Influencing performance improvement using skill charting

This paper serves several purposes. It provides a brief exposition on the general definitions and features of skills and competence in organizations, presents an overview of skill charting, offers specific methods to demonstrate training for skill development using constructivist approaches (skill charting/competency mapping); and then presents the results of a brief study that encompasses the approaches discussed. The findings of the study indicate that the skill charting methods have value, promise, and that they require further study.