Indian HR competency modelling: Profiling, mapping and an investigation of HRM roles and competencies

This paper profiles and maps the existing Indian HR competency models against the practice-focused Australian Human Resource Institute’s (AHRI’s ) ‘Model of Excellence’ in order to assess their contemporary relevance. Secondly, it analyses empirically the diverse HRM roles, competencies and functions associated with a sample of different Indian organisation types and sizes, using the AHRI Model as its framework. Of the three Indian HR competency models profiled in the study (RPG, HR Compass and TVRLS), the HR Compass Model is the most relevant and similar to AHRI’s model as its seventeen competencies could be mapped across the seven competencies of the AHRI model. The empirical findings indicated that the majority of the organisations’ HR departments considered their key role to be that of a functional HRM specialist, followed closely by a strategic business partner role. Recruitment and selection were ranked as the most important functions across all organisations.