Developing Teams, Individual Skills and Organizations Assignment

Developing Individual, Teams and Organizations
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Table of Contents
Introduction.................................................................................................................... 5
Section 1 a – Appropriate knowledge, skills and behaviors required by HR professionals....................5
Section 1 b - Analyze a completed personal skills audit for Jane Cambridge to identify training and
development needs........................................................................................................... 6
Section 1 c- Create a professional development plan for Jane Cambridge in her HR Officer role...........7
Section 1 d- Analyze differences between organizational and individual learning; training and
development................................................................................................................... 9
Section 1 e - Analyze the need for continuous learning and professional development to drive sustainable
business performance...................................................................................................... 10
References................................................................................................................... 17
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Introduction
Individual development is the process that focuses on improving the skills, setting life
goals and also maximizing the potential of a person. The improvement begins with self-
discovery which then aids in creating awareness about behaviors of a person followed by taking
steps for bringing in a positive change (Hoque, 2013). The development of an individual within
the company then aids in developing the team as well as organization where the person is
working. The present study has thus laid emphasis on understanding the role of an employee as
an Hr. officer of the a company. Focus is given on analyzing the skill set, knowledge as well as
behavior of Hr. professionals followed by assessing the factors that are needed to implement
learning so as to induce business performance. The second section focuses on effectively using
high performance working and models to aid in creating a high performance culture.
Section 1 a – Appropriate knowledge, skills and behaviors required by HR professionals
Knowledge –
In order to become an HR professional, knowledge is needed in the area of human
resource where the employee is required to at least have a bachelor’s degree in the area of HR,
business administration or similar such field. The person should further possess a knowledge in
labor management, compensation, laws and regulations of employee and there development
(Mann and Darby, 2014). Core classes in accounting, statistics as well as information technology
will act as an added advantage. Certain certifications may also benefit the HR professional which
are in form of Professional of Human Resources (PHR) as well as Certified Employment
Benefits Specialist (CEBS). These will train the professionals in the area of labor relationships,
risk management, workforce planning, employment as well as employee/employer relationships.
Skills
 Organizing – It will involve for organizing the files, time management, personal
effectiveness etc. As the Hr. deals with lives and careers of people hence they are
required to follow an orderly approach so as to become good in their profession.
 Multitasking – This is a most needed skill set as HR professionals may be required to
deal with personal issue of employee on one hand and recruitment of fresher’s on the
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other. The need here will be to priorities the things so as to get success in all the tasks that
are in hand.
 Communication – The Hr professionals are required to communicate with management,
to the potential employees and all the current staff members who are the part of
organization. They have to be good at written as well as oral skill set in such a manner
that the professionals appear to be caring, convincing as well as believable (Alfes, Shantz
and Soane, 2014).
 Discrete – As the members of HR team are the keepers of data about the company hence
they should be able to keep the secrets with them. It should be made sure that confidential
data about salaries; promotion etc. should not be divulged to unauthorized person.
Behavior
As the HR team has to deal with human beings who may act unpredictable in some
situations and cannot be controlled or owned. Hence the HR must possess the behavioral trait by
which they can lead the employees rather than just managing them. He should further have a
knack of curiosity by which novel solutions can be found out about the issues that are being
faced by the employees.
Section 1 b - Analyze a completed personal skills audit for Jane Cambridge to identify
training and development needs.
On the basis of completed personal skill audit as mentioned in appendix B for Jane
Cambridge, the employee is in need of several training and development needs in order to
become a successful HR professional. As discussed in the knowledge set, an human resource
professional is required to be sound in the area of information technology also. On an average
note, Jane has got the presence of good IT skills however she is required to become sound in
using HR database as well specialist HR software. One on one training can be given to her in this
area so that she can enter as well as analyze the employee records in best possible manner. Her
knowledge seems to be adequate in the usage of excel spreadsheet but the need is further to gain
a thorough expertise in the area as she will be required to use this spreadsheet most of the times.
This will be in the area of recording employee leaves (Casual, sick etc.) and also the salary to be
given accordingly (Woodcock, 2014). She can become perfect in the area of MS word as well as
PowerPoint through practice.
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