Required skill:

Understand the core elements of the discipline and how it interacts with its technological, social, political, professional and economic environments

Required competencies:

Cognitive skills
Analysis, judgement, attention to detail		 Generic competencies
Personal capabilities Technical ability
Business awareness
Organisational understanding		 Practical elements

Required skill:

Understand the professions embraced by the discipline

Required competencies:

Cognitive skills
Analysis, judgement, attention to detail		 Generic competencies
Personal capabilities Technical ability
Business awareness Practical elements
Professional expertise

Required skill:

Understand the flow of information both within and across communities, and of methods of managing organisational knowledge

Required competencies:

Cognitive skills
Analysis, judgement, attention to detail		 Generic competencies
Planning and organising
Personal capabilities Technical ability
Business awareness
Organisational understanding, process operation		 Practical elements

Required skill:

Understand how different groups communicate and an appreciation of patterns of communication across a range of communities

Required competencies:

Cognitive skills
Analysis, judgement, attention to detail		 Generic competencies
Interpersonal sensitivity
Personal capabilities Technical ability
Business awareness
Organisational understanding, process operation		 Practical elements
Professional expertise

Required skill:

Develop an awareness of local, regional, national and international information policies, organisations and issues, and of professional, legal and ethical concerns

Required competencies:

Cognitive skills
Analysis, judgement, attention to detail		 Generic competencies
Interpersonal sensitivity
Personal capabilities Technical ability
Business awareness
Organisational understanding, process operation		 Practical elements
Professional expertise

Required skill:

Display the ability to identify, analyse and evaluate the information needs of different groups and make informed decisions to satisfy them. Students should be aware of methods of obtaining feedback from users

Required competencies:

Cognitive skills
Analysis, judgement, attention to detail		 Generic competencies
Written communication, planning and organising
Personal capabilities
Decisiveness, initiative, listening, questioning		 Technical ability
Business awareness
Organisational understanding, process operation		 Practical elements

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