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V Skill HF-D3.1-005 transversal 8 skills

multidisciplinary collaboration

Working with people from other disciplines by learning their language and methods and establishing shared starting points for the joint work.

How hrmforce measures this

Assessment method
Assessment centre · rho 0.29 (SD 0.09)
hrmforce instrument
360 Feedback, Competency Check
Competency (50-framework)
Collaborate
Trainability
medium
Demand outlook 2026 to 2030
rising

Multiple exercises, multiple assessors, dimension-wise scoring.

Behavioural anchors

LevelBehaviour at this level
N1 Guided Asks a colleague from another discipline what technical terms mean and summarises the answer back to them.
works under supervision and follows instruction · routine, one variable at a time · own task
N3 Proficient Maps the issue with specialists from different disciplines and formulates a joint approach with a clear division of roles.
sets own approach and seeks input proactively · several variables, some ambiguity · own team or process
N5 Leading Sets up lasting forms of collaboration between disciplines and settles conflicts between professional standards on the basis of the organisational interest.
sets the standard and the policy · strategic, under high uncertainty · organisation, value chain or profession

N2 and N4 are deliberately not anchored. Raters place them between the anchors, following the O*NET convention.

Underlying skills

These skills inherit the assessment route and the behavioural anchors of this construct.

TSkillDefinitionDemand outlook 2026 to 2030
V Learning the vocabulary of other disciplines
Cross-disciplinary vocabulary
Learning the terms and abbreviations of another discipline and using them in joint consultation. rising
V Recording shared starting points
Shared terms of reference
Recording the goal, boundaries and definitions of the joint work in advance with the disciplines involved. rising
V Preparing a multidisciplinary meeting
MDT meeting prep
Circulating the agenda, documents and central question for a meeting of several disciplines in good time. stable
V Explaining own expertise to non-specialists
Explaining to non-experts
Explaining own expertise so that colleagues without that background can base decisions on it. rising
V Weighing conflicting professional advice
Weighing expert advice
Setting out the arguments side by side when professional advice conflicts and proposing a joint choice. rising
V Working with external specialists
Working with consultants
Agreeing with hired specialists on delivery, access to information and moments of handover. stable
V Delimiting interfaces between disciplines
Interface definition
Recording where the work of one discipline stops and that of another begins. stable
V Discussing a case with other disciplines
Case conferencing
Bringing a concrete case to colleagues from other disciplines and processing their analysis in the follow-up. rising
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