Varia Ranah - Sorotan Ilmiah Perkhidmatan Awam

337 Varia Ranah: Sorotan Ilmiah Perkhidmatan Awam Competency development is an essential element in ensuring that these personnel have high moral values and personality, as well as the strengthening of knowledge that can be applied with working experience and essential tasks. In addition, the element of interest in a field that is not an essential task should also be emphasized, in further ensuring competency development programs can be formulated and implemented successfully. Currently, the Human Capital Development (HCD) program implemented by the Service Division of JPA is linked to individual career planning and progress, where at each grade of service, training will be applied as required by JPA. However, the adjustment of the HCD program cannot be justified with the competence or interest of the personnel, thus causing the personnel to be unwilling, or the change in responsibilities suddenly resulting in the personnel unable to perform the task entrusted to the optimum. The same can be said on leadership succession. The department, through its training arm, the Institut Tadbiran Awam Negara or INTAN conducted several “leadership” programs, mandatory for PTD officials, as well as other officials from various schemes under the Malaysian Public Service. The participants of this program are senior officials who are to be confirmed in the Jawatan Utama Sektor Awam (JUSA) or equivalent in the Royal Malaysian Police (PDRM) or Malaysian Armed Forces (ATM). This program conducted only to the senior officials has the aim at developing and assessing their knowledge, skill and leadership competency, and gives focus particular to affective, psychomotor and cognitive learning domains. Accordingly, the program is expected to have the following outcome, that reflects and impacts its participants, among others: (i) capable of engaging in an active and supportive community; (ii) capable to demonstrate leadership capabilities; (iii) able to exhibit knowledge and skills through the utilization of various management and strategic planning tools; (iv) create awareness and understanding of areas within or beyond the public service environment through targeted reading materials; and (v) enable to demonstrate exemplary character and positive values.