Framework
Cluster Personal Effectiveness
Commitment
12. Conceptual Thinking
3. Initiative
13. Decision Making/Judgement
4. Team Working
14. Specialised Expertise
5. Communications
15. Managing Budgets and Resources
6. Networking/Influencing
16. Information Seeking and
8. Managing and Developing People 17. Concern for Clarity and Work
Quality
9. Leadership
16
Competency Development for Job Holders & Managers
The following pages explore each competency in turn and are intended for use by
jobholders and managers to provide assistance in developing the competencies.
17
Competency Development for Job Holders & Managers
18
Personal Effectiveness Cluster
Initiative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
Teamworking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
Competency Development for Job Holders & Managers
1. Self-Confidence
Self-confidence might be described as belief in one's own ability to handle work
situations and to accomplish work tasks. Self-confidence manifests in taking
initiative, willingness to learn, to handle work situations and to take on
responsibility. In interpersonal situations, self-confidence manifests in calmness,
assertiveness, ability to listen to various viewpoints, ability to articulate an
unpopular position, to change one's view in the light of new information, to take
decisions and to handle conflict effectively. A person with self-confidence will also
welcome feedback.
Confidence can be enhanced during the early period in a job. New people
normally need guidance, support, work exposure, regular feedback and
appropriate levels of challenge and responsibility over time. The absence of these
factors may result in the individual doubting their own ability and possibly result in
low levels of self-confidence.
Each individual has a "comfort zone", a range of tasks and situations in which she
or he believes in her or his ability to handle the situation. Self-confidence develops
when we widen this comfort zone by taking on and meeting challenges.
Appropriate challenges stretch our individual comfort zone but are not
overwhelmingly daunting. Becoming a confident public speaker or a confident
user of information technology are examples of the process involved. We have to
move from total lack of confidence as we start, to some level of confidence as we
practice, and finally to a higher level of confidence as we gain experience, step by
step. Encouragement, opportunities to practice without inappropriate risk and
effective coaching by managers or colleagues help this process.
20
Competency Development for Job Holders & Managers
Be Specific
Personal Effectiveness
self-confidence and become more comfortable. Then, step-by-step, the individual
can start to take on and overcome specific challenges in that environment, ideally
Cluster
with support and guidance.
• conducting research
• writing a report
• making a presentation
21
Competency Development for Job Holders & Managers
Some individuals may need more managerial attention and support in developing
their self-confidence at work than others. Comparisons between staff are usually
not helpful in addressing the issue. Self-confidence builds in an incremental
fashion over time. The pace of progress will be individual. Each and every member
of staff can improve his or her self-confidence at work with an appropriate degree
of belief, support and the desire to move beyond the existing comfort zone.
What to Avoid
Fear of failure, fear of personal exposure and fear of the negative reactions of
others promote low self-confidence. Whether an individual receives negative or
positive messages about his or her worth and ability to contribute at work are
important. The actions of managers and colleagues can have the effect of
developing or diminishing self-confidence. For example, a manager who fails to
delegate is sending a message that she/he does not believe in staff ability. If this
happens over a long period of time staff may fail to develop skills, knowledge and
confidence.
22
Competency Development for Job Holders & Managers
Personal Effectiveness
competency "pull out the stops" to deliver, take personal responsibility for getting
results and aim for completion and excellence.
Cluster
3. Initiative
Initiative is a preference for taking action within the bounds of one’s ability. It may
involve doing more than is required or expected, anticipating situations and acting
to avoid problems or creating new opportunities.
Research suggests that the following may be some of the factors which affect
motivation and which can be addressed in attempts to improve motivation, and
thereby commitment, initiative and so on.
Positive factors
• effective teamwork
23
Competency Development for Job Holders & Managers
Negative Factors
• lack of feedback
• lack of self-confidence
Flexibility, openness and reward for innovation encourage individual thinking and
initiative. New employees and newly promoted people are one group who may
possess a high degree of drive and initiative which can be easily fostered and
developed with appropriate encouragement and mentoring.
