Between Concept, Implementation and Communication

One of the main strategies to improve the quality of human resources in an operation or company is through creating a balanced skill in formulating a concept, implementing the concept and communicating it to others. For a manager for example, he should have good knowledge (concept), capable of communicating it to others and take action to implement the concept to others. In Balinese life this might be in line with the Tri Kaya Parisuda concept (Manacika, Wacika and Kayika, i.e. to think, to speak and to do things well).
The one who does not have a good knowledge (concept) is definitely inferior in competition compared to those who have a good one. It is not surprising that the person who is just past junior high school will be less competitive to someone who has got a diploma, but if the one who has got the diploma (concept) has had a good experience (implementation of the concept), he might be preferred to be chosen by an operation than those who have got the diploma but they have not had enough work experience (implementation of the concept).
Many people having a brilliant brain (concept) and very experienced in jobs can not get a good salary, maybe because they are inferior in competition to others because they have not been able to communicate their skill and work experience to others. Communication can be made through speaking, writing, or putting your name on a website, so other people know you, and are able to communicate with you. For example, right now, employees who are familiar to use e-mail will be more competitive than those who are not able to use it. The tourist guides who are able to speak more languages will be more competitive than others. This shows the benefit of and the advantage of people who have a skill in ‘communicating’ themselves, with what they have, to others.
In brief, from the illustration given above, a competitive employee, or a competitive manager, should be able to improve their capability on three levels, i.e., either in formulating a concept, implementing the concept, and communicating it to others.
(A. A. G. Raka Dalem, sustainablebali@yahoo.com)