Developing Individuals, Team & Organisation - HPW

Developing Individuals,
Team and Organisation

Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK1.............................................................................................................................................1
P1. Determination of Skills, Knowledge and Behaviour required by HR Professionals............1
P2: Analyse personal skill audit..................................................................................................2
TASK2.............................................................................................................................................5
P3. Difference between Individual and Organisation learning and Training and Development.5
P4: need for continuous learning and professional development................................................7
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................8
P5: Stater how HPW contribute to employee engagement..........................................................8
TASK4...........................................................................................................................................10
P6. Evaluation of different approaches of Performance Management......................................10
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................11
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................14

INTRODUCTION
Expansion and growth of Person and team is the accountability of the human resource
manager of an company due to which specific skills and capabilities are required to attain or
achieve (Baxter and et. al., 2016). HR manager performs several functions such as recruitment
and selection, performance appraisal, identification of needs and requirements of employees etc.
which requires to acquire skills and knowledge which can be possible through participating in
different programs such as training and learning programs etc. This report is based on the
company named whirlpool which is an American global company engaged in manufacturing and
selling of home appliances. The company was founded in year 1919 by Louis Upton and Emory
Upton. The assignment includes the abilities, understanding and behaviour that should be
attained by HR manager, personal skills audit, different approaches to performance management,
contribution of HPW towards employee engagement, requirement of continuous and professional
development.
TASK1
P1. Determination of Skills, Knowledge and Behaviour required by HR Professionals
HR manager is an individual that play important role in dealing with different types of
employees that works in organisation. There are so many employees in whirlpool working
together to achieve organisational goals and objectives (Curtis and O'connell, 2011). HR
professionals should be self-disciplined and trustworthy so that all the activities in a
business are managed. They have proper knowledge of business activities and skills to
manage behaviour of employees. HR professional should have the following skills,
knowledge and behaviour which are discussed below: -
Skills
Decision Making- HR professional of whirlpool has decision making skills by which
they can make decision regarding how to manage people as well as organisation. The process of
recruitment and selection is done by HR in which they decide right candidate for a specific work.
They also take decision about how to resolve conflicts among employees.
Multi-tasking- HR professional should be able to perform various activities in whirlpool.
Their responsibilities change as per situation so they must have this skill to manage different jobs
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like, conduct interviews, implement training program of employees etc. HR professional should
multi tasker and complete all work and activity on given time period.
Active listening- For HR professional of whirlpool, Active listening is a communication
tool that is essential in resolving conflicts, sharing the data and respond adequately to the
demand and expectations of workers. It is essential to HR to understand issue and opinion of
their employees. It helps to find out causes and taking corrective action.
Knowledge
Sourcing and staffing- Every HR professional should have complete knowledge of their
field. Whirlpool’s HR managers have knowledge of recruitment and selection of right candidate
(Darcy and et. al., 2014). Main role of HR professional is providing proper training and
development through which they help to increase productivity and achieve organisational
objectives.
Employment law- It concern with the legal relation between leader and worker. There are
different legal issues arises in an organisation regarding recruitment and firing process, sexual
harassment and any discrimination originate among employees etc. HR manager of whirlpool
should have the knowledge of laws and legislation to overcome such issues and simultaneously
avoid legal trouble.
Behaviour
Versatility and adaptability- HR Managers should have versatile and adaptive nature.
They have to determine how to respond in changing environment. Whirlpool company have most
skilled managers who have various qualities and able to perform different tasks.
Solution Oriented- In this type of behaviour HR professionals have problem solving
ideas and they find out solution of every problem. This approach is focus on a certain level of
creativity. It breaks the boundaries of traditional thinking and enhance idea to find out solution
(Ellinger and Ellinger, 2014).
Collaborative- In whirlpool there are different departments like finance, research and
development, marketing and operations etc. So, HR manager should have to create collaboration
with every department so that organisational goals are fulfilled.
P2: Analyse personal skill audit
Skill review alludes the way toward estimating and noting the capability of an individual
or team. Personal skill audit is an evaluation of strengths and flaws of a person. It is a procedure
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