Agile Based Competency Management Erasmus Project

Project Title

Agile Based Competency Management

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Strategic Partnerships for vocational education and training

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2014

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses; Entrepreneurial learning – entrepreneurship education; Open and distance learning

Project Summary

The measurement of competence is an essential element of strengthening the potential of enterprises, as a starting point for the development of its employees, the diagnosis of competency gaps and the choice of strategic directions. Intelectual Outputs of the project, provide a complete set of necessary tools to conduct research competence from beginning to end. It’s not just a description of the method itself, but also a set of concrete, ready-to-use materials.
Previously used personality tests and other tools, always referring to personality theory, trying to answer the question: what is the test person. Our method goes a step further, giving the answer to the question: what is a person in the context of their work. As a result, the measurement result of the social competence (treated as one part of the qualification) is more meaningful and valuable for the assessor qualification.

This project was run by 4 Partners: PROFES (PL) – leader, e-peers (PL), MERIG (A) and HOMINEM (ES).

The primary objective of the project was to create, describe and evaluate Method of Competency Assessment in Work Contexts (CAWC) and provide any tools for its use in practice. In details, project developed:
– Project website (www.agilecompetency.com) and social media: Facebook with the posted news
– „Competency Managment – what is it? Analysis of contemporary theoretical models” – report
– Survey form for companies and consultants about how competency managment works in business today
– Report on „Competency Managment – how it works in business today?” survey
– Method of CAWC – raport
– 11 videos-lectures about method
– 16 articles about different aspects of the Method
– Guide – „How to implement CAWC in your organization?”
– „Strategic Directions – which competency are needed to your organisation?” – workshop scenario and materials
– „How to read report after assessment?” – workshop scenario and set of materials to conduct workshop
– 3 videotutorials using in preparation sessions for assements participants and observers
– Instruction for coaches who works with participants of assessment
– Survey form for companies and consultants about which competencies are needed for the European labor market?
– „Key competencies for European labor market” – report after research
– 20 key competencies, each competency with general definition and with 5 aspects, each aspect describe by definition
– 19 descriptions of work contexts
– „How to proper develope cases?” – document; instruction for consultant and HR, faculties
– 1456 cases – each includes: solid description of the situations; 3 potential behaviours – well described ways of reaction; 6 comments about potential answers;
– 1456 animations as cases visual attractiveness
– 110 ready-to-use knowledge pills (one for every aspect in all competencies, 20 competecies each in 5 aspects)
– 1 comprehensive software tool – aplication that allows access to all cases and knowledge pills, for test and development your competencies

Actions taken under the project and its results had a significant impact on the target groups:
• Entrepreneurs – by implementing methods for their activities related to the assessment and development of staff, will support such important processes as recruitment (internal and external), talent management, construction of paths of development, competency gap analysis, assessment of employee, HRM.
• Consulting companies – with the introduction innovative methods to its portfolio of products, increase their range of influence to new types of businesses. With the completed package implementation materials, will be able to enable entirely new service to its offer at a low cost. Additional value is to have a portfolio of products tool for the diagnosis of qualifications according to the EQF.
• Universities – First supplement their curricula with innovative, practical content. Second, can use the competency tests in the method for the determination of key competences for their students and graduates. This allows them to better tailor curricula to the real needs of the labor market.
• Students and people interested in competence development – broaden their knowledge of competency management with innovative content. As the people of this target group are usually interested in working in the HR area, they can use their knowledge as their advantage in the labor market.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 391296 Eur

Project Coordinator

Profes Sp. z o.o. Sp.k. & Country: PL

Project Partners

• HOMINEM CHALLENGE SL
• Multidisziplinäres Institut für Europa-Forschung Graz
• e-peers sp. z o.o.