ABSTRACT
Competenees and consequently competence evaluation has gradually become a strategic issues in academia, business and administration. Despite the conceptual ambiguity the competence approach is widely adopted. The competence framework literature provides an integrative system for human resource management. For example, eompetenees are often conceptualized as the underlying characteristics of the individual, and as a combination of skills, knowledge and attitudes. In this paper eompetences refer to traits, knowledge, skills, experience and values that an individual needs to accomplish his or her tasks. Competcnce assessment becomes a significant instrument for predicting work-role performance, and accordingly a core element for human resource management practices.
