Developing a Model for Assessing IT Competency of Managers

In today's rapidly changing environment, increased focus on customer and quick response to problems and opportunities has made the manager a vital resource in guiding and directing employees to success. So, within an organizational context, it appears crucial to develop competent managers who can be relied on to transform their organizations accordingly. In this regard, the competency approach marks a new development and the importance given to competencies in the organizational context is continually increasing. With the widespread use of information technology (IT) in recent decades, management scholars began to examine its implications on organizations and management. Several of the researchers in this field focused on the identification of managerial IT competencies. In this paper, we want to explore those skills that managers, in the new world of information and communication technologies, must possess in order to cope with the difficulties of their roles.