A guide to integrating competencies into Montana's human resource programs

526 Pages·1999·10.6 MB·English

by  Montana. Dept. of Administration

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HUMAN
RESOURCE
PROGRAMS
1999
Updated 2002
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in 2010 with funding from
IVIontana State Library
http://www.archive.org/details/guidetointegrati1999mont
FOREWORD
Demands on your work unit grow all the time. Technologies change.
Budgets change. Service delivery changes. Laws and rules change. People
change. Your organization feels pressure to stay responsive, efficient and
effective in the fast-changing times. It takes sound planning innovation, risk-
taking, and plain, hard work to keep up with growing demands, let alone to
get ahead of them. The future promises more of the same.
If the above seems familiar, you are definitely a manager in state
government. Some state managers asked for greater authority in certain
personnel decisions and less bureaucracy related to job classification and
pay. They asked for ways to pay for individual employee skills and
performance, and for human resource systems based on desired skills and
performance standards. They wanted the means to customize human
resource tools to fit organizational goals. If you share this view, you will find
this guide useful.
provides a method to integrate competencies into your current human
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resource programs such as recruitment, selection, performance
management, compensation and training. By focusing on competencies this
guide links employee growth and business strategy to organizational
success, and ultimately improve service to the public.
This guide will change and grow as we complete new sections and gain
experience. You will receive these new sections and updates as they are
completed to include with the first three sections in your guide.
The State Personnel Division appreciates the ongoing efforts of managers
and human resource personnel throughout state government who helped
develop these tools to share with all who strive toward better human
resource systems and decisions.
You should direct questions related to the content or development to the
State Personnel Division.
Scott Darkenwald, Director
Department ofAdministration
May, 2002

MANAGERS'
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1 RESOURCES
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LABOR RELATIONS
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READINESS AND
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ORIENTATION
A GUIDE
TO
INTEGRATING CREATING
COMPETENCIES 3
COMPETENCY
INTO
MONTANA'S
MODELS
HUMAN
RESOURCE
STATEWIDE
PROGRAMS
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MODEL
PERFORMANCE
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MANAGEMENT
COMPETENCY-BASED
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STAFFING
COMPENSATION
PLANNING
Revised May, 2002
2002