Investigating Knowledge Competence Of Civil Engineers In Malaysia
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Date
2013-12
Authors
Ishak, Md Sayuti
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Universiti Sains Malaysia
Abstract
The competence of workers has always been regarded as the cornerstone of high
performance and productivity of organisations, be it in the public or private sectors. It
is generally accepted that competent workers significantly add values to their
respective organisations. One of the key elements of competence of employees is
knowledge competence. In the civil engineering field, knowledge competence is
made of by a number of components, namely, engineering knowledge, engineering
management knowledge, self-development knowledge, communication knowledge,
IT knowledge, finance knowledge and legal knowledge. Without doubt, a civil
engineer must possess these subject matters before he can be considered as a
competent civil engineer. Nevertheless, no study had previously been conducted to
determine such qualities. To fill this research gap, there is a need to develop a model
of knowledge competence for civil engineers in the Malaysian context. To drive the
research forward, the following objectives are utilise: to identify the knowledge
competence components, knowledge competence components level, relationship
between the knowledge competence components and the knowledge competence of
civil engineers and to develop a framework of knowledge competence for civil
engineers. A number of hypotheses have also been used to understand the
relationships between knowledge competence requirements and knowledge
competency of civil engineers.
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Knowledge Competence , Civil Engineers