The Study Of Instruments In Management Of Skills

Abstract

This contribution aims to highlight the coherent configurations of management instruments and the strategic aims likely to underpin skills management systems. An instrumentalized approach to skills management reveals the contribution that the rational use of the management tools inherent in the skills rationale (skills repositories, skills maps, and skills-based training) can make to the implementation of a sustainable competitive advantage. From this perspective, a company's performance is not analyzed in terms of its competitive position or the opportunities it can seize (Porterian approach to strategy). However, the path to competitiveness lies in the combination of the company's resources and skills, accumulated over time and space and exploited in several markets (diversification strategy). The objective of this contribution is to examine the modalities of an unfinished business in terms of management tools and the repercussions on the implementation of strategic skills management as a reliable structure for building a sustainable competitive advantage based on long-term strategic assets.