Demonstration of Iceberg Model of Competency for Retired Defence Officers
Keywords:
Competency, Competency Model, Iceberg model, Recruitment, Defence Officers, Military LeadersAbstract
Purpose – This paper is aimed at finding the major competencies and then developing a Competency model for the competencies of Defence Officers towards their second career in civilian workforce.
Design/methodology/approach – this paper employee both the quantitative and qualitative tools to arrive at the model. Data is collected by means of well structured questionnaire from the experts in the field. Factor analysis is used to identify and group the competencies of Defence Officers. This data is further analysed using Delphi technique to arrive at a model. Delphi technique used reply from 10 respondents as experts.
Findings – The study arrives at a set of 24 competencies under a group of six headings. These competencies are superimposed on the Iceberg model to arrive at the final model for competencies of Defence Officers. The final model obtained after the application of tools had both the visible and hidden part of competencies demonstrated.
Research limitations/implications – This empirical based research is limited to Defence Officers in Indian Armed Forces, and the research findings in terms of a model for competency clearly reflects the underlying competencies possessed by the military leaders. The model thus proposed would allow the civilian recruiters in better strategizing their recruitment plans and further use these models in better human resource management. this would also be helpful for Defence Officers in better projecting their competencies to civilian recruiters. Also the proposed competency model would provide context and facilitate the academicians in furtherance of this study in competency and competency modelling in different sectors of the industry.
Originality/value – The paper discusses the competencies of Defence Officers which is a very less studied field. The study is original in its content and intended to demonstrate the usefulness of the talented military leaders in the civil workforce.
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