‘Managerial Competencies’ in Indian Business Context – An Empirical Analysis

Abstract

Focus on 'competencies' in business as well in individual job holders, has gone significantly high in Indian organisations. Managerial competencies have been researched and mapped world-over by top organisations to benchmark and direct, training, staffing, performance management and other HR efforts. In Indian context, a lot of organisations are trying to map and build competency models to improve managerial effectiveness. The present study is an empirical study and analysis to gain a cross-sectional view on managerial competencies that Indian managers find most significant to successfully perform on managerial role requirements.
Primary data was collected from corporate managers using an online survey asking them to rate, based on their opinion 'the significance' and the 'frequency of use' of managerial competencies. The respondents were to rate 18 competencies (as identified in an extensive study by (Dierdorff & Rubin, 2006), stating their 'importance' and 'frequency of use', in real delivery of their managerial role, successfully. The analysis offers a set of contemporary findings that are relevant for the industry to further strengthen their focus on the same.