Building Technical Competency

Building Technical Competency Technical Competency concerns the knowledge and repertoire of behaviors one can bring to dear to successfully complete a task.

Need of technical competence for followers

There are many reasons why followers need to have a high level of technical competency: 1. Performance is often a function of technical competence. Relatedly, research has shown that technical expertise plays a key role in supervisors performance appraisal ratings of subordinates. 2. Followers with high levels of technical competence have a lot of expert power, and at times can wield more influence in their groups than the leader does. 3. Individuals with high levels of technical competence may be more likely to be a member of a leaders in group. Relatedly, followers with high levels of technical competence are more likely to be delegated task and asked to participate in the decision-making process.

Need of technical competence for leaders

There are also many reasons why it benefits leaders to have high level of technical competence: 1 technical competence has been found to be consistently related to managerial promotion rates. Managers having higher levels of technical competence were much more likely to rise to the top managerial levels at AT & T than managers with lower levels of technical competence. 2 Having a high levels of technical competence is important because many leaders, particularly first line supervisors, often spend considerable time training followers. 3 Leaders with high levels of technical competence seem to be able to reduce the levels of role ambiguity and conflict in there groups , and followers are generally more satisfied with leaders who have I rather than average levels of technical competence . 4 leaders who have high levels of technical competence may be able to stimulate followers to think about problems and issues in new ways, which in turn has been found to be strongly related to organizational climate ratings and followers motivation to succeed.

Advice for improving technical competence

1. determining how the job contributes to the overall mission The first in building technical competence is to determine how ones job contributes to the overall success of the organization. by taking this step individual can better determine what technical knowledge and which behaviors are most strongly related to job and organizational success. These actions will help individuals to get a batter handle on their on strengths and weaknesses, and in turn can help people to be certain that any formal education or training program they pursue is best suited to meet their need.

Becoming an expert in the job:

Becoming an expert in the job ones primary field is often the springboard for further developmental opp.

3.Seeking opportunities to broaden experiences:

individuals can improve their technical competence by seeking opportunities to broaden their experiences. People should visit other part of the organization in order to gain an understanding of its whole operation.

Building effective relationships with superiors:

1. Superiors are those individuals with relatively more power and authority than other member of the group thus superiors could be teachers, band directors, coaches team captains or first line supervisors.