Capability

Assessment
How to do it effectively
What is a capability assessment?
A capability assessment is a structured and standardised
framework for evaluating the capabilities and competencies of
job seekers and your current employees.
It is usually conducted on a regular basis to find the strengths
and capability gaps in your workforce.
Two types of capability

BUSINESS CAPABILITIES EMPLOYEE CAPABILITIES

The abilities, tools, The skills, knowledge and
processes and knowledge behaviours of an employee
an organisation possesses allowing them to perform
to be able to deliver on their job.
products or services.
Why it matters
Without a capability assessment, you’re going into any
workforce planning (WFP), learning and development (L&D) or
professional development activity blindly. You won’t know
which skills gaps or capabilities to target to help build business
resilience.
Remember
The capabilities your organisation needs are specific to your
organisation alone. Whatever tool you use, you need to make
sure it’s tailored to assess the specific capabilities necessary
for your employees and business.
 Steps To
Conduct An
Assessment
 Identify Capabilities
Evaluate which business and employee capabilities will
help you achieve your business strategy. This means
analysing which business and employee capabilities will
have the greatest (positive) impact both financially and for
the customer.
 Evaluate The Assessment
You need to be consistent, objective and unbiased in your
scoring of assessment criteria. How you collect data is up
to you. Capability maturity means how well-developed
those capabilities are.
When assessing
capability, there are 5
levels of maturity
 Analyse Results/Review
The main purpose of a capability assessment is to identify
areas of improvement. The data will reveal what skills your
workforce is capable in. But it will also highlight any
opportunity for training where your workforce falls below
your desired skill and capability targets.
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