Individual competencies and organizational modernity: a comparative study between professionals from Minas Gerais and Bahia

Sant'Anna, Anderson de Souza; Santos, Jair Nascimento; Diniz, Daniela Martins; Benevides, Telma Nascimento; Dultra, Marcelo Pereira Melo

doi:10.1590/0104-530X1191-15

Anderson de Souza Sant'Anna

Núcleo de Desenvolvimento de Liderança, Fundação Dom Cabral – FDC, Av. Princesa Diana, 760, Alphaville, CEP 34000-000, Nova Lima, MG, Brazil, e-mail: anderson@fdc.org.br; danidiniz09@yahoo.com.br

Jair Nascimento Santos

Universidade Salvador – UNIFACS, Av. Luis Viana, 3146, Imbuí, CEP 41720-200, Salvador, BA, Brazil, e-mail: jair.santos@unifacs.br; telma.benevides@unifacs.br; marcelo.dultra@unifacs.br

Daniela Martins Diniz

Núcleo de Desenvolvimento de Liderança, Fundação Dom Cabral – FDC, Av. Princesa Diana, 760, Alphaville, CEP 34000-000, Nova Lima, MG, Brazil, e-mail: anderson@fdc.org.br; danidiniz09@yahoo.com.br

Telma Nascimento Benevides

Universidade Salvador – UNIFACS, Av. Luis Viana, 3146, Imbuí, CEP 41720-200, Salvador, BA, Brazil, e-mail: jair.santos@unifacs.br; telma.benevides@unifacs.br; marcelo.dultra@unifacs.br

Marcelo Pereira Melo Dultra

Universidade Salvador – UNIFACS, Av. Luis Viana, 3146, Imbuí, CEP 41720-200, Salvador, BA, Brazil, e-mail: jair.santos@unifacs.br; telma.benevides@unifacs.br; marcelo.dultra@unifacs.br

Administrative and People Management Practice Modernity	The organization’s compensation system rewards acts of competency
	The organization is strongly oriented to results
	There is an evaluation system that allows for the differentiation between good and bad performance
	The organization adequately balances concerns with financial results, with people, and with innovation
	Human resource policies and practices encourage people to be concerned with continuous learning
	Main criteria for promotion are the individual’s competency and productivity
	The organization combines the use of advanced technologies and the creativity of people in a balanced manner
	The technology employed favors the interaction between people and areas
	The organization’s policies and practices encourage people to be well-informed and updated at all times
	The organization’s strategy, mission, objectives and goals are clearly defined
	The organization’s human resource policies and practices encourage personal and professional development
	Overall, employees know what they should do to collaborate towards the organization’s objectives
	The organization accepts behavioral diversity and respects individual differences
	The work environment facilitates relationship among people, even those at different hierarchical levels
Political Modernity	The organization’s decision-making process is decentralized
	The organization favors decision-making autonomy
	As concerns the political aspect, the regimen prevailing in the organization can be characterized as democratic
	Decision-making processes are participatory and transparent
	The organization counts on participatory management systems that encourage people’s initiative and action
Cultural Modernity	The organization’s internal ambiance encourages new, creative ideas
	The organization’s internal ambiance encourages people to be in a continuous learning process in their working routines
	There is an encouraging ambiance in the organization such that people can pursue their activities and seek to exceed themselves
	The organization encourages individual initiative and responsibility

Professional Competencies	Minas Gerais [0.10]		Bahia [1.5]
Professional Competencies	Average	Median	Average	Median
Capacity to commit to the organization’s objectives	8.6	9.0	4.1	4.0
Interpersonal relationship capacity	8.5	9.0	4.0	4.0
Capacity to yield effective results	8.5	9.0	3.9	3.0
Teamwork capacity	8.4	9.0	4.0	3.0
Capacity to communicate	8.4	9.0	3.8	4.0
Emotional self-control	8.1	8.0	3.8	4.0
Action and decision-making initiative	8.1	8.0	3.7	4.0
Capacity to deal with new, uncommon situations	7.9	8.0	3.7	4.0
Capacity to learn new concepts and technologies quickly	7.8	8.0	3.5	4.0
Mastery of new technical knowledge associated to the performance of job or position taken	7.7	8.0	3.7	3.0
Capacity to deal with uncertainty and ambiguities	7.7	8.0	3.5	4.0
Creativity	7.7	8.0	3.4	4.0
Capacity to innovate	7.5	8.0	3.6	4.0
Comprehensive, global view of the world	7.2	7.0	3.3	3.0
Entrepreneurial capacity	7.2	8.0	3.2	4.0
Index of Professional Competency	8.0	8.3	3.7	3.7

