Values Over Skills

8/13/2019 Values Over Skills

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By

Sharad Raj Sharma

MBA (1stYear)

VALUES OVER SKILLS


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What are Values

The basic virtues or principles that makes usacceptable in the society or an organization.

It can be defined as Important and enduringbeliefs or ideals shared by the members of aculture about what is good and desirable andwhat is not.

Leadership, attitude, moral values, responsibility,team work etc are examples of values.


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Important Values


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What are skills

Skills are the combination of talents that a

person possess which helps him(her) do or

perform a work efficiently and with high

productivity in an organization.

It can be defined as An ability and capacity

acquired through deliberate, systematic and

sustained effort to smoothly carry out complex

activities or job functions.


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Values Vs Skills

Skills and techniques can be taught throughvarious training programs, but values cannot be

taught. Values come within a person by his/her

own effort.

Values inculcated remain within the person

forever whereas skills may be forgotten due to

lack of practice.

Skills are different for different organizations but

the core values are same for all organizations.


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Core Values


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Values over Skills

In an organization a persons skills must be wellsupported by his/her values, because without

some moral or organizational values his skills will

be of no use.

E.g. If a person makes use of his special skills and

does some harm to the organization then his skills

will be of no use, to the organization.

So such utilization of skills which has no essence

of values in it is not welcomed in any organization.


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Values over skills (contd.)

Skills give efficiency to a person whereas goodvalues gives a person the correct attitude and

personality that is required in an organization.

A persons skills may have to be changed

according to the requirement of the organization

but the values remain the sameirrespective of

the organization.

Business ethics needs more of values than

skills.


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Business Ethics

Ethics are moral guidelines which govern goodbehaviour. So behaving ethically is doing what is

morally right.

Ethical business is regarded as good business

practice.


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It means that employees must be hired for thevalues that they have and then must be trained for

skills.

In North America a poll of 900 Human Resource

professionals was taken. 31% of the respondents

said that they are looking for workers with good

motivational fit with team and organizations

culture.(source: Employers value fit over skills-

camagazine.com)

Hire for values train for skills


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Conclusion

Values and skills are both very important, butwhen there is a choice among both values

usually outweigh skills.

VALUES

SKILLS


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