Developing a Competency Model for HRD Advisors in Iranian State-Run Enterprises

This study aims at identifying the necessary competencies for training advisors of Iranian state-run enterprises. Hence, international competency models were initially surveyed to agree over a list of common competencies. Then, related academics and training officials were interviewed through Delphi method to reach a unanimous consensus based on the requirements of state-run companies (purposeful criterion sampling). To establish credibility of the findings, the model was submitted to the related experts three times to reach consensus on the final model. Based on the findings, training competencies for state-run enterprises may be categorized into foundational (effective communication, industry knowledge, technology industry, seeing the big picture) and technical (training needs analysis, instructional design, psychology of learning, training and development strategies, learning and performance assessment, learning technologies, training and development standards).