Title: Qualitative analysis of core functional competencies in Indian manufacturing industry

Authors: Rajdeep Singh; Chandan Deep Singh; Talwinder Singh

Addresses: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Punjabi University, Patiala, India ' Department of Mechanical Engineering, Punjabi University, Patiala, India ' Department of Mechanical Engineering, Punjabi University, Patiala, India

Abstract: Core functional competencies play a major role in the organisations for better competitiveness in the market. These provide a firm's capabilities so that it can perform quickly, with greater flexibility, or with a higher calibre of reliability than competitors. For analysing these factors, various tools and techniques are used like quantitative and qualitative analysis tools. This paper explores the study and analysis of the core functional competencies using various qualitative tools in multi criteria decision making techniques. During the analysis different factors have been identified and categorised on the priority basis using the MCDM techniques which can help the organisation through better insight of core functional competencies.

Keywords: technical competency; VIKOR; TOPSIS; EDAS; MOORA; SMART.

DOI: 10.1504/IJPMB.2023.134145

International Journal of Process Management and Benchmarking, 2023 Vol.15 No.3, pp.310 - 331

Received: 14 Jun 2022
Accepted: 05 Jul 2022
Published online: 12 Oct 2023 *

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