Competence, as a new concern among academics and practitioners, is being focused according to distinct conceptual approaches and applied to different facets of the organizational reality. Clearly, this creates the demand for the development of a theoretical model through which those distinct concepts might be integrated and applied to a better understanding of the organizational dynamics as well as an enhanced utilization of organizational development propositions. The following questions require clear answers for that model building process: What to say about the dynamic relationship between organizational competences and competitive strategies? In the case of the formation of productive chains would there be differences in the construction of competences in companies situated in different levels? What would be the implications for Human Resources Management? The theoretical model that was developed to provide support to the answering process, was empirically tested in a field research conducted among firms in the Telecommunications industry.
Competence management; organizational strategy