beyond competency based training: a new paradigm for
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Dr. Craig M. Arndt
Defense Acquisition University
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Beyond competency based
training: A new Paradigm
for training Department of
Defense employees
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Beyond competency based training
Defining the problem
State of the Art
Requirements
Solution
Role of Technology
Role of Mentoring
Effects on Performance
Questions
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Developing the Problem
• Current State-of-the-Art
• Training requirements
• Objective
• Opportunities
• Constraints
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Current State of the Art in DoD
Adult learning (training)
• Specific training in specific skills and
carrier fields.
• Each class is defined by objective to
develop skills in specific competencies
• Competencies are defined by
leadership as required for success in
different jobs.
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Competency based training
• Theory
– Competencies are minimum requirements for success
– Competencies are sufficient for success
– Competencies can be determined and documented at the
top level
• Practical
– Competencies need to be stable
– Competencies need to be good predictors of performance
– Competencies can be captured and incorporated into
curriculum
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Training requirements
• The requirements for additional in training and learning
in the acquisition workforce continue to grow and
change at an ever increasing rate.
• The requirements are changing much faster than
training organizations ability to develop additional
training.
• Younger employees have different learning stiles and
needs
• Traditional curriculum become rapidly obsolete and
requires significant resources to develop and maintain.
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Current statues of
Adult training
• Training is designed around fixed
competencies and specific certification
requirements (leadership defined).
• The trend is to expand training to qualification
training based on an expanded set of fixed
competencies (leadership defined).
• Additional develop is taking place in alternate
delivery methods
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Objectives
• Reduce cycle time for new content
development
• Develop training that meets of needs of
the workforce
• Reduce the cost of new curriculum
development
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Opportunities
• All learning regardless of content and delivery
method enhances the individual and the group.
• Significant new content is being developed
throughout the world every day.
• The access to learning content is getting easier all
the time
• The younger workforce is more conferrable with non-
traditional content delivery
• The use of distributed content development and
delivery has the potential to reduce cost.
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Millennial’s and their
learning preferences
• Information on Demand
• Self organizing
• Collaborative
• Integrate content from many different sources
• Personalize learning
• Students: Find, Filter, Focus
• Teachers: Guide, Facilitate, Coach
University of Pittsburg, Medical School Study
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Constraints
• The funds available for developing and
deploying training continues to go down.
• The rate of change in job requirements
and the rate of change underlying
technology continues to increases.
• In some employee groups (younger
employees) competency based classes
actually reduce like long learning.
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Technical Challenge
• Develop training to new set of training requirements
• Develop training methods that are highly flexible
• Develop training that encourages life long learning
• Develop training methods that will result in
significantly high levels of performance and
significantly lower cost.
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The New Paradigm
Building on success
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Solution: If not Competency based
then what?
• Organic learning model
• Three part model
1. Self Directed life long learning
2. Growing both horizontally and vertically
3. Taking advantage of ever growing availability
of content
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Characteristics of the
Organic Model
• Takes advantage of conductivity and
availability of a wide range of content
• The organizations (jobs, schools,
community) benefit from better
employees
• Employees guild their training and
growth
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Roles and Responsibilities in the
Organic learning models
• The Individual
– Determines need based on real world, real time
job requirements
– Finds and organizes content
– Continues to grow
• The Organization
– Makes content available
– Documents training and learning
– Provides instruction and tools for learning
– Provides coaching and support
– Work with teams
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DAU Acquisition Learning Model
DAU is with you throughout your career
Gain fundamental
acquisition
knowledge and skills
Find acquisition
resources to help
you on the job
Receive assistance
tailored to your
organization’s
specific needs
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Role of Technology
• The increasing speed of technology
development drives the need for new
training
• Educational technology and the
development of curriculum significantly
lags requirements for new skills
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Role of Mentoring
• Effective On the Job Training (OJT) and
hands on mentoring has proven to be
the most effective form training.
• In an environment of new tasks and
new skills the need for new skills has
out passed the tradition OJT and
mentoring programs.
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Effects on Performance
• The Under-Secretary of Defense for Acquisition
Better Buying Power, Need for professionalism in the
workforce
• Improvements in the workforce are critical in an
environment of increased complexity and decreasing
human resources.
• The most effective training is delivered at the point of
need (use) and to the individuals and teams doing
the work.
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Questions ??