Analysis of UK NOS CFAMLB5 for InLOC

Please look at the original CFAMLB5 PDF either from UKCES or from the Management Standards Centre to cross refer to this analysis.


The CFAMLB5 LOCstructure

This is an interesting case of a structure that is the explanation of a single competence definition. Careful consideration is needed in these cases to separate (and not unnecessarily duplicate) information relevant to the LOCstructure from information relevant to the LOCdefinitions.

Literal direct properties

InLOC property likely value notes
language English  
id "CFAMLB5" The UKCES identifier: URI needs construction
title   not needed
abbr   not needed
description   not needed
furtherInformation whole document as XHTML  
rights http://www.management-standards.org/standards/licensing-management-leadership-national-occupational-standards  
issued 2008-11 Whole suite was released at that point.
validityStart 2009-03 From UKCES: not explicit within MSC.
validityEnd 2011-03 "Indicative" (UKCES); still appears to be current.
version 1  

LOCassociation instances with this subject

Association type scheme id scheme label object id object label number
by publisher Originating organisation   Management Standards Centre  
by creator Developed by   CFA Business Skills @ Work  
category   relevant occupations ? Business  
category   relevant occupations ? Administration and Law  
category   relevant occupations ? Managers and Senior Officials  
category NOS-orig-scheme originality status Original    
category NOS-valid-scheme validity status Current    

Property IDs should be provided for the relevant occupations, probably from a SOC code list, which would be the scheme.

Instances of relationships with this subject

object relationship label number
CFAML isLOCpartOf "in Suite"  
CFAMLB5# hasLOCpart    
CFAMLB6 related "linked to unit"  
CFAMLC1 related "linked to unit"  
CFAMLD1 related "linked to unit"  
CFAMLD5 related "linked to unit"  
CFAMLD9 related "linked to unit"  

This table has been shortened by leaving out the rows from CFAMLB5#P2 to #P10 etc.

  • CFAML is imagined as the identifier of the suite, the "Management and Leadership National Occupational Standards 2008".
  • The CFAMLB5#P items are the included performance criteria.
  • The CFAMLB5#K items are the included items of knowledge and understanding.

There are also "Behaviours" and "Skills" listed, and there is a genuine choice about whether these should be identified separately as LOCdefinitions. If they were given identifiers, they would be included by CFAMLB5 alongside the performance criteria and items of knowledge and understanding.

Material where InLOC representation is not yet certain

  • Original URN
  • Key words

The top-level LOCdefinition in CFAMLB5

Literal direct properties

InLOC property likely value notes
id "CFAMLB5#" URI needs construction
title "Provide leadership for your team"  
abbr   nothing obvious here
description "This unit is about providing direction to the members of your team and motivating and supporting them to achieve the objectives of the team and their personal work objectives."  
furtherInformation part document as XHTML could take the skills, behaviours, performance criteria and knowledge and understanding items

Other Literal direct properties are inherited from the LOCstructure.

LOCassociation instances

Some are inherited. There might be a possibility for one or more topic properties.

Instances of relationships with this subject

object relationship label number
CFAMLB5#P1 hasLOCpart    
... hasLOCpart    
CFAMLB5#P11 hasLOCpart    
CFAMLB5#K1 hasLOCpart    
... hasLOCpart    
CFAMLB5#K14 hasLOCpart    

This table has been shortened by leaving out the rows from CFAMLB5#P2 to #P10 etc.


A performance criterion LOCdefinition within CFAMLB5

Literal direct properties

InLOC property likely value notes
id "CFAMLB5#P2" URI needs construction
title   (empty)
description "involve members in planning how the team will achieve its objectives"  

Other Literal direct properties are inherited.

LOCassociation instances with this subject

Association type scheme id scheme label object id object label number
category NOS-2-way-scheme   performance "performance criterion"  

Others are inherited. There might be a possibility for one or more topic properties.


A knowledge and understanding LOCdefinition within CFAMLB5

Literal direct properties

InLOC property likely value notes
id "CFAMLB5#K5" URI needs construction
title   empty
description "that different styles of leadership exist"  

Other Literal direct properties are inherited.

LOCassociation instances with this subject

Association type scheme id scheme label object id object label number
category NOS-2-way-scheme   knowledge "knowledge and understanding"  
category CFA-knowledge-scheme   general "general knowledge and understanding"  

Others are inherited. There might be a possibility for one or more topic properties.


Notes on the implied category schemes

To represent as much information as possible, there need to be some category schemes devised, and held at a point wherever they are common.

The distinction between performance criteria and items of knowledge and understanding is common across all UK NOS. This is also likely to be true about the "original" classification and the validity. These three schemes used above:

  • NOS-2-way-scheme
    • "performance" = "performance criterion"
    • "knowledge" = "knowledge and understanding"
  • NOS-orig-scheme
    • original = a new NOS
    • tailored = a NOS imported from another organisation
  • NOS-valid-scheme
    • current = a NOS currently in use
    • legacy = a NOS which has been superseded

The particular way of grouping of knowledge and understanding items, within this NOS, under different headings may not be common across all NOS, and here it is imagined as created by CFA, the NOS developers.

  • CFA-knowledge-scheme
    • general = general knowledge and understanding
    • sector = industry/sector specific knowledge and understanding
    • context = context specific knowledge and understanding