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Competency Development: Curse or Cure?: A Capability-First Guide for HR Management
256 pages, Paperback
Published March 4, 2026
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Patrick Duffy
7 books4 followersOrganizations do not fail because of ideas—they fail because of how they are designed.
Dr. Patrick Duffy is an organization scientist, advisor, and author whose work focuses on how organizations actually function—and how to make them work better. With more than three decades of experience across government, business, and the nonprofit sector, he has worked with leaders on strategy execution, organizational design, governance, and performance under pressure.
He is the author of the Vita Viri Organization & People series, a body of work that examines the structural foundations of organizational performance. The series includes The HR Paradox, Organization Capability: Define. Measure. Govern, Competency Development: Curse or Cure? , and Measuring Work and Productive Capacity.
His work positions organization capability as a measurable executive responsibility and focuses on how capability, governance, work design, and decision systems can be defined, tested, and governed to improve enterprise performance.
Drawing on interdisciplinary research across organization science, social psychology, and political science, Dr. Duffy writes practical, evidence-based books for leaders, HR professionals, consultants, and policymakers. His work challenges management assumptions and blends theory and operating practice, examining organizations through evidence-based inquiry.
He writes at the intersection of strategy, structure, and evidence—where organizational outcomes are actually determined.
Dr. Patrick Duffy is an organization scientist, advisor, and author whose work focuses on how organizations actually function—and how to make them work better. With more than three decades of experience across government, business, and the nonprofit sector, he has worked with leaders on strategy execution, organizational design, governance, and performance under pressure.
He is the author of the Vita Viri Organization & People series, a body of work that examines the structural foundations of organizational performance. The series includes The HR Paradox, Organization Capability: Define. Measure. Govern, Competency Development: Curse or Cure? , and Measuring Work and Productive Capacity.
His work positions organization capability as a measurable executive responsibility and focuses on how capability, governance, work design, and decision systems can be defined, tested, and governed to improve enterprise performance.
Drawing on interdisciplinary research across organization science, social psychology, and political science, Dr. Duffy writes practical, evidence-based books for leaders, HR professionals, consultants, and policymakers. His work challenges management assumptions and blends theory and operating practice, examining organizations through evidence-based inquiry.
He writes at the intersection of strategy, structure, and evidence—where organizational outcomes are actually determined.
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