In one TheHoustonChronicle.com article, titled Importance of Cognitive Skills in HR, author Ruth Mayhew discusses the abilities, skills, and attributes needed for individuals who are in the human resource field. Mayhew (2015) believes that there are several key skills/attributes that are important determinants for how successful an individual will be in the field of human resources and employee management. Several of the abilities Mayhew (2015) discusses are written and verbal communication, reasoning, perception, and visualization (Importance of Cognitive Skills in HR, 2015). Mayhew (2015) believes these attributes to be so essential that she states “…the very nature of human resources work, both strategic and functional, requires that professionals
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According to Colquitt, LePine, and Wesson, abilities are the “…relatively stable capabilities people have to perform a particular range of different but related activities” (Organiztional Behavior, 2014, p. 320). Most of the abilities mentioned by both source authors can be classified as Cognitive because most of the abilities discussed apply knowledge to try and creatively solve problems. Also, both sets of authors strongly believe in what is referred to as general cognitive ability, which is in essence the level of ability an individual has in each different kind of cognitive ability. Mayhew (2015) does not discuss general cognitive ability directly like Colquitt, LePine, and Wesson (2014), but due to the amount and variety of abilities she mentions, she would strongly support the existence and importance of a high level of general cognitive ability like the authors of Organizational Behavior …show more content…
Any component of a worker that would alter this outcome, then, would be studied and analyzed in great detail. As Colquitt, LePine, and Wesson (2014) and Mayhew (2015) indicate, employee ability is one of those components. An individual’s ability to succeed in a given job/position is heavily reliant on that person’s own abilities, whether it be his/her ability to effectively communicate with fellow co-workers or his/her ability to perceive details that escape the view of others. Knowing this will help workers as they begin to search for jobs that match their abilities as well as employers as they look for candidates with certain abilities to effectively fill their company’s open positions. Making sure that the right people are doing the right jobs is an efficient and effective way to increase both the individual’s performance as well as the organization’s performance. Having a job that matches an employee’s abilities can also have a positve effect on his/her engagement and commiment, increasing the postive effects the organizaton will
According to Colquitt, LePine, and Wesson, abilities are the “…relatively stable capabilities people have to perform a particular range of different but related activities” (Organiztional Behavior, 2014, p. 320). Most of the abilities mentioned by both source authors can be classified as Cognitive because most of the abilities discussed apply knowledge to try and creatively solve problems. Also, both sets of authors strongly believe in what is referred to as general cognitive ability, which is in essence the level of ability an individual has in each different kind of cognitive ability. Mayhew (2015) does not discuss general cognitive ability directly like Colquitt, LePine, and Wesson (2014), but due to the amount and variety of abilities she mentions, she would strongly support the existence and importance of a high level of general cognitive ability like the authors of Organizational Behavior …show more content…
Any component of a worker that would alter this outcome, then, would be studied and analyzed in great detail. As Colquitt, LePine, and Wesson (2014) and Mayhew (2015) indicate, employee ability is one of those components. An individual’s ability to succeed in a given job/position is heavily reliant on that person’s own abilities, whether it be his/her ability to effectively communicate with fellow co-workers or his/her ability to perceive details that escape the view of others. Knowing this will help workers as they begin to search for jobs that match their abilities as well as employers as they look for candidates with certain abilities to effectively fill their company’s open positions. Making sure that the right people are doing the right jobs is an efficient and effective way to increase both the individual’s performance as well as the organization’s performance. Having a job that matches an employee’s abilities can also have a positve effect on his/her engagement and commiment, increasing the postive effects the organizaton will