How do competencies differ from skills and knowledge?
Competencies only include behaviors that demonstrate excellent performance. Therefore, they do not include knowledge, but do include “applied” knowledge or the behavioral application of knowledge that produces success. In addition, competencies do include skills, but only the manifestation of skills that produce success. Finally, competencies are not work motives, but do include observable behaviors related to motives. (See figure below for an illustration of these key points.
