In plain English
These are the broad behaviour areas a company sees as most important in how someone does their job. They group the key work behaviours the organization expects and uses when judging performance.
In context
Here, "core competencies" names the main essential work-behaviour categories that the organization is rating in the review form.
- Situation
- Setting goals, receiving feedback, completing reviews, and discussing performance
- What it communicates
- labels the rated behavior categories in the review form.
Meaning limits
The term itself does not say which specific behaviours are included in each category or how they are weighted.
Examples
“During the annual review, the supervisor rated Amina against the company's core competencies, such as teamwork and judgement, separately from her sales figures.”
“Managers score the employee's core competencies on the review form before writing their overall comments.”