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Skills audits: an integrative literature review
McGuire, David; McVicar, Orla; Tariq, Umm E. Habiba
Authors
Orla McVicar
Umm E. Habiba Tariq
Abstract
Purpose
Skills audits represent an important vehicle for analysing and monitoring skills coverage across organisations and nations and identifying skills gaps and mismatches that exist. In so doing, they provide valuable data on the competitive positioning of organisations and nations and help determine priorities for investment. The purpose of this paper is to examine the use and prevalence of skills audits to improve individual, organisational and societal outcomes.
Design/methodology/approach
Following the guidance of Torraco (2016), this paper takes the form of an integrative literature review. The authors conducted a series of keyword searches using databases such as Google Scholar, ABI Inform, Science Direct and Emerald. Title word searches used the terms: “skills audit”, “skills analysis”, “skills inventory”, “skills mapping” and the authors reviewed articles that were published between the period: 1990 to 2020.
Findings
Skills audits remain a useful tool to assess skill attainment and progression on university and college programmes, giving individuals a better understanding of their particular strengths and allowing them to develop realistic career plans and goals. From an organisational perspective, skill audits add value where they are strategically linked to job design, recruitment and training initiatives. They are also useful in helping organisations identify skill shortages, particularly if they relate skills outages to future growth areas. Finally, skills audits can sustain career counselling, but need to remain flexible in categorising skills in relation to the gig economy and remote working.
Originality/value
The topic of skills audits remains an under-researched topic in the training and human resource development literature. To date, limited studies have been carried out examining their use and effectiveness. This paper sheds light on a topic worthy of exploration in the field.
Citation
McGuire, D., McVicar, O., & Tariq, U. E. H. (2023). Skills audits: an integrative literature review. Industrial and Commercial Training, 55(1), 34-46. https://doi.org/10.1108/ict-06-2021-0042
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Aug 1, 2022 |
Online Publication Date | Aug 16, 2022 |
Publication Date | Jan 2, 2023 |
Deposit Date | Jul 4, 2023 |
Journal | Industrial and Commercial Training |
Print ISSN | 0019-7858 |
Electronic ISSN | 0019-7858 |
Publisher | Emerald |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 55 |
Issue | 1 |
Pages | 34-46 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1108/ict-06-2021-0042 |
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