24
Competency Development for Job Holders & Managers
4. Team Working
A team is a group of people working together in pursuit of a common goal. A
common form of team working would be people working together in the same
unit/section covering broadly the same activities but with differing levels of
Personal Effectiveness
responsibility. This might also involve working together on a specific project or
working together in the delivery of a particular service. In an effective team,
Cluster
members are clear on the common goal, are co-operative and mutually supportive
and carry out their individual roles in support of the team's common goal.
• Progressing tasks
25
Competency Development for Job Holders & Managers
• Listening skills
• Conflict management
Analysis of such issues should help identify specific aspects of teamwork which an
individual may need to reflect upon and address within the team, with the support
of his or her manager.
26
Competency Development for Job Holders & Managers
5. Communications
Effective communication is the lifeblood of organisations. Communication at its
most basic level is about the exchange of information and ideas between
individuals resulting in a shared mutual understanding. Failure to develop this
Personal Effectiveness
competency to the highest degree possible both at individual and organisational
level can be very costly in terms of wasted resources, lost opportunities, confusion,
Cluster
errors, and poor levels of motivation.
Managers play a key role in helping an individual to identify and focus on the
specific aspect of communication which needs development. She or he can
provide an opportunity to observe good practice, give guidance on the specific
situation, provide an opportunity to practice, under observation if necessary, and
provide feedback on performance. This is possibly the most effective way to
develop the specific aspects of communication required in the work context. Such
27
Competency Development for Job Holders & Managers
Policies
Having communication policies in place can also help, for example, a policy on
how to answer the telephone, use of e-mail, how to process customer queries etc.
To be most effective such policies should be drawn up in collaboration with the
staff who implement them.
Training
There is a wealth of reading and other self managed learning material available on
this area.
Communication checklist
28
Competency Development for Job Holders & Managers
• Use of language (For example, consider use of jargon, whether the degree of
formality or informality is appropriate, how the language sounds to the
recipients or listeners, and whether it is emotionally loaded or in any way
unprofessional.)
Personal Effectiveness
• Listening to others with a view to understanding
Cluster
• Asking questions with a view to understanding
• Behaviour in groups
• Approach to conflict
• Telephone style
• Dissemination of information
29
Competency Development for Job Holders & Managers
30
Group and Interpersonal Effectiveness
Cluster
Networking/Influencing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
Leadership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
6. Networking/Influencing
Effective networking involves the ability to develop and maintain a network of
contacts through a personalised approach and to use this to advance work related
goals. A person with networking competency will build up relevant contacts and
establish rapport with contacts. She or he will usually involve others and will share
and seek information. A range of professional relationships across organisations is
established.
Networking can take place both formally and informally. It can manifest itself in
various ways such as:
32
Competency Development for Job Holders & Managers
Influencing
There are a range of skills and attitudes involved in influencing. Examples are as
follows:
Skills Attitudes
Listening Patience
Probing questions Flexibility
Verbal fluency Trust
Building rapport Confidence
Body language Credibility
Painting a vision of the future Openness
Case preparation Consistency
Establish common ground Courage
Reframing issues Enthusiasm
33
Competency Development for Job Holders & Managers
7. Customer Service
Customer service is about providing a high quality service to customers in a
friendly, efficient and effective manner. It centres on a desire and ability to meet
customer needs, respecting their rights and dignity. The principles of good quality
customer service will generally be set out in the organisation's customer service
action plan.
Staff may be fully informed in the work area and aware of the principles of
professional service but may be hampered in their ability to deliver customer
service due to feeling stressed. Developing a knowledge of stress management
techniques as well as techniques for handling difficult customers can be useful to
staff who have a high level of interaction with customers. This can be achieved
through coaching, observations of others practicing such skills, self managed
learning such as reading, or through development programmes addressing these
specific issues.
