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		<title><![CDATA[Ten Best Practices for Successful Competency Management]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=931095]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[As the foundation of a talent development strategy, your competency model guides the end-to-end management of your organization's talent base - from performance assessments & goal achievement, to training & development, workforce planning, and recruiting. However, as our economy shifts focus to delivering knowledge and services, core competencies become harder...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[CAD/CIM and the SAB software selection]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/Murphy/?p=955]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[This is a guest column by frequent contributor Erik Engbrecht. It's part of the SAB software discussion and represents exactly what I'd hoped to spawn with this whole imaginary company business: an interesting dialogue. That said, here's Erik:    Innovative information technology can be a critical means for...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2007 05:46:35 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Would you make this big a bet on SaaS?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-11406-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=21689&messageID=413159&start=0]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Would you make this big a bet on SaaS?It's the People, not the SystemI don't think they outsourced their core competency.  The core competency is recruiting, which is still very much a people-business. All they outsourced was the supporting IT infrastructure.  It's their recruiters that make or brake...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jun 2006 10:59:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Out-Sourcing and Competence]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-11202-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=18358&messageID=356463&start=0]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Out-Sourcing and CompetenceDefining "Competence"I think part of the problem is defining competence.  An IT person can be extremely technically adept, responsible, and have a desire to meet his customers' needs and still fail miserably to meet them, because he doesn't understand them.  He can't understand them, because he...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2006 06:14:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[AMR Research Alert: Rethinking Core Competencies]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=284365]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[In this thought-provoking article from AMR Research, author Bruce Richardson discusses recent trends in the Research and Development (R&D) arena and explains why "everyday low prices," which are great for consumers, make it hard for manufacturers and vendors to create a sustainable competitive advantage. Richardson goes on to outline the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2005 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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