Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) / The purpose of this research was to investigate the social and cultural constructions of leadership and how search committee members evaluate candidates for leadership positions. Moreover, how they conceptualize, measure, and evaluate leadership potential of candidates. To explore this issue, the following research questioned were answered: How do members of an executive search committee construct their views of leadership?; In what ways do the individual, social, and cultural constructions of leadership held by search committee members influence behaviors and outcomes of a search committee? In this study, I investigated how members of a search committee constructed their views of leadership and in turn how this influenced the search process for an executive leader. In order to explore this issue, this study is approached through the constructivism paradigm and informed by critical inquiry, using case study methodology. I followed one executive search process from the charge meeting until the committee made its recommendation to the hiring authority. The unit analyzed in this search employed a leadership competency model and tools which mapped to this model, in an effort to mitigate the influence of bias. I used semi-structured interviews with committee members to understand their views on leadership. I supplemented interviews with observations and document analysis as means of collecting data for the study. Three findings emerged through data analysis: the role of background and identity on views of leadership, the influence of personal and societal constructions of leadership on individual behaviors and search outcomes, and the application or utility of using a leadership competency model. Through my findings, I demonstrated how individual’s background and identity shaped their perceptions of what it meant to be a leader. Additionally, how they rated and talked about candidates matched their individual views about leadership rather than the leadership competency model they were asked to use. More specifically, analysis illuminated that minoritized search committee members had drastically different beliefs about leadership and experiences serving on the search committee. I concluded the study by outlining implications for policy, future practice, and future research, including offering a conceptual framework and tools for an equity-minded search process.

The thesis deals with the creation of three competencies models, based on a competencies analysis for selected non-managerial job roles requiring further professional development, namely Warehouse Coordinator, Junior Accountant and Sales Administrative Assistant. The duly compiled competencies model then creates a realistice representation of the knowledge and skills the staff need for the given job role. When it comes to the professional development and training of existing staff, the competencies model is a reliable tool for identifying the educational needs of individual employees, and detecting hidden talents in good time. This makes it easier to set the developmental, educational and training activities for the employee, not only to achieve the required competencies, but also to meet the goals of the organization as a whole. The thesis contributes by having undertaken a competencies analysis and created three competencies models, together with proposals and recommendations for their use in the professional development and training of the employees concerned. The thesis is divided into two parts - the theoretical part deals with the general theoretical definitions of competencies, competencies models and staff training. The practical part of the thesis comprises an overview of the organization...

The diploma thesis analysis the competency model of an ideal applicant, who would be able to work on Junior Project Manager position. In theoretical part of the thesis is described the situation on the market focused on education in project management area. This education stream is described into more details. In practical part of the thesis is conduct a research analyzing actual position on the market. The goal of the research is to collect appropriate competencies which should have the ideal candidate for this type of position.

