Considerations for Associating Behaviors with Competencies

Behaviors are subcomponents of a competency. You must create a relationship between the Competencies and Behaviors content types so that you can associate their content items. You associate behaviors with competencies using the Relationships tab on the Edit Content Type page of the Behaviors

Manage Content Types task in the Profiles work area .
Manage Profile Content Types task in the Setup and Maintenance work area.

The following features aren't available for the Behaviors content type:

Print behaviors in the Talent Profile Summary report
Search for persons or competencies based on behaviors using the advanced search
Upload behaviors content such as from a third-party supplier or HCM Data Loader
Support for using behaviors in other Oracle Fusion products

When associating behaviors with competencies, you must decide:

The type of relationship between the Behaviors and Competencies content types
The duration of each relationship
Related content items

Deciding the Relationship

You can define the following relationships between the behavior and competencies content types:

Parent and child relationship: You can define Behaviors as a child of the Competencies content type. Using this relationship, you define a hierarchy where Behavior content items are added to the Competencies content item. For example, when Behaviors is a child of Competencies, you can add the Behaviors content items to one or more Competencies content items. In this relationship, you must associate the same rating model with Competencies and associated Behaviors.
Supports or supported by relationship: You can enable Behaviors to support the Competencies content type, and vice versa. The supported or supporting content items are not in a hierarchical relationship with one another. That is, each content item associated with a content type is independent of the content items of the other content type. Therefore, you can associate different rating models with each content type, and then add their content items to a profile and review them together.

Note: The proficiency calculation rule is applicable for the Behaviors content type only. The value of the Proficiency Calculation Rule field on the Relationships tab on the Edit Content Type page for Behaviors is set to Average by default and can't be edited. Using this rule, the application calculates the proficiency rating for the competency as the average of the behavior ratings. The rating provided at the competency level is ignored by the application.

Deciding the Relationship Duration

You can define a duration for the relationship between the Behaviors and Competencies content types. There can be multiple relationships provided their dates don't overlap. You can delete a relationship only when the content type or its related content type is not added to any profiles (model or person). Once the content type or its related content type is added to a profile, you cannot delete the relationship. However, you can enter a To Date for the relationship to end it. You can also relate the content items of Competencies and Behaviors content types, and define the duration of the relationship between content items. Further, you can delete or end the relationship between content items.

Deciding the Related Content Items

After you establish the relationship between the Behaviors and Competencies content types; you must:

Create the content items for each content type.
Relate the content items between each content type. You relate a content item of a content type with content items of another content type using the Related Content Items tab. The tab is available on the Edit Content Item page. You open the Edit Content Item page by using the Manage Content Items task in the Profiles work area or Setup and Maintenance work area. On the Related Content Items tab, you can view the relationship type between the two content types. You can also decide the duration until when the content items are related with each other.