ty, low firm specificity and low industry specificity. They are quite similar to technical skills of Katzs (1974) classification. The only improvement over Katz is that technical competences have been classified here into 3 distinct categories: standard technical competencies, technical trade skills, and unique competencies.Standard technical skills include: typing and stenographic skills, knowledge of generic budgeting and accounting principles and methods, computer skills, craft and other technical skills that can be applied across industries.V. Technical Trade Competencies: These types of competencies are task specific, industry specific and firm non-specific. These competencies are useful within the industry on few selected tasks. The examples of these include skills in building automotive vehicles, skills in assembling computer hardware etc.VI. Unique competencies : This set includes highly firm specific, task specific and hence is called unique competencies. Thesecompetencies apply to one task within one firm only and include knowledge and skills related to operation of unique technology, for example, skills related to use of specialized tools. Knowledge of devices specially developed within firm; skills in repairing tailored technology; skills of maintaining organizationally ideosyncratic routines and procedure.Competence - Performance Linkage:On the basis of available literature Campbell and Pritchard (1976) proposed following expression for predicting performance.Performance=f (aptitude X skill X understanding of the task X choice to extend effort X choice of degreeof effort X choice to persist X facilities and inhibiting conditions not under the controlof the individual)Here aptitude, skill, and understanding of the task are cognitive factors and can be considered the components of ability or competence; choice to expand effort, choice of degree effort, and choice to persist are the components of motivation. What used...
