title: Professional activities of civil servants: a competency-based approach
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metadata.value: Vasilieva, Elena A.
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2019-12-13T18:29:19Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2019-12-13T18:29:19Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2019-12
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.citation
metadata.value: Vasilieva E. A. Professional activities of civil servants: a competency-based approach. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Sociology, 2019, vol. 12, issue 4, pp. 329–349.
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu12.2019.403
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.uri
metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/16858
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: The article analyzes the problem of a competency-based approach in the system of civil service
  in in the Russian Federation. It was established that the professionalism of public servants is
  defined as a competence, which means the ability to effectively fulfill their duties relying on
  their competencies and in the conditions of active interaction within the system and with
  citizens. Furthermore, not only functional competencies become essential such as knowledge,
  and skills in the field of administration, but also management and communication skills become
  significant. It has been determined that the requirements established in the Directory
  of Qualification Requirements for public service were primarily functional in nature and do
  not take into account the institutional component of public administration. Also, the Federal
  Educational Standards does not form a complete list of requirements established in the Directory.
  Thus, the competencies defined in regulatory documents do not meet the requirements
  put forward by the society for public service as the main subject of public administration. This discrepancy leads to the emergence of some social risks. Firstly, the role model, formed in the
  Directory, meets the expectations of society for the humanization of public administration,
  but reduces the social status of public servants to the level of technical administrative personnel.
  This leads to demotivation of officials, a decrease in the quality of public administration,
  and an increase in dysfunctions, such as red tape and formalization. Secondly, the competency
  model formed in the course of education does not meet the professional requirements that
  apply to lower-level public servants. Unfortunately, institutional competencies are not taken
  into account during HR methods, and therefore employees are not motivated to develop them
  in full. The resulting frustration leads to increased tension within the public service system,
  which is subsequently transmitted into society, and facilitates the decrease in confidence in the
  state. Further improvement of the competency-based approach in the public administration
  system is associated with both the revision of regulatory documents and the revision of the
  principles of organizing employee training.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.language.iso
metadata.value: ru
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Sociology;Volume 12; Issue 4
metadata.lang: -
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: professional activity
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: public service
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: competence
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: expertise
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: GEF
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Professionalism
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Professional activities of civil servants: a competency-based approach
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: Article
metadata.lang: en_GB
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