Staff dealing with customers will need to have a friendly and caring disposition
supported by good knowledge of the work and good communication skills (see
also separate sections on self confidence, achievement, drive and commitment
and communication competencies for related issues on motivation, confidence
and so forth).
34
Competency Development for Job Holders & Managers
• Familiarity with and understanding of civil service and local customer service
policies
Through guidance, constructive feedback and providing the opportunity for on-
the-job learning, managers can promote and assist the development of qualities
such as:
Effectiveness Cluster
• Ability to listen, empathise and respond effectively in all interactions with
customers
Formal training in these areas is widely available. Such training is most effective
when linked closely with the specific requirements of the organisation and the
customer service policy of the organisation.
35
Competency Development for Job Holders & Managers
36
Competency Development for Job Holders & Managers
• Ensuring civil service policies affecting people are implemented at local level
(e.g. HR Strategy, Equality Policy etc.)
37
Competency Development for Job Holders & Managers
38
Competency Development for Job Holders & Managers
9. Leadership
Leadership is a complex concept and a complex competency to develop.
There are numerous texts, theories and definitions on the subject of leadership.
For example:
getting results though people, and all that it entails and implies – the
support of this."
The wide literature on the subject suggests that effective leadership involves
managing but is more than managing. In the civil service today, leadership may
involve structuring, informing, guiding, facilitating, making decisions and providing
inspiration or vision for groups. Leadership style involves balancing variables such
as the needs of task and the needs of people. A leader works to develop and
advance strategy while managing various and complex group processes
(communication, decision making, etc.) effectively to this end.
39
Competency Development for Job Holders & Managers
• Self-confidence as a leader
• Handling information
• Thinking strategically
• Motivating others
• Resource management
• Relationships
• Judgement
40
Competency Development for Job Holders & Managers
• Do I pay attention to others when they are trying to communicate with me?
• Am I an effective listener?
• Do I ask open questions such as "Can you tell me how you see it?" "What
do you think?"
41
Competency Development for Job Holders & Managers
On the job learning might include observation of others whose effectiveness arises
from high levels of interpersonal understanding. For example, observation of
someone at a meeting who listens to those with different viewpoints to
themselves and uses this ability to good effect in resolving differences and making
progress. Personal reflection, a desire to understand others and willingness to
change are key tools needed to make progress.
42
Thinking Style and Problem
Solving Cluster
• place the focus on medium and longer term outputs and outcomes,
• emphasise equity, income distribution, value for money and quality customer
service considerations,
44
Competency Development for Job Holders & Managers
45
Competency Development for Job Holders & Managers
We are concerned here with the thinking process which takes place when, for
example, we must make a recommendation or a decision on a particular case,
when we make administrative decisions, when we put forward arguments for a
line of action, when we decide to tackle a challenging situation, when we
formulate policy, and so on.
The first thing to recognise is that we seldom think about the way we think. We
tend to take it for granted. However our thinking during the problem solving
process can be broken into a number of distinct stages. There are pitfalls to avoid
and techniques which can be used to be more effective at each stage.
5. Follow up on conclusions
It might be useful to think of an example from your own experience and consider
each of the stages using that example.
How we define the problem is crucial because this determines how we will
proceed to think. We frequently define problems in terms that
• Are too vague or broad
For example, "We need to communicate better in this Division". Here we
need to say specifically who is involved and give reasons why. For example
"This Section needs improved ways to exchange regular information with
46
Competency Development for Job Holders & Managers
that Section about x,y and z so that…." The danger is that broad statements
are open to misinterpretation and lead to confusion. More specific statements
point the way towards addressing the real issues.
For example, "We need a staff training course" versus "We need to explore
and address training needs" or "We need more roads" versus "We need a
transport systems which can accommodate x number of people with specific
needs a, b, c,".
To be effective also requires a search for relevant information from wide sources in
order to adequately inform the thinking about the issue. Failure to ask the right
47
Competency Development for Job Holders & Managers
questions in order to gather all the relevant facts may result in implementing poor
or unworkable solutions.
