The Study On The Competency Of Enterprise Middle-level Managers

As the nucleus of the enterprise's Human Capital, the level of the middle-level managers'competency will affect the production, the management and the develop- ment of the enterprise. The purpose of this dissertation is to explore the competency of the middle-level managers in enterprises in China, assess the level of the middle- level managers'competency, and discuss the factors that affect the interviewees' views on the competences specially.Four parts are included in this research:Firstly, based on the theories and research findings of the competency, the integrated structure of this research is proposed. Secondly, questionnaire method is employed to select the competences feasible to the middle-level managers in Chinese enterprises and build up a general competency model. Thirdly, based on the competences, a competency assessment scale is constructed to explore the structures of the competency.Last, test the level of the middle-level managers and study the differences caused by the influencing factors.Supported by the China Development Foundation and Jiangsu Province Enterprises Confederation, this research investigates over 20 enterprises in Jiangsu and Taiwan. More than 50 middle-level managers are interviewed and 469 effective questionnaires are retrieved. The result shows that the middle-level managers have different views from the senior managers and the HR experts. The assessment scale is proved to have 14 components with good reliability and validity and the competency of the in-service middle-level managers cross-Straits is satisfactory and also there are many factors have significant influences to the competency level.Suggestions are provided to both enterprises and middle-level managers on the basis of the data analysis.The conclusions of the research are conductive to provide empirical evidences to the prospective middle-level managers'selection, training, performance appraisal and also provide suggestions to the team construction of middle-level managers and to the career planning of themselves.