Maintain Competency Structure in Company

Explanation

This activity is used to arrange the competency structure in the company and to maintain details of the competency groups and elements.

The Navigator in the left pane of the Competency Structure window shows the structure of competency groups and elements in the company. You can modify this structure by using the drag and drop function and you can change elements in to groups. Also, on the right pane of this window, you can use the Company Groups and Company Elements tabs to modify details of groups and elements.

Prerequisites

In order to perform this activity;

• Competency groups are required to be already defined in the Competency Groups window.
• Competency elements are required to be already defined in the Competency Elements window.

System Effects

There are no system effects

Window

Competency Structure

Related Window Description

Competency Structure

Procedure

Perform the following steps to maintain, modify the competency structure;

1. Open the Competency Structure window.
2. If you populate, the competencies will show in the navigator.
   
   If you want to change the structure;
    
3. Use the drag and drop function in the navigator. This will allow you to change the competency group to which an element belongs etc.
   
   If you want to change elements in to competency groups;
    
4. Select the competency element from the navigator, right-click and click Promote as Competency Group. Note that this is only possible if the competency element has not already been used.
   
   If you want to modify a competency group;
    
5. Select a competency group from the navigator. The details of the group will be populated in the Competency Group tab.
6. You can specify the validity of the competency group by using the Valid check box.
7. You can specify whether the competency group should be available in the Competency Finder by using the Public check box.
8. You can also specify whether or not it should be possible to use the competency group for external employee recruitment.
9. Save the information
   
   If you want to modify a competency element;
    
10. Select a competency element from the navigator. The details of the element will be populated in the Competency Element tab.
11. You can specify the effective duration of the competency element by using the Effective Duration and Duration Unit fields.
12. As for competency groups, you can use the Public and Valid check boxes for the competency element as well.
13. Save the information.