Strategic human resources management places greater importance on managing people than on performing operational tasks. The goal is to integrate human resources as a full strategic business partner ...

Sarah Misyak, PhD, MPH, Virginia Tech, discusses a recent study that outlines a set of core competencies designed to support professionals implementing policy, systems, and environmental (PSE) change ...

TORONTO, Sept. 26, 2016 /CNW/ - The Human Resources Professionals Association (HRPA) has made a critical stride toward the creation of a global competency framework for the human resources profession.

Today’s organizations are at a crucial crossroads: invest in and adapt old-school talent management processes now or face the consequences. That statement isn’t meant to ignite fear. Instead, it’s ...

A core competency is a skill at which an individual is especially proficient, or a set of activities that an organization performs better than other functions – whether more efficiently, at lower cost ...

The Alberta Fire Services Core Competency Framework was developed and implemented by the Alberta Fire Chiefs Association (AFCA) to support fire services across Alberta. “It’s a free online tool that ...

Completion of the Human Genome Project, in conjunction with dramatic reductions in the cost of DNA sequencing and advances in translational research, is gradually ushering genomic discoveries and ...

A new report on competency-based education (CBE) outlines the elements impacting the fast-growing educational trend and creates a baseline framework of issues that others can use going forward.