The tendency sometimes is to work with a very small group of obvious ideas
rather than opening up the mind to many and different ideas. We tend to dismiss
unusual or minority thinking very quickly. This is unfortunate because it means we
are limiting our exploration of issues to what we are already familiar with and with
familiar patterns. Many great advances in thinking in several fields were dismissed
and ridiculed when first put forward because they differed from the conventional
ways of looking at the problem. Think beyond the obvious.
48
Competency Development for Job Holders & Managers
While ensuring creative input into thinking, effective problem solving must also be
based on effective analysis of ideas. Some of the common pitfalls are to fail to
explore and analyse the pros and cons adequately, especially in relation to
favoured and unpopular ideas. We also often fail to weight the pros and cons
accurately. An argument in favour of an idea may be given much more or much
less weight than the verifiable evidence would support. The 80/20 rule should be
borne in mind, i.e. that 80% of effects result from 20% of causes.
Many techniques have been devised to assist evaluation and analysis of ideas, such
as cost benefit analysis, force field analysis and weighted ranking. (See reading
list). These are simply tools which assist the process. The choice of analytical
method and value judgments will always impact on outcomes. The important
thing at this stage of the problem solving process is to have sound reasons for
favouring or dismissing ideas on the basis of rigorous scrutiny before moving
towards a conclusion and a line of action.
5 Follow up on conclusions
49
Competency Development for Job Holders & Managers
with good role models and getting feedback on ideas may also be useful in
developing these competencies.
50
Competency Development for Job Holders & Managers
This may occur through specialised work experience or through formal training or
education during or outside of working hours. For certain courses of study taken
primarily outside of working hours, fees may be refunded and examination and
study leave allowed. Details on these arrangements are available from
Departmental Training Officers. Civil servants who wish to take time off work to
pursue a course of study should consult their Personnel Officer who will be able to
provide details of the relevant provisions for such situations. Reading of specialist
trade journals and attendance at specialist conferences/seminars are also useful in
keeping abreast of developments.
51
Competency Development for Job Holders & Managers
52
Managing for Results Cluster
All civil servants are involved to some extent in the management and use of State
resources. The demand for investment and expenditure invariably exceeds the
resources available and, as a result, managing resources to ensure appropriate
choices and value for money is a basic but crucially important responsibility of civil
servants. Success in this regard requires a general understanding of the framework
within which the financial administration of the State operates and the various
procedures and practices that underpin that framework. It requires an appreciation
of value for money considerations such as economy, efficiency and effectiveness.
54
Competency Development for Job Holders & Managers
Jobholders and managers in carrying out their work should, through a process of
consultation with more knowledgeable colleagues and self learning, seek to
develop and improve this competency by considering the following aspects:
55
Competency Development for Job Holders & Managers
56
Competency Development for Job Holders & Managers
• Knowing what formal information sources exist within the organisation and
how they are organised
• Intelligent searching using the search supports available (e.g. paper file
indexes, library indexes, library support systems, searchable computer files
etc.).
57
Competency Development for Job Holders & Managers
58
Competency Development for Job Holders & Managers
People will generally be concerned about the clarity and quality of their work if
they are well motivated and they feel that they have a worthwhile contribution to
make to the team and to work and, ultimately, the quality of service which they
deliver to their customers and to the public. (See section on Motivation under the
Achievement, Drive and Commitment Competency).
Exploration of the following issues should provide pointers for managers and
jobholders for development on the job of this competency:
59
Competency Development for Job Holders & Managers
60
Appendix
Additional Reading/reference materials
The following publications are available from most leading booksellers. The Internet also
provides a rich and evolving source of reference material.
