Exploring Managerial Competencies & Employee Wellbeing in Public & Private Organizations Under Competency Management Approach: an Evidence From Pakistan: Haleema Tariq, Muqqadas Rehman, Chaudhry Abdul Rehman

This research paper aims at providing a robust understanding about the managerial competencies in both public and private firms. At present, the competency management is widely recognized horizon in developed and developing countries. The paper attempts to explore how managers try to resolve the grievances at their workplaces. This exploratory study is qualitative in nature and data were gathered by conducting twelve semistructured interviews with public and private managerial employees. The current research extensively focuses on exclusive competencies utilized by managers of public-private setups. Both the organizational learning theory and competency management frameworks helped to shape the managerial competencies. This study included work-oriented experiences and subjective perspectives of managers and the working styles were also identified. Drawing on the lens of organizational learning and competencies, peculiar informal practices and strategies were established and managed for effective management. The insightful research findings provide great debate that managers are encountered with many performance issues and they apply multiple competencies like planning & monitoring work, judgment ability, influence, communication, teamwork and integrity & self-awareness which significantly redress the employee impediments, performance pitfalls and organizational predicament. These competencies motivate the managers to perform well; ultimately they contribute in uplifting the organizational image from deterioration. The organizational learning theory has great contribution and it plays a vital role for establishing the manager-competences. The managers collectively need a more interactive approach and clear vision. It is noteworthy here that further research calls emerge for more explanatory mechanism based on subjective perceptions which produce a distinctive combination of factors which may influence and diversify the employee competencies