O papel dos profissionais que atuam com Tecnologia da Informação (TI) nas organizações tem passado por diversas transformações e os Gestores de TI que atuavam especificamente em questões táticas e operacionais nas áreas mais técnicas, passaram também a ser envolvidos em decisões estratégicas envolvendo a TI. Assim, durante esta transformação os profissionais de TI deixaram os CPDs e passaram a estar mais presentes e próximos a outros setores da organização, com por exemplo a área de negócio. Em 2006, Lee e Lee, mapearam as competências para os Gestores de TI como sendo Técnica, Negócio e Sistema e no mesmo ano Wu et al. (2006), identificaram a competência estratégica como parte das atividades críticas do Gestor de TI. O CIO (Chief Information Officer) é o nome dado atualmente ao responsável pela tecnologia da informação numa organização e suas competências essenciais foram mapeadas nos estudos de Vreuls (2009) e Vreuls e Joia (2012) como sendo: Visão de negócio, Suporte ao negócio, Capacidade de influenciar a organização, Capacidade técnica, Networking externo, Gestão da operação de TI e Visão inovadora. Assim, a partir da evolução das competências dos Gestores de TI, a pesquisa analisou, através de um estudo de caso, como as competências dos Gestores de TI se aproximam das competências do CIO. Além de tomar por base os estudos de Lee e Lee (2006), Wu et al. (2006) e Vreuls (2009), também foi realizada uma análise comparativa com o modelo clássico de Katz (1974) Com a escolha destes modelos teóricos foi realizado um estudo comparativo entre a evolução dos estudos sobre competências gerenciais em diversos níveis. Os dados primários foram coletados por meio de entrevistas semiestruturadas e observação participante e os dados secundários foram obtidos através de fontes documentais do caso estudado. A análise dos dados foi realizada através da análise de conteúdo. Os resultados deste estudo indicam que as competências dos Gestores de TI se aproximam de três das sete competências do CIO e que apesar de estarem nos níveis táticos ou operacionais tem uma participação na área estratégica, o que implica no desenvolvimento dos Gestores de TI e também podem servir como um guia para atração e retenção de talentos na gestão de TI. / The role of Information Technology (IT) professionals in organizations has undergone many transformations, and IT Managers who have been specifically involved in tactical and operational issues in more technical areas have also become involved in strategic decisions involving IT. Thus, during this transformation IT professionals left the CPDs and became more present and close to other sectors of the organization, for example the business area. In 2006, Lee and Lee mapped the competencies for IT Managers as Technical, Business and System and in the same year Wu et al. (2006) identified the Strategic competence as part of the IT Manager's critical activities. The CIO (Chief Information Officer) is the current name given to the head of information technology in an organization and its core competencies have been mapped in the studies of Vreuls (2009) and Vreuls and Joia (2012) as: Business vision, Business support, Ability to influence the organization, Technical capacity, External networking, IT operation management and Innovative vision. Thus, from the evolution of the competences of the IT Managers, the present study analyzed through a case study how the competences of the IT Managers approach the competencies of the CIO In addition to Lee and Lee (2006), Wu et al. Al (2006) and Vreuls (2009), a comparative analysis was also carried out with the classic Katz model (1974). With the choice of these theoretical models, a comparative study was carried out between the evolution of the studies on managerial competences at several levels. The primary data were collected through semi-structured interviews and participant observation, and the secondary data were obtained through documentary sources of the case studied. Data analysis was performed through content analysis. The results of this study indicate that the competencies of IT Managers approach three of the CIO's seven competencies and that although they are at tactical or operational levels, they have a participation in the strategic area, which implies the development of IT Managers and can also serve as a guide for attracting and retaining talent in IT management.

TITLE: Analysis of the evaluation criteria of kindergarten headmasters by founders in Pardubicky region AUTHOR: Bc. Lenka Marková DEPARTMENT: School management centre SUPERVISOR: Mgr. Jiří Trunda ABSTRACT: This thesis analyzes the current criteria for evaluating the work of kindergarten headmasters. The criteria were created by community representatives as founders of the kindergarten. The thesis also focuses on identifying indicators leading to the fulfillment of the evaluation criteria. Monitoring headmasters views on the current criteria, which they are valued, is the part of research. Through the analysis criteria, surveys and informal interviews with representatives of the founders and headmasters the deficiencies in the structure and list of criteria were found. The research has shown inconsistency and formality outlined evaluation criteria with absence of their indicators. Based on the findings was recommended evaluation criteria to include all areas of the kindergarten headmasters. Indicators, that show the way to meet the criteria, were also suggested. This thesis aims to draw attention to current issues in evaluating the work of headmastrers at the regional education as well as to need for systemic solutions in this area. This thesis can be used as the theme for the creation of evaluation criteria...

The diploma thesis deals with the current topic of headmaster's competence at secondary vocational schools, technically oriented. The thesis is based on the general theory of competencies and competency models. It aims to identify the headmaster's competencies at the technical vocational school in Prague and based on these findings create the competence model. On the basis of the literature search, a research was carried out, its purpose was to find out what competences the those people possess, i.e. to identify these competencies and to compile a competence model. The questionnaire survey technique was used as the first, data collection technique. Within the questionnaire survey, all headmasters and deputy headmasters were approached at 15 secondary technical schools in Prague. The third group of respondents was consisted of the founder of these schools. Through the questionnaire survey, we determined the importance of individual competencies. The second used technique was a semi-structured interview with selected representatives of respondent groups (headmasters and deputy headmasters). The interview was used to verify observable formulations that are part of the competency model. The result of the practical part is the competence model of the headmaster at secondary technical school in Prague....

This study proposed an activity competency model (ACM) to investigate the perceived importance of managerial activities and skills required of three levels of nurse managers from three levels of hospitals. A survey instrument was designed based on the ACM for data collection that encompasses forty-two initial nursing management activities and twelve managerial skills required to effectively perform these management activities that were identified through literature review, job analysis, and iterative personal interviews with domain experts. Our findings indicate that the importance of nurse managerial activities is significantly different from the levels of management, but not significantly different from the levels of hospitals. In particular, top and middle levels of management perceived the human resources management related activities as more important than the supervisory management. Middle management perceived the importance of operation management significantly higher than supervisory management. Top management perceived the importance of goal setting & planning significantly higher than middle management. Middle management perceived the importance of goal setting & planning significantly higher than supervisory management. Supervisory management perceived the importance of material & environment management significantly higher than top and middle managements. The results from this study provide implication guidelines for management development programs, training, and the career planning for nurse managers. They also can serve as guideline for recruiting and selecting the effective nurse managers.

