Competencies to compete: mapping performance to make a change

摘要

If there was one thing you could change in your organization, what would it be? A big question, yes, so let us narrow it down a little. If there was one thing your organization could successfully work toward to improve, what would it be? This is more nuanced, as it takes away things such as unplanned celebrity endorsement, eureka moments in the lab from nowhere, and alchemy from the equation. So, what could your organization do: develop a more efficient supply chain, train the accounts team to sort out company debt, or persuade the board to ditch legacy products and invest in Al instead? All of these would be good, but would they be truly transformative? Keyword: Leadership development 22-24 10.1108/DLO-02-2019-0034 How to enhance product development Innovation that enables a company to learn and develop new products offers an effective means of remaining competitive within a business environment that is _becoming increasingly more challenging for most firms. But to optimize creativity, organizations need to find effective ways to obtain, handle, and implement knowledge from different and sometimes diverse sources. How knowledge is acquired and managed can greatly impact the learning, development, and change within a firm. Both individuals and different groups will typically have some responsibility to ensure that knowledge is fully integrated and exploited. The likelihood of meaningful learning surely increases when project managers ensure the right personnel are placed in the right teams.