strategic competence management

Increasing international competition forces German companies to enhance their portfolio of products and services. Facing this strategic decision, the required competencies for successful market positioning have to be analyzed. Such target-oriented investments in competencies of the employees allow companies to gain an outstanding competitive position. Best practice examinations have proven a positive relation between competence investments on the one hand and market attractiveness of products and services as well as employment situation on the other hand. Yet today, there is a lack of systematic and continuous controlling of competence development processes on a strategic level.

The competitiveness of the German industry is depending on its capability to develop and build innovative and thereby better products than other companies. In the future the lead in technical competence of the employees will be the most differentiating factor from international competitors especially in complex production processes. For assessing the competencies of the employees regarding their significance for a company’s strategy as well as for deriving meaningful indicators competence profiles on the team level have to be developed. Starting from that the required competencies for maintaining and expanding the competitiveness can continuously be pursued in the “Kompetenz Monitor”.