Competence, capability and capacity are often used interchangeably to describe an individual’s or organisation’s ability to perform tasks or activities effectively. The term ‘capability’ is increasingly used to describe the combination of an organisation’s expertise and its capacity to execute specific strategies. Most organisations need the capability to manage service providers; the way they try to achieve that capability is to develop the competence (ability to perform tasks or activities effectively) of individual business managers. When there is a critical mass of competent managers the organisation may have the capacity to sustain that capability. See also Capacity and Competence.
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