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Solution. The concept of human expertise is fundamental to the human resource practices Although exemplary performance can be clearly recognized in the actions of others, organizations lack a means of measuring expertise The need to quantify expertise is cntical to being able to manage and develop the organization's human capital effectively This chapter examines the basic characteristics of expertise and develops an operational definition of human expertise
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