BUSINESS ASSIGNMENT

Developing Yourself as an Effective HR Practitioner

Developing Yourself as an Effective HR Practitioner

Introduction

HR capability is building and setting the global standard for HR excellence within each profession. It has been observed that HR is changing; a shift from a primary focus of line managers to manage their subordinates well, to one of delivering sustainable organisation performance and capability. CIPD's HR Profession Map sets the benchmark for HR excellence both for the individual and the HR function, which has greatly impacted the nature of career tracks. CIPD HR Profession Map is designed to help HR professional at every stage of their career and also guides in setting global standards for HR. This map shows the present and future requirements in HR field. It is composed of the highest standards of professional competence with the closest alignment to the organizational objectives to attain stable performance. HR professionals use this map worldwide in their organisations for HR departmental and career development. There is a great opportunity for HR professional to develop himself/herself as an effective HR practitioner because it has become one of the most top favorite professions of the world.

Discussion

The Map can be used for personal development in the following areas:

Self-assessment against the knowledge and behaviour standards

Planning of personal development to do the current job effectively

Development of skills, abilities and knowledge for future career planning

This map can also be used to gain appreciation from the employers and increasing promotional projection by:

Planning performance standard

Sharing tactics on how the map can be used to: assess skill levels; improve performance; set objectives

Focusing on the developmental activities and learning in areas, which will help an employee in getting attention of the employer

HR profession map have the ability to generate a clear and flexible structure for career development by recognizing the difference between HR roles and career development. It helps in making an individual competitive in terms of his/her profession. (Elliott, 2008, pp.283)

There are three main sections covered in the CIPD's HR profession Map:

Professional areas

Ten professional areas are covered in this map. In each area the Map describes what you need to do? (tasks, duties), what you need to know at four bands of professional competence, as well as outlining the principal behaviours that you need to show when carrying out the tasks and duties. (Moore, 2007, pp.90)

The list of areas starts with “Strategy, insights and solutions” area as it is related to the HR's awareness of the business framework and the overall organisational environment that how each task will be performed.

Second most important area is “Leading and managing the functions”, which helps in understanding the business challenges. As an HR practitioner we need to design functions of HR to fulfill the organisational priorities effectively.

All other special areas can be easily understood by their labels. But we might wonder that, are the first two areas providing more support to senior HR managers? You will get the answer no, as all the areas have defined four bands of ...