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This chapter analyzes the concept of competency from a managerial perspective, exploring the competence model in the Public Sector from a theoretical and a practical view. First, we explore the concept of competency, distinguishing a rationalist and positivist approach—entity-based perspective—and a more sociological background—social construction perspective. Then, we give a broader picture of public management competences, describing competency-based Public Administration research and illustrating the evidence related to the behavioral competences of Italian public employees. Afterward, we analyze the relationship between human resource management practices and managerial competencies in an international and national public context.
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National Institute of Social Security (INPS) is the main social security institution of the Italian public pension system, in which all public or private employees must be enrolled and most of the self-employed workers who do not have their own autonomous pension fund.
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Formez is an Italian semiprivate institution based in Rome, with branches in Naples and Cagliari, which assists, among others, the Department of Public Administration in the coordination of training policies within the public sector.
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De Nito, E., Iacono, M.P. (2021). Rethinking the Concept of Competencies for Public Managers. In: Decastri, M., Battini, S., Buonocore, F., Gagliarducci, F. (eds) Organizational Development in Public Administration. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-43799-2_2
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