Reference material on competencies
Self Confidence Teamworking
1. How To Improve Your Confidence: Dr. Kenneth 1. Working In Teams: Alison Hardingham
Hambly. Sheldon Press, Beekman Pub., ISBN: 0846451549
ISBN: 0859695638 2. People And Self Management: Sally Palmer
2. Develop Your Assertiveness: Sue Bishop Butterworth-Heinemann,
LPC Group, ISBN: 0749418222 ISBN: 0750638613
3. Be Positive: Phil Clements 3. How To Influence Others At Work: Dick
Kogan Page, ISBN: 074943256X McCann. Butterworth-Heinemann, ISBN:
4. Creating Confidence: How To Develop Your 0750609907
Personal Power And Presence: M. Bunch 4. How To Be A Better Teambuilder: R. Eales-
Kogan Page Ltd, ISBN: 0749427825 White. LPC Group, ISBN: 0749419121
5. Managing Pressure For Peak Performance: S. 5. Team Decision Making Techniques: P. K. Kelly.
William. Unknown, ISBN: 0749412399 John Wiley & Sons,
Achievement Drive and Commitment ISBN: 0787950890
6. People And Self Management : Sally Palmer. 6. The Teamworking Pocketbook: Ian Fleming
Butterworth-Heinemann, Stylus Pub., ISBN: 1579220215
ISBN: 0750638613 7. Leading Teams: Creating A Team:
7. The Effective Executive : Peter Drucker Rob Yeung
Harperbuisness, ISBN: 0887306128 Trans-atlantic Pub., ISBN: 1857035666
8. The Seven Habits Of Highly Effective People: 8. Teamworking: Stephen J.Procter
Stephen Covey Palgrave, ISBN: 0312229011
Simon & Schuster, ISBN: 0671708635
9. Make Every Minute Count : The Sunday Communications
Times.Marlowe & Co., ISBN: 1569246130 1. Effective Presentation Skills: Robert Dilts
10. Know Yourself: Achieve Your Goals Through Meta Pub., ISBN: 0916990311
Better Self Knowledge: Dr. E Balke. Unkown,
2. Successful Presentation Skills: Andrew Bradbury
ISBN: 0749429003
Kogan Page Ltd, ISBN: 0749417498
3. Influencing With Integrity: Genie Laborde.
Initiative Syntony Pub., ISBN: 0933347103
1. Creative Thinking And Brainstorming: J. G. 4. Words That Change Minds: Shelle Rose
Rawlinson. Gower Pub Ltd, Charvet
ISBN: 0704505436 Kendall/Hunt Pub., ISBN: 0787234796
2. Creativity And Problem Solving At Work: T. 5. How To Improve Your Confidence: Dr. Kenneth
Rickards.Ashgate Pub. Co., Hambly
ISBN: 0566028913
Sheldon Press, ISBN: 0859695638
3. Instant Creativity: Change The Way You Think
Now: B. Clegg 6. Be Positive: Phil Clements
Kogan Page Ltd, ISBN: 0749429496 Kogan Page, ISBN: 074943256X
