HR MANAGEMENT

Developing Professional Practice and Human Resource

Developing Professional Practice and Human Resource

Introduction

Human resource management is all about managing people and the business together. Businesses are made of people and there is no area of the organization where the workers are not involved in the operations (Price, 2011 p.3). Human resource management has a vital role to play in managing, expansion and achieving the set goal of the organization. It has many core competencies and wide range of tasks to carry out in order to maintain the workforce and the upper level management.

Discussion

Competencies of a HR professional

The key Competencies required of an HR representative are as follows

Strategic ContributionThe strategic contribution results in approximately half of Hr's influence on the performance of the business (Yeung et.al, 1996, p.5). Strategic Contributions four sub categories include management of culture, fast change as well as involving one in business decision making.

The important points that are considered levers for competency development are planning and assessment, how they communicate, train, performance management and development. During yesteryears HR as gone over a lot of changes and now it is imperative for them to have

Business knowledge

It is the ability to understand their competition and how they can create business and value. The uniqueness of the business and innovative ideas can lead the business to give tough competition to the other businesses.

Customer Orientation

Their apt in understanding what the customers want and viewing it from their perspective deliver the needs and the wants. It is important to understand customer and the HR professionals should know how to tackle with the customers.

Effective communication

They need to have excellent written and verbal skills which are clear and persuasive (Yeung et.al, 1996, p.5). These skills are required to manage the business and communicate effectively at all level of the management.

Credibility and IntegrityHR professionals are to be credible to their colleagues and the employees they work for. They must be reliable to be effective and they should have established contacts with the main people inside and outside the organization as well. They have to act with integrity in all business transaction as well as honor their commitments.

Systematic perspective

The capacity to look at the bigger picture in terms of problems and issues. Solving the issues at the initial stage will help the workers concentrate on their work. Also they know and are aware of the interrelationships between the subcomponents.

Negotiation and Conflict resolution Skills

The process in which one accomplishes agreement and consensus even though they are different goals and priorities. Negotiating and convincing skill is required in order to deal with the people and companies.

HR Delivery

This outlines all their HR activities originally linked with HR. It includes Staffing that is recruiting the correct person for the right job. Development is the other responsibility of the human resource where the workforce is assisted in order to perform well. It also plays a part in developing organizational structure (Yeung et.al, 1996, p.5). Performance management is done in order to promote the one who is delivering what is required of ...