Developing Individual, Teams and Organisations

Developing Individual, Teams
and Organisations

Contents
INTRODUCTION......................................................................................................................3
TASK 1......................................................................................................................................3
P1: Professional knowledge, skills and behaviour required by HR professionals.................3
P2: Personal skills audit and professional development plan.................................................5
M1: Detailing about professional skills audit.......................................................................10
TASK 2....................................................................................................................................10
P3: Evaluation of different between individual and organisational learning & training and
development.........................................................................................................................10
P4: Need of continuous learning and professional development in sustainable business
performance..........................................................................................................................12
M2: Application of learning cycle theories..........................................................................13
TASK 3....................................................................................................................................13
P5&D2: Contribution of High performance worker in employee engagement and
competitive advantage..........................................................................................................13
M3: Analyses of benefits received through applying HPW within an organisation............14
TASK 4....................................................................................................................................15
P6&M4: Different approaches of performance management and their contribution in high
performance culture and commitment..................................................................................15
CONCLUSION........................................................................................................................16
REFERENCES.........................................................................................................................17

INTRODUCTION
Development is an essential requirement for an individual, teams and organisation in
order to achieve growth and success for longer period of time. Thus, every individual or
organisation focuses on improving their weak areas so as to enhance their capability of doing
allotted task allotted to them. It will help in achieving strong image and position in the market
due to which it become easy for them to compete with their rivals. Employees are an assets of
an organisation which contributes their maximum efforts in achieving them growth and
success thus developing their skills and knowledge through providing them training and
development programs will directly bring beneficial result to company. Whirlpool, a
manufacturing company which deals in producing quality home appliances and selling is
across worldwide. The project report includes skills, behaviour and knowledge required by
HR professional and its proper analysis through conducting skills audit. Contribution of HPW
in employee engagement and competitive advantage. All other aspects are also discussed
under this report with the context of Whirlpool (Ainscow and Sandill, 2010).
TASK 1
P1: Professional knowledge, skills and behaviour required by HR professionals
Human resource is considered as an asset of company whose efforts and supports
decide the chances of company in achieving growth and success in competitive market.
Therefore, HR professionals of Whirlpool required to conduct recruitment and selection
programs in order to attain more qualified and skilled employees. It is also important to
identify the needs of training at workplace according to which suitable training and
development programs shall be conducted in order to enhance quality of work and efficiency
in performance.
Professional development refers to specific plans and policies for the development of
skills and knowledge of an individual working in an organisation for the purpose of receiving
better outcomes. For this, it is responsibility of HR professionals to identify the high and low
skilled workers according to which allotment of work and training programs shall be
conducted.

The benefits of professional development plan are:
 It helps HR professional to know the actual skills and capabilities of their employees
so that an effective decision shall be made for the purpose of improving their
identified weak areas.
 It also helps in getting knowledge about the requirements needed by employees at
workplace and accordingly makes further actions to fulfil as quickly as possible. For
example, training need (Chaskalson, 2011).
 It educates HR managers to analyse skills and knowledge of employees and
accordingly educate them to utilise available resources while working on advanced
and modern systems.
Skills and capabilities of HR manager:
Conflicts management and problem solving: An organisation can increase its
productivity and profitability ratio when their employees perform in a collective way so that
maximum efforts should be made in achieving desired goals and objectives. It may increase
the chances of conflicts thus HR manager here play a valuable role in resolving their conflicts
through providing them optimum solution.
Discrete and Ethical: HR managers are considered as blood cell of an organisation
which performs different roles and functions for the betterment of human resource. They are
liable to manage and monitor employee’s performance so as to make sure that each employee
performs in an ethical ways. They are liable to identify their need of training at workplace of
Whirlpool through conducting research within an organisation. It will help in bringing
motivation among employees to not indulge in any unethical activities and performed in right
direction.
Knowledge of HR professionals:
Administration and management: It is essential required for HR professional of
Whirlpool to become aware about the business activities to be performed at workplace
according to which they are able to assign roles and responsibilities to the human resource. It
will help in achieve better possible outcomes from every business activities.
Communication and technology: HR manager need to acquire communication skills
in order to make better communication and coordination with their employees and make them
aware about company’s plans and polices in more understanding way. Educating them about