Conference paper 2010

The effect of education and training on competency

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Alainati, Shaikhah
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Alshawi, Sarmad N.
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Al-Karaghouli, Wafi
Proceedings of the European, Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Conference on Information Systems: Global Information Systems Challenges in Management, EMCIS 2010
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Abstract

This paper analyses the concept of competence and the important effect of education and training on the individual competence, hence the organizational competence. The purpose of this paper is first to describe the development of competence and define it; second, to study comparatively two different cases on the effect of education and training on competency. The paper addresses whether education and training has an effect on individuals' competency and therefore on organisational competency. The literature review reveals two cases that studied the effect of education and training on competency. One case shows that there is an effect on competency, but the other case shows that there is no effect. The research methodology used in this paper is a comparative study. The comparative analysis method is used to investigate and analyse critically both cases through a comparative frame work in order to better understand the two different results. This comparative analysis reveals that there is indeed a positive relationship between education and training on competency despite the different result of the two different cases. The implication of the study is that education and training has to be properly implemented for there to be an effect on competence.

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Training education Competence Competency Theoretical knowledge

Index Keywords

Personnel training Information management Competency education Competence Education and training Research methodologies Literature reviews Information systems Comparative analysis Comparative studies Frame-work Theoretical knowledge
Author Affiliations
Information Systems Evaluation and Integration Network Group (ISEing), Brunel Business School, Uxbridge, Middlesex, United Kingdom
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  • EID 2-s2.0-84857543318
  • Language English