Author(s)

Yaning Shi, Ke Yao, Peiqi Wang and Yu Wen

Corresponding Author

Yaning Shi

ABSTRACT

Through questionnaires and personal interviews, the paper grooms the performance actuality of sergeant backbones at the company(platoon)-sized in their management work. The paper analyzes and compares the tendency choices of backbone ability, the backbone competence evaluations, and outstanding problems of management ability from the three aspects of cadet team commanders, backbones and sergeant cadets. According to the management responsibilities of sergeant cadet backbones and the reasons for these problems, we discuss their management role orientations. Using behavioral event interview method, we extract the key behavior and result requirements of sergeant backbones in the management practice, and describe the qualifications. Based on this, this paper builds the competency model of backbones at the company(platoon)-sized from three aspects of knowledge, skills/abilities and professional qualities. The research result has certain enlightenment to the selection and training of sergeant backbones.

KEYWORDS

Sergeant cadet backbone at the company(platoon)-sized, Management ability, Qualifications, Competency