With the aim of contributing to the improvement of efficiency and effectiveness of units of Competitive Intelligence (CI) in the area of people management, the goal of this study was to develop a model for mapping knowledge, abilities and attitudes of CI professionals, with a view to establishing the process for competence-based management. The method adopted was action research and the application was conducted at the Center for Technological Information in Materials (NIT/Materiais) at the Federal University of São Carlos. The results were: a) a reference frame for supporting the mapping of competencies in CI; b) a glossary of competence attributes of CI (knowledge, abilities and attitudes); c) the tool "Collector of perceptions of competence", for the collection and analysis of attributes of competence; and d) procedure to start the management of individual competencies. From the results obtained and the discussion raised about the theme of competencies in CI, it is possible to conclude that the model for mapping could contribute to the creation and development of CI teams, from the perspective of continuous improvement.
Competencies mapping; Competitive intelligence; Competence-based management; Unit of intelligence; Unit of competitive intelligence team; Competencies