4. Make Things Happen: The Quest Toolbox 7. Communicate To Win: R. Denny
Series: Steve Smith Kogan Page, ISBN: 0749433272
Kogan Page Ltd, ISBN: 0749424842 8. How To Be Better At Writing Reports And
5. The Intelligent Organisation: Engaging the Proposals: P. Forsyth
Talent & Initiative of Everyone in the Kogan Page, ISBN: 0749422009
Workplace: Gifford Pinchot & Elizabeth 9. People Skills: Robert Bolton
Pinchot. Berrett-Koehler Pub., New Harbinger Pub., ISBN: 1572240229
ISBN: 1881052982 10. 101 Ways to Improve Your Communication
Skills: Jo Condrill
Goalminds, ISBN: 0966141490
61
Networking and influencing Executive Excellence, ISBN: 189000961X
1. How To Influence Others At Work: Dick 11. 10 Steps to Empowerment: Diane Tracy
McCann. Butterworth-Heinemann, Quill, ISBN: 068811279X
ISBN: 0750609907 12. Harvard Business Review on Managing People:
2. Reinventing Influence: Mary Bragg Harvard Business School,
Financial Times Prentice Hall, ISBN: 0875849075
ISBN: 0273623133
3. Words That Change Minds: Shelle Rose Leadership
Charvet. Kendall/Hunt, ISBN: 0787234796 1. Leadership by the Book: Ken Blanchard: Bill
4. Make That Call: Iain Maitland Hybels and Phil Hodges
Kogan Page, ISBN: 0749432527 HarperCollins ISBN:0007114532
5. Improve Your People Skills, 2nd Edition: Peter 2. 21 Leaders for The 21st Century:Trompenaars,
Honey F and Hamden-Turner.Capstone Pub. Ltd,
Beekman Pub., ISBN: 0846450739 ISBN: 1900961660
6. Introducing Neuro-Linguistic Programming: 3. The future of leadership: today’s top leadership
Psychological Skills for Understanding and thinkers speak to tomorrow’s leaders: edited by
Influencing People: Joseph O’Connor Warren Bennis, Gretchen Spreitzer,Thomas
Thorsons Pub., ISBN: 1855383446 Cummings:
John Wiley, ISBN: 0787955671
Customer Service 4. What Leaders Really Do: John P Kotter.
1. Crowning The Customer: Feargal Quinn Harvard Business School Press, Boston 1999:
ISBN 0-87584-897-4
Rappel Marketing, ISBN: 0962480835
5. The 21 Irrefutable laws of Leadership: John C
2. Managing Quality Customer Service: W.B.
Maxwell. Thomas Nelson Publishers, Nashville,
Martin. Crisp Pub., ISBN: 0931962831
1999: ISBN 0-7852-7034-5
3. How To Be Better At Customer Care: T.R.V.
Foster. Kogan Page, ISBN: 0749429453
Interpersonal Understanding
4. Meeting Customer Needs: I. Smith
Butterworth-Heinemann, 1. How To Be Better At Managing People: A.
