CompetencyBased or a Traditional Approach to Training

This article compares traditional and competency-based views of employee training. Training should have immediate and highly specific impact on work performance and be grounded on requirements of an organization and its unique corporate culture. In that respect, it differs from education and employee development, which prepare people for work and life. The key to making training competency-based is centered on how the training needs assessment process is conducted and what its focus is. A competency-based approach communicates a common set of performance expectations.