Book excerpt: Competencies are significant both for Organization and for employees. Competencies are further-looking. They illustrate the skills and attribute staff and managers will require in order to build new organizational traditions and meet future challenge. They assist organizations elucidate expectations, describe future development needs, and do more focused recruitment and development planning. Competencies offer a sound basis for trustworthy and objective performance standards by creating common language about what is required and expected in an Organization. The term "competency" refers to amalgamation of skills, attributes and behavior that are openly related to doing well performance on the job, which are considered important for all employees of the Organization, in spite of their function or rank.