ISBN: 0750606681 Barker. Kogan Page, ISBN: 0749431962
5. Telephone skills: Patrick Forsyth 2. Managing Your Boss: S. Mann
(CIPD), ISBN: 0852928653 Barron’s Educational Series,
ISBN: 0764119508
3. Managing Disagreement Constructively: H.S.
Managing and Developing People
Kinder
1. Managing People, A Competence Approach To Crisp Pub., ISBN: 1560523832
Supervisory Management: Cartwright, Collins,
4. Face To Face: A Practical Guide To Interactive
Green, Candy
Skills: P. Honey
Blackwell Pub., ISBN: 0631209239
Gower Pub., ISBN: 0566027445
2. First Line Management : Bedward, Rexworthy,
5. Developing Your Interpersonal Intelligence: Mel
Blackman, Rothwell, Weaver
Silberman & Freda Hansburg. Berrett Koehler
Butterworth-Heinemann, Pub. , ISBN: 1576750914
ISBN: 0750627999
3. The Manager As Coach And Mentor: Eric
Analytical Thinking
Parsloe. Beekman Pub., ISBN: 0846451093
4. Practice Of Management : Peter Drucker 1. Teach Yourself To Think: Edward de Bono
Harper, ISBN: 1559942789 Pub Group West, ISBN: 1574533622
5. The Competent Manager: R.E. Boyatziz 2. Make The Most Of Your Mind: Tony Buzan
Wiley-Interscience, ISBN: 047109031X Simon & Schuster, ISBN: 0671495194
6. Leadership: P. Sadler 3. Project Skills: Sam Elbeik
Unknown, ISBN: 074942124X Butterworth-Heinemann,
ISBN: 0750639784
7. Managing Assertively: Madelyn Burley
4. The Fifth Discipline: Peter Senge
John Wiley & Sons, ISBN: 0471039713
Courrency/Doubleday ISBN: 0385260954
8. 10 Steps to Empowerment: A Common-Sense
Guide to Managing People: Diane Tracy. Quill,
ISBN: 068811279X
9. The Art of Managing People: Phillip L.
Hunsaker
Simon & Schuster, ISBN: 0671628259
10. Managing People is Like Herding Cats: Warren
Bennis
62
5. The Art Of Systems Thinking: Essential Skills for 5. Managing Information and Statistics: Roland &
Creativity and Problem Solving: Joseph Frances Bee
O’Connor and Ian Mc Dermott.Thorsons, ISBN: (CIPA), ISBN: 0852927851
0722534426
Concern for clarity and work quality
Conceptual Thinking 1. Target Setting And Goal Achievement: R. Hale
1. Learning Maps And Memory Skills : Powerful Kogan Page Ltd, ISBN: 0749426322
Techniques To Improve Your Brain Power: I. 2. Delegating For Results: R.B. Maddux
Svantsesson
Crisp Pub., ISBN: 1560524553
Kogan Page Ltd, ISBN: 0749424559
3. Managing Performance: Goals, Feedback,
2. How To Be Better At Creativity: G. Petty. Coaching, Recognition: J. Hill
Unknown, ISBN: 0749421673
Ashgate Pub. Co., ISBN: 0566077396
3. Innovation And Creativity: J. Ceserani
4. Accountability: Practical Tools For Focusing On
Kogan Page Ltd, ISBN: 0749415932 Clarity, Commitment And Results: B. Klatt
4. The Effective Strategist: Key Skills For All Stoddart Pub., ISBN: 0773760121
Managers: J. Van Maurik
5. How To Give Effective Business Briefings:
Gower Pub. Co., ISBN: 0566080443 Techniques For Relaying Information And
5. Thinking Styles: Relationship Strategies that Obtaining Feedback From Employees: C. Clark
Work: Fiona Bedoes-Jones
Stylus Pub., ISBN: 074942513X
BJA Associates, ISBN: 0953531007
Reference material on emotional intelligence
Decision making and judgement
1. Emotional Intelligence: Daniel Goleman
1. The Management Task: Rob Dixon
Bantam Books, ISBN: 0553375067
Butterworth-Heinemann,
ISBN: 0750633905 2. Working with Emotional Intelligence: Daniel
Goleman
2. Project Skills: Sam Elbeik
Bantam Doubleday, ISBN: 0553378589
Butterworth-Heinemann,
ISBN: 0750639784 3. 7 Steps to Emotional Intelligence: Patrick E
Merlevede
3. Practical Problem Solving And Decision
Making: An Integrated Approach: R. Hale Crown House Pub., ISBN: 1899836500
Kogan Page, ISBN: 074942219X 4. Promoting Emotional Intelligence in
Organisations: Cary Cherniss
4. Solve That Problem:
American Society for Training & Development,
Kogan Page Publishing, ISBN: 0749424826 ISBN: 1562863045
5. How To Be A Better Decision Maker: A. Barker.
LPC Group, ISBN: 0749419504
Reference material on coaching
Managing Budgets and resources 1. The Manager As Coach And Mentor: Eric
Parsloe
1. Administrative Budgets In The Irish Civil Beekman Pub., ISBN: 0846451093
Service: Richard Boyle
2. The Complete Guide to Coaching at Work:
IPA, ISBN: 1872002919 Suzanne Skiffington, Perry Zeus
2. Managing Devolved Budgets: Richard Boyle McGraw Hill, ISBN: 0074708422
IPA, ISBN: 1872002161 3. Effective Coaching: Myles Downey
3. Managing Public Money: Sean Cromien Texere Pub., ISBN: 1587991209
IPA, ISBN: 0906980712
4. Mastering Financial Management: S. Brookson.
DK Pub. Merchandise, ISBN: 0789471493
63
Human Resources Development Services
Centre for Management & Organisation Development
Department of Finance, Lansdowne House, Lansdowne Road, Dublin 4
Telephone: (01) 604 5124/5