This Competency Assessment provides you an opportunity to assess human capital as a success factor in business.
Part 1 - Human Capital
a. Identify 3 aspects of your business where you might require help in terms of skills, experience, and expertise.
b. Identify specific individuals who would be good information sources for your business.
c. Describe possible inducements, or incentives, for the specific individuals you identified above. Such inducements might include future contracts with the individual and/or their business, discounted products, shares in the business, public acknowledgements, etc.
d. How will you meet the specific individuals you have identified? Bear in mind, face to face can be very time consuming so it might not be a favorable medium for you or the experts. Can technological methods help?
Part 2 - Premises (Facilities)
Write a wish list of at least 10 items for an ideal facility for your business. Rank the items on the list in order of importance. Visit the website of a commercial realtor in your geographical area of business. Research 3 facilities that might be suitable and meets as many items on the wishlist as possible. Describe each facility and identify which items on your wishlist it does not fulfill. Rank these facilities in order of how well they meet your wishlist.