Work: Professional Activities
The Work Knowledge Framework is about professional engagement at work. At the heart, it is a simple, universal concept: activity. It's the dynamic, purposeful and iterative actions in consecutive contexts. It underlies the concepts of occupations, responsibilities, procedures, projects and tasks. Activity semantics is a model that addresses the fundamental questions of any action:
Who
does the work
(job role, job candidate)
(job role, job candidate)
What
are the input and deliverable
How
is the work done
(by tools, techniques, skills, in a manner or collaboration, following a protocol)
(by tools, techniques, skills, in a manner or collaboration, following a protocol)
Where
is work done
(locality, context)
(locality, context)
When
is the work done
(in a sequence, a schedule, a phase in a lifecycle)
(in a sequence, a schedule, a phase in a lifecycle)
Why
is it done
(reason, rationale, motivation, business value)
(reason, rationale, motivation, business value)
This model It underlies the concepts of occupations, responsibilities, procedures, projects and tasks. It is terms of reference or vocabulary to describe professional performance at work for the Work Knowledge Framework.
| Workplace Issues | WH Semantics | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Work experience | Who did what | |
| Career planning | Who will do what | |
| Work plans | Who will do what, when and where | |
| Business processes | Who does what and when | |
| Human resource management | Who does what | |
| Education and training | How and why to do what | |
| Competence management | Who can do what | |
| Performance assessment | Who has done what and how | |
| Certification and licenses | Who can do what | |
| Quality assurance | What is done and how | |
| Profession control | What must be done and how, where and when |