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Competence (polyseme) Competence (also called ''competency'' or ''capability''Leonard-Barton, Dorothy. (1992). ''doi:10.1002/smj.4250131009, Core capabilities and core rigidities: A paradox in managing new product development.'' Strategic Management Journal. Vol. 13 ...

, capacity or ability to perform effectively Competence or competency may also refer to: *

Competence (human resources) Competence is the set of demonstrable personal characteristics or KSAOs (Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Other characteristics) that enable job performance at a high level with consistency and minimal difficulty. Competency in human resources ...

, ability of a person to do a job properly **

Competence-based management Competence-based strategic management is a way of thinking about how organizations gain high performance for a significant period of time. Established as a theory in the early 1990s, competence-based strategic management theory explains how organi ...

, performance-oriented organizational operation **

Core competency A core competency is a concept in management theory introduced by C. K. Prahalad and Gary Hamel.Prahalad, C.K. and Hamel, G. (1990)The core competence of the corporation", Harvard Business Review (v. 68, no. 3) pp. 79–91. It can be define ...

, management concept of identifying the basis of competitiveness in an industry *

Competency-based learning Competency-based learning or competency-based education is a framework for teaching and assessment of learning. It is also described as a type of education based on predetermined "competencies," which focuses on outcomes and real-world performance ...

, framework for teaching and assessment of learning *

Social competence Social competence consists of social, emotional, cognitive, and behavioral skills needed for successful social adaptation. Social competence also reflects having the ability to take another's perspective concerning a situation, learn from past e ...

, social, emotional, cognitive, and behavioral skills needed for successful social adaptation **

Cultural competence Cultural competence, also known as intercultural competence, is a range of cognitive, affective, behavioral, and linguistic skills that lead to effective and appropriate communication with people of other cultures. Intercultural or cross-cultural ...

, set of behaviours or social skills **

Cross-cultural competence Cross-cultural competence refers to the knowledge, skills, and affect/motivation that enable individuals to adapt effectively in cross-cultural environments. Cross-cultural competence is defined here as an individual capability that contributes to ...

, set of congruent behaviors, attitudes, and policies that enables effective work in cross-cultural situations **

Cultural competence in healthcare Cultural competence in healthcare refers to the ability of healthcare professionals to effectively understand and respect patients' diverse values, beliefs, and feelings. This process includes consideration of the individual social, cultural, ...

, health care services that are sensitive and responsive to the needs of diverse cultures *

Competence (law) In United States and Canadian law, competence concerns the mental capacity of an individual to participate in legal proceedings or transactions, and the mental condition a person must have to be responsible for his or her decisions or acts. Comp ...

, ability to understand the nature and effect of the act in which the person is engaged **

Competency evaluation (law) In the United States criminal justice system, a competency evaluation is an assessment of the ability of a defendant to understand and rationally participate in a court process. Other legal systems, such as those in Canada, the United Kingdom, and ...

, the means used to determine if a criminal defendant is competent to stand trial **

EU competences In the European Union, the principle of subsidiarity is the principle that decisions are retained by Member States if the intervention of the European Union is not necessary. The European Union should take action collectively only when Member St ...

, a model for subsidiarity within the European Union *

Competence (geology) In geology, competence refers to the degree of resistance of rocks to deformation or flow. In mining, 'competent rocks' are those in which an unsupported opening can be made. More competent rock weathers slower than less competent rock. Charact ...

, degree of resistance of rocks to deformation in terms of mechanical strength *

Natural competence In microbiology, genetics, cell biology, and molecular biology, competence is the ability of a cell to alter its genetics by taking up extracellular DNA from its environment through a process called transformation. Competence can be differentiat ...

, ability of cells to alter their own genetics by taking up extracellular DNA *

Communicative competence The concept of communicative competence, as developed in linguistics, originated in response to perceived inadequacy of the notion of linguistic competence. That is, communicative competence encompasses a language user's grammatical knowledge of s ...

, broad linguistic internalized knowledge of a language and its usage *

Linguistic competence In linguistics, linguistic competence is the system of unconscious knowledge that one has when they know a language. It is distinguished from linguistic performance, which includes all other factors that allow one to use one's language in practic ...

, system of linguistic knowledge possessed by native speakers of a language *

Conscious competence In psychology, the four stages of competence, or the "conscious competence" learning model, relates to the psychological states involved in the process of progressing from incompetence to competence in a skill. People may have several skills, some ...

, a psychological model of learning

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