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Capability Development

Capability is the general term for the knowledge accessible to the organisation to underpin individual, group and organisational productive capacity; including current and future potential.

Human Capability Development (HCD) provides a unique insight into not only how to build capabilities, but also the capital value such activities can generate for an organisation or society. As a base it moves to encompass more than just a narrow focus on training people for jobs or defining skills in terms of behavioural, role or task performance.   HCD within organisations underpins three key outcomes:

  1. Increasing performance and productivity by investing in leadership, education, training and development activities that increase the capabilities held by people and therefore affect performance.
  2. Increasing individual commitment and organisational responsiveness by investing in processes and technology that enhance the ability of people to collaborate and communicate in a manner that will enhance organisational goal attainment and the communication of a shared vision
  3. Accelerating the accumulation and integration of knowledge by investing in strategies that will increase the stock of capability available to the organisation, teams, individuals and members of collaborative communities.

 


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November 23, 2008