Modernity of administration and people management practices	Minas [0.10]		Bahia [1.5]
	Average	Median	Average	Median
The organization is strongly veered towards results	7.0	8.0	3.9	4.0
The organization’s mission, objectives and goals are clearly defined	6.6	7.0	3.8	3.0
Overall, employees know what they should do to collaborate with the organization’s objectives	6.5	7.0	4.1	4.0
The working environment facilitates the relationship among people, even from different hierarchical levels	6.5	7.0	4.0	4.0
The technology employed favors the interaction between people and areas	6.0	6.0	3.7	4.0
The organization’s policies and practices encourage people to be well-informed and updated at all times.	5.9	6.0	3.4	3.0
The organization accepts behavioral diversity and respects individual differences	5.8	6.0	3.8	3.0
The main criteria for promotion are the individual’s competency and productivity	5.7	6.0	4.0	4.0
The organization adequately balances the use of advanced technologies with the creativity of people	5.7	6.0	3.5	4.0
The organization’s human resource policies and practices encourage personal and professional development	5.6	6.0	3.7	3.0
The organization adequately balances concerns with financial results, with people, and with innovation	5.5	6.0	3.6	3.0
Human resources policies and practices encourage people to be concerned with continuous learning	5.3	5.0	3.7	4.0
There is an evaluation system that allows the differentiation between good and bad performance	4.9	5.0	3.2	4.0
The organization’s compensation system rewards acts of competency	4.6	5.0	3.4	4.0
Index of Modernity	5.8	6.1	3.7	3.6

Organizational Modernity	Minas [0.10]		Bahia [1.5]
Organizational Modernity	Average	Median	Average	Median
Cultural modernity	6.4	6.5	3.7	3.8
Modernity of administration and people management practices	5.8	6.1	3.7	3.6
Political modernity	5.3	5.4	3.3	3.8
Index of Organizational Modernity	5.8	6.0	3.6	3.7

Cultural Modernity	Minas [0.10]		Bahia [1.5]
Cultural Modernity	Average	Median	Average	Median
The organization encourages individual initiative and responsibility	6.7	7.0	3.9	4.0
The organization’s internal climate encourages people to be in a continuous learning process in their work routines	6.4	7.0	3.7	4.0
The organization’s internal climate encourages new, creative ideas	6.2	6.0	3.7	4.0
There is an encouraging climate in the organization for people to pursue their activities, seeking to exceed themselves	6.1	6.0	3.7	3.0
Index of Modernity	6.4	6.5	3.7	3.8

Competency Indicators (A)	Competency Indicators (B)	Correlation
Organizations from Bahia
Teamwork capacity	Innovation capacity	0.81
Capacity to commit to the organization’s objectives	Innovation capacity	0.77
Capacity to learn new concepts and technologies quickly	Interpersonal relationship capacity	0.76
Organizations from Minas Gerais
Innovation capacity	Creativity	0.72
Innovation capacity	Mastery of new technical knowledge	0.64
Interpersonal relationship capacity	Communication capacity	0.63

Political Modernity	Minas [0.10]		Bahia [1.5]
Political Modernity	Average	Median	Average	Median
As concerns the political aspect, the regimen prevailing in the organization can be characterized as democratic	5.5	6.0	3.8	4.0
The organization counts on participatory management systems that encourage people’s initiatives and actions	5.5	6.0	3.2	4.0
The organization favors decision-making autonomy	5.4	5.0	3.3	3.0
Decision-making processes are participatory and transparent	5.3	5.0	3.5	4.0
The organization’s decision-making process is decentralized	4.8	5.0	2.9	4.0
Index of Modernity	5.3	5.4	3.3	3.8

Modernity Indicator (A)	Modernity Indicator (B)	Correlation
Organizations from Bahia
The organization’s HR policies and practices encourage personal and professional development	HR policies and practices encourage people to be concerned with continuous learning	0.79
The organization’s policies and practices encourage people to be well-informed and updated at all times	HR policies and practices encourage people to be concerned with continuous learning	0.76
The organization’s decision-making process is decentralized	The organization favors decision-making autonomy	0.75
Organizations from Minas Gerais
The organization’s internal ambiance encourages people to be in a continuous leaning process in their daily routines	The organization’s internal ambiance stimulates new, creative ideas	0.83
There is a stimulating ambiance in the organization for people to pursue their activities, seeking to exceed themselves	The organization’s internal ambiance stimulates new, creative ideas	0.81
The organization’s HR policies and practices encourage personal and professional development	The organization’s policies and practices encourage people to be well-informed and updated at all times	0.797

[1] Source: Sant’Anna (2002)Sant’Anna, A. S. (2002). Competências individuais requeridas, modernidade organizacional e satisfação no trabalho: uma análise de organizações mineiras sob a ótica de profissionais da área da administração (Tese de doutorado). Centro de Pós-Gradução em Administração, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte..

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Individual competencies and organizational modernity: a comparative study between professionals from Minas Gerais and Bahia

Abstract

Professional Competencies	Capacity of quickly learning new concepts and technologies
	Team work capacity
	Creativity
	Comprehensive, global view of the world
	Capacity to commit to the organization’s objectives
	Capacity to communicate
	Capacity to deal with uncertainty and ambiguity
	Mastery of technical knowledge associated to the position taken
	Capacity to innovate
	Interpersonal relationship capacity
	Action and decision-making initiative
	Emotional self-control
	Entrepreneurial capacity
	Capacity to yield effective results
	Capacity to deal with new, uncommon situations.