Role of Socio-Cultural Competencies for Professional Managers

Running head: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLANNING AND ETHICS
“What is the role of socio-cultural competencies for the professional manager in making a
positive difference to society?”
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Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................2
Literature review........................................................................................................................2
Importance of the skills for today’s managers.......................................................................2
Academic and popular literature on 2 of the socio cultural competencies.............................3
The main body............................................................................................................................4
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................6
Bibliography...............................................................................................................................7

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Introduction
The allocated competencies that have direct relevance to the reflective journey are
leadership, commitment, cultural empathy and creative & Innovation. However,
competencies are particular traits which organization’s recruiters find desirable for employees
to develop. At the times of interviews and assessment procedures, competencies are drawing
on as benchmark, which assessors use to appraise candidates. Skills and competencies are
similar in some way but both these two concepts are quite different in terms of their functions
(Ellinger & Ellinger, 2014). My skills as a leader are of communication, delegation, positivity
and responsibility. Skills are therefore the ability of an individual that is derived from his or
her knowledge, practice or aptitude whereas, on the other hand competency is more than just
knowledge and skills, it help an employee and lead them towards superior performances.
Thus, I want to become human resource manager in future. HR managers play a vital role in
the organizations because they not only provide supervision to their own department but also
liable for acquisition and management of employees (Harris & Tregidga, 2012).
Literature review
Importance of the skills for today’s managers
Today’s environment of the workplaces are seldom about doing similar things day in
and out rather today’s knowledge economy has greatly changed the work from being mostly
task oriented to creative and fusion. Therefore, the four social competencies that are
identified hold greater importance for today’s managers. The first important skill is that of
leadership which plays an important role for the managers. Manager’s role has the
responsibilities of leadership and therefore, every manager today uses the title of a leader
rather than of a manager (Robles, 2012). This title can alone can help today’s managers to