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Whilst clearing out some old papers from my time at the Management Charter Initiative (MCI), I came across The Business Benefits of Competence-based Management Development, a report prepared by Jonathan Winterton and Ruth Winterton of Eldwick Research Associates for the Department of Education and Employment way back in 1996.

The Wintertons researched the use of National Occupational Standards in Management (Management Standards) in 16 organisations covering the following sectors:

mining
galvanising
retail
oil
engineering
civil service
insurance
charity
law courts
newspapers
NHS (3 organisations)
aeroplane components
clothing
footwear.

The 131-page report concludes that:

competence-based management development leads to identifiable improvements in individual, organisational and business performance
competence-based management development is more likely to produce improvements in performance when linked to organisational strategy and when HRD systems and processes are based on the Management Standards.

Is anyone aware of any other robust research like this which measures the return on investment of using National Occupational Standards?

Trevor Boutall
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Do National Occupational Standards actually lead to improvements in individual and organisational performance? If you have done any work yourself with NOS...

Trevor Boutall
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Mar 28, 2008
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Whilst clearing out some old papers from my time at the Management Charter Initiative (MCI), I came across The Business Benefits of Competence-based Management...

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Apr 19, 2008
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