Application of the Competency Modelling Approach: Determining the Ideal Profile of the Orthopaedic Surgeons

Human Resource Management plays an important role in giving a competitive edge to an organization. The development and application of job competencies to select employees who create competitive advantage is an important feature of the human resource paradigm around the world. A competency model is a cluster of competencies that specifies effective performance in a particular work environment. Possession of appropriate competencies by its workers affects organizational performance and provides competitive advantage. This research made use of qualitative and quantitative techniques of data collection. The main methods used were the historical method and the analytical survey method. In this study, the units of analysis were core or essential competencies and excellence competencies. The paper examines whether the competency modelling approach is a viable approach to identify both the core and exceptional competencies of Orthopaedic Surgeons. A 3-tier system is proposed and the main roles of Orthopaedic Surgeons are displayed diagrammatically: in the form of a relations diagram consisting of interlocking circles.