Study On Individual Advantage Identification Of Competency Of Top Management Teams In Enterprises Based On Upgrading Of Industrial Clusters

Currently, the industrial clusters in China develop slowly. It is necessary to promoteupgrading of industrial clusters. The top management team in enterprises of industrialclusters are major directors to improve performance of enterprises and promote upgradingof industrial clusters. Their competency is important for upgrading of industrial clusters.Elevating the level of competency of top management team based on upgrading ofindustrial clusters will promote upgrading of industrial clusters effectively.First, this paper described the concept of upgrading of industrial clusters and madethe theory about Diamond Model more reasonable for our country, on the basis of whichthe factors based on upgrading of industrial clusters were proposed, and then explained theconcept of top management team and competency. Besides, this study also described thetheory about the model of competency. All of this laid the foundations for the design ofquestionnaire about individual competency of top management team based on upgradingof industrial clusters.Second, research hypotheses were put forward based on the literature research andthe practical situation of top management team. The questionnaire about individualcompetency of top management team based on upgrading of industrial clusters wasdesigned in accord with the factors based on upgrading of industrial clusters, combinedwith the result of interviewing some top managers in the industrial clusters and theopinions of experts in this area. Then the inspection of questionnaire revealed that itsvalidity and reliability were on a high level. Then the indexes of individual competency oftop management team provided a reliable standard for individual advantage identificationin enterprises of industrial clusters.Again, aiming at the problem that the evaluation of competency existed shortcomingsin identifying individual advantage, this paper put forward a model of individualadvantage identification of top management team’s competency based on upgrading ofindustrial clusters according to the thought of goal programming, which made theevaluation most beneficial to the evaluated. The model proved to be valid through apractical example.Finally, this paper described application of the model in human resource managementand put forward some strategies in order to make human resource management in enterprises of industrial clusters more scientific and valid and change the situation that thecompetency of top management team is not on a high level, which can help to offer aguarantee of talent to upgrading of industrial clusters in China.