SkillsNET® Scientists contribute to four articles in Human Resource Management Journal

WAXAHACHIE, TX October 3, 2006 -

Recently some of SkillsNET's outstanding scientists and technical advisory board members contributed to four articles published in the Human Resource Management Journal, further illustrating SkillsNET's position on the leading edge of research for job analysis.

According to Elsevier.com, "the Human Resource Management Review is a quarterly journal devoted to the publication of scholarly conceptual/theoretical articles pertaining to human resource management and allied fields.Its purpose is to provide a forum for ideas that will stimulate and lead to empirical research, as well as for the critical examination of existing concepts, models, and frameworks".

Located in volume 16 issue 3 each of the four articles contains information specific to SkillsNET's research, contribution, and discoveries through the development and implementation of our proprietary human capital management methodologies.

The first article, written by SkillsNET Founder Michael Brown and Chief Scientist Darrel Sandall, along with Roni Reiter-Palmon, CaraBeth Buboltz and Thomas Nimps, is entitled "Development of an O*NET Web-based Job Analysis and its Implementation in the U. S. Navy: Lessons Learned"(pgs 294-309). This article describes a web-based job analysis process that is based on O*NET, and explains how this method of job analysis is more flexible and less resource intensive than traditional job analysis methods. The paper also describes the application of the web-based job analysis process in the U.S. Navy and discusses strengths and limitations of this system.

The second article, entitled "Innovations in Job Analysis: Development and Application of Metrics to Analyze Job Data (pgs 310-323), was written by Lauren E. McEntire, Lesley R. Dailey, Holly K. Osburn, and Michael D. Mumford. This document details the development of metrics, their application and benefit to human resource professionals, and the use of O*NET.

The third article, which appears on pages 356-375 and is entitled "Occupationally-Specific Skills: Using Skills to Define and Understand Jobs and their Requirements" was written by SkillsNET's Jill Strange and Renae Manning, and co-authored by Roni Reiter-Palmon, Marcy Young and Joseph James. This article explains the need to identify occupationally-specific skills and outline a methodology used to create occupationally-specific skills.

Finally, the fourth article, entitled "Linking Instructional Objectives to the Design of Instructional Environments: The Integrative Training Design Matrix," presents a system to the reader, referred to as the Integrative Training Design Matrix (ITDM). This system discusses streamlining the design of instructional environments in a way that integrates the instructional design elements commonly discussed in the scientific literature. This article was co-authored by Eric Anthony Day, Cassie Blair, Suzie Daniels, Vykinta Kligyte, and Michael D. Mumford and can be found on pages 376-395.

About SkillsNET
SkillsNET provides a revolutionary tool suite and consulting service, which allows enterprises to rapidly capture work, worker, and workplace skill data elements (SkillObjects®) and their relationship to performance. The SkillsNET methodology allows employers to capture their workforce environment through web-based applications with minimal worker and capital investment. Highly trained Skills Analysts and Industrial and Organizational Psychologists, available on-site or via phone, assist the employee and employer through the data collection process. At the end of the process, employers receive a detailed analysis of the skill base required in their workforce, the level of skill in the current workforce, and the performance standards needed to operate in today's dynamic environment. SkillsNET methodology is aligned with the Department of Labor O*NET taxonomy. For additional information please visit www.skillsnet.com.