assistant
a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
Research draft, second pass
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain the assistant role in work and life, describe kinds of assistant positions and their responsibilities, support questions about working as or with assistants, and separate the human role from software assistants.
A person who contributes to the fulfilment of a need or the furtherance of an effort or purpose by helping another person or group, including aides, auxiliaries, deputies and companions in work and daily life, and in some contexts partners in a shared undertaking; assistants appear as job titles from administrative and personal assistants to research and teaching assistants, and the word is also applied to software assistants that help users.
What it is for: A person who helps fulfil a need or effort.
It can be explain the role; describe kinds of positions; support working questions; separate software assistants.
Distinguishing features
Supporting role
Delegated tasks
Many job titles
Human or software
What it looks like
Not physical; a role.
How it is recognised
Helps another person or effort
Aide, auxiliary, deputy, companion
A software assistant is a program; an accomplice is a partner in wrongdoing
Related models
is a kind of - category
is related to - another supporting occupation
is related to - care assistants in health
is related to - people helped by software assistants
In practice
Families and kinds
administrative and personal assistants
research and teaching assistants
medical and care assistants
assistants in trades and arts
software assistants as a separate sense
Standards and regulation
Employment law and job classifications
Professional standards for regulated assistant roles
No regulation of the general concept
Failure modes and hazards
Confusing human and software assistants
Undervaluing assistant work
Unclear responsibilities
Analytical facets
- substance
- social
- origin
- conceptual
- agency
- inert
- mobility
- not-applicable
- scale
- not-applicable
- affordances
- observable
Also called
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Where this came from
oewn:2024 · CC BY 4.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What an assistant is.
Occupations.
Concept
Concept and kinds.
Concept
Concept.
- What is an assistant, and what kinds of assistant roles exist in work and daily life? definition
- Is a human assistant or a software assistant meant? boundary
Responsibilities
Responsibilities.
Responsibilities
Responsibilities.
- What responsibilities and skills do assistant positions involve, and how are they classified occupationally? provenance
- Which entry fits a specific position? action
Work Working as or with assistants.
Practice.
Career
Careers.
Career
Careers.
- How can someone enter and progress from assistant roles, according to labour information? provenance
- Is personal career advice being sought? boundary
Delegate
Working with assistants.
Delegate
Delegation.
- How can work be delegated effectively and fairly to assistants? action
- Which entry fits management? action
Regulated Regulated assistant roles.
Regulation.
Health
Health and care assistants.
Health
Health.
- What standards apply to health care, dental and care assistants? provenance
- Which entry fits health care roles? action
Academic
Research and teaching assistants.
Academic
Academic.
- What do research and teaching assistants do, and how are they employed? provenance
- Which entry fits academic careers? action
Learn History and language.
Education.
History
History.
History
History.
- How have assistant roles developed in workplaces and households? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Language
Words for assistants.
Language
Language.
- How do terms such as aide, auxiliary, coadjutor and companion differ in usage? definition
- Which misconceptions arise? provenance
What the second pass must settle
- Should each assistant position be a separate entry?
- How should occupational classifications be linked?
- How should software assistants be separated?