Levels of Responsibility

In "Four Stages of Contribution: How to Achieve Greater Impact and Influence on the Job", Kurt Sandholtz defines four levels of the sophistication of employee's work:

1. CONTRIBUTING DEPENDENTLY
2. CONTRIBUTING INDEPENDENTLY
3. CONTRIBUTING THROUGH
   OTHERS
4. CONTRIBUTING STRATEGICALLY

The Skills Framework for the Information Age defines seven Levels of responsibility for ICT professionals:

1. Follow
2. Assist
3. Apply
4. Enable
5. Ensure and advise
6. Initiate and influence
7. Set strategy, inspire, and mobilise

The ICT courses I design are part of programs accredited using SFIA, so I have to align my assessment with these levels. As an example, "ICT Sustainability" is intended to align at SFIIA Level 5.