Based on activity competency model (ACM), this study investigated the perceived importance of professional activities and required knowledge/skills/abilities of three levels of information systems (IS) managers from two sectors of industries. Our findings indicate that the importance of IS managerial activities varies significantly for different levels of management, but does not vary significantly for different industries. The results of this study have implications for management development, training, and IS manager career planning. They can also serve as guideline for recruiting the proper IS managers.

Chief Information Officers (CIOs) in contemporary enterprises should not only possess technology specialties, but also cultivate themselves with an in-depth understanding of business and technology management skills/knowledge in order to effectively improve their role performance, enhance sustainable competitive advantages and achieve business strategic goals. Based upon activity competency model and prior theoretical works, this study presents a conceptual model to investigate the capability of business technology management (BTM) required by CIOs and the impacts of that capability on the performance of their roles. Our strategy for identifying CIOs¡¦ critical roles and activities, and the skills/knowledge required by CIOs is anchored within a comprehensive framework of business technology management (BTM) practices. A scale to measure CIOs¡¦ role performance and BTM capability was first developed and validated. Nine hundred and sixty eight high-tech companies of Taiwan and China which have a formal MIS department and global logistic firms were randomly selected from the databases of China Credit Information Service Ltd. and Strait Exchange Foundation as representative samples in this study. The partial least squares method was used to empirically test the conceptual model and hypotheses through the large-scale survey data collected. The empirical results support the proposed hierarchy of BTM capability and confirm that both business technology and business management competencies have positive significant influences on BTM activity effectiveness and BTM capability also significantly impacts CIOs¡¦ role performance. The findings of this study are of particular value to those concerned with BTM capability training and competency development for CIOs. Executive management can take advantage of such BTM capability profiles to assist in making succession-planning decisions and implementing guidelines by evaluating the competency levels and development needs of their IS professionals.

企業對人才的重視態度逐漸轉變，從以往找到對的人放到對的位置上，漸漸變成找到對的人後並為其規畫適合的教育訓練以達成公司績效目標。 企業越來越重視內部員工的教育訓練，政府也開始針對教育訓練課程進行相關認證。除了2005年行政院勞動部勞動力發展署(以下簡稱勞動部)推動「人才發展品質管理系統(Talent Quality-management System，簡稱TTQS) 」以確保企業訓練的教育品質外，更在2010年5月立法通過「產業創新條例」第18條、2011年9月通過「職業訓練法」第4條之1條，以訂定職能基準的相關標準，並推動以職能為主的職能導向課程與相關技能檢定。 目前根據勞動部所規定的職能導向課程分為三類，第一類是經由中央主管機關認定特定職業或職類所設立的職能基準課程；第二類是根據特定職業中其中一項工作任務所規劃的職能基準單元課程；第三類的職能課程為自行採取職能分析流程後所發展之課程。 本研究主要與個案醫院合作，以協助個案醫院推動職能課程(Program of Competency model)為目標，在人資室的建議下，本研究將以科秘書為研究對象。科秘書在醫院內屬於行政人員，在專業能力相對較低的環境下，行政人員常常分配到的行政資源較少、受到的關注亦較少。因此本研究將利用職能訪談法(Competency Interview)了解科秘書工作任務、工作產出、行為指標、職能知識及職能技能等工作內容後，以規劃專屬於科秘書的教育訓練課程，藉以提升科秘書之專業能力與技能。 / Nowadays the human resource policy of the companies changed from recruit the right employee to the right place to design different employees’’ training program. As the company more focus on training program, the department named Ministry of Labor try to set some standard to those course. They build up the Talent Quality-management System in 2005 to ensure the quality of training course in company. And formulate different laws about competency to arouse society the sense of it. As for now, Ministry of Labor definite three types of Competency-Based Program-CBP, they are named Program of OCS-POCS, Program of OCSU-POCSU and Program of Competency model. The study is focus on department secretaries in a hospital and mainly issue around the Program of Competency model. Department secretaries are group of administrative staff in hospital. Compare the professional staff in hospital, they gain less resource to promote competency. The study use Competency Interview to generate the department secretaries’ task, output, behavior, knowledge and skill. Use the result to develop the training program of department secretaries so that the competency of department secretaries could be promote.