Use of a Competency Framework in Administration: Recruitment, Training and Promotion
| Date | 01 July 2012 |
| Author | Padamvir Singh |
| DOI | 10.1177/0019556120120303 |
| Published date | 01 July 2012 |
| Subject Matter | Article |
USE
OF
A
COMPETENCY
FRAMEWORK
IN
ADl\flNISTRATION: RECRUITMENT, TRAINING AND .
PROMOTION
PADAMVIR SINGH
The
occupational standards that define the skills, qualities
and qualifications for the civil services, and the individuals
aspiring for these, broadly form the competency framework
in
administration. These are the benchmarks for the quality
by which he or she performs and gain performance level
and also directly or indirectly contribute
to
the organisation.
These standards need
to
be applied at various levels
in
the
career
of
an
individual starting from the recruitment. Some
of
these competencies,
especially
those relating to
knowledge
and
attitude are expected to be developed in
the regular course
of
professional
capacity building.
Individuals are
expected
to develop
and
master
these
competencies through practice and experience.
IT IS somewhat strange that in a country like India, which for centuries
has been managed by large bureaucracies, there is till date no extant
competency
framewor~
for the recruitment, training and promotion
of
civil servants which is explicit to the employers or the employees.
The Union Public Service Commission which recruits personnel for
the higher civil services in India would be having some idea
of
how to
match the needs
of
the various departments
of
government for which it
recruits people and the tests it administers, for such recruitment. On UPSC
website there is no mention
of
the competency requirements for different
jobs. However, it lists out the syllabus requirement for different written
examinations, but there is nothing that links the syllabus to the competencies
necessary for different jobs.
Similarly, the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration
(LBSNAA) trains civil servants on the basis
of
a fair understanding
of
what the competency requirements are at different levels. However, even
after 50 years
of
existence, it has no explicit competency framework
regarding the officers it trains. The subjects and the broad syllabus
of
each
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