Patent ID: 7958001
Filing Date: 2011-06-07
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer-based method for assessing competence of an organization comprising multiple organizational units, the method comprising: storing scores, in a memory device of a computer, corresponding to answers from each of the organizational units in response to a set of questions, the organizational units corresponding to different groups of individuals, and each of the different groups performing a different function within the organization; assigning, in the computer, each of said scores to the respective one of the organizational units; calculating, in the computer, total scores for the organizational units, each of the total scores being calculated by adding up the scores assigned to the respective organizational unit; calculating, in the computer, weighted total scores for the organizational units, each of the weighted total scores being calculated by adding up weighted maximum scores assigned to the questions for each organizational unit, the weighted maximum scores each depending on the respective organizational unit and the respective question; and calculating, in the computer, competence levels of the organizational units that are scaled to a scale of competence defined by a numerical range of zero to a maximum competence value by multiplying the maximum competence value by a ratio of the total score calculated for the respective organizational unit to the weighted total score calculated for the respective organizational unit.