Skills Required by an HR Professional within a business

Developing individuals
Team and organizations

TABLE OF CONTENT
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................3
Skills Required by an HR Professional within a business...........................................................3
Personal SWOT Analysis and Personal Development Plan........................................................4
Reflection.....................................................................................................................................6
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................7
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................7
Company Background.................................................................................................................7
Importance of CPD......................................................................................................................8
HPW contributes to employee engagement and motivation........................................................9
The way it improves employees engagement, commitment and in gaining competitive
advantage...................................................................................................................................11
To improve Competitive position of Tesco...............................................................................12
Different approaches to HPW evaluates in context of company...............................................12
Recommendations for improvements........................................................................................13
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................13
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................15

INTRODUCTION
Human resource management is the strategic process through which the human resources
of a business are managed by its administration. People undertaking human resource
management responsibilities of a business need to be in possession of varied set of skills and
knowledge in order to perform basic functions of a general human resource management are the
recruitment and selection of employees, creation of rewards and incentives to increase employee
performance and efficiency, job restructuring and planning and addressing all employee
grievances and issues (Bratton and Gold, 2017). In this report we evaluate HR functions on the
business TESCO, a British multinational retail store located in London UK. Since it began
operations 101 years ago in 1919, it has expanded its operations and market share internationally
and has become the world's 3rd largest retailer on the basis of gross revenues.
TASK 1
Skills Required by an HR Professional within a business
In order to carry out their job duties and tasks in an effectively and efficient manner
within a business organisation such as TESCO, HR professionals need to possess a varied skill
set and knowledge. Some skills and attribute which are necessary for HR professionals at
TESCO are:
Cooperative: A HR professional needs to be able to work in a functioning way with all kinds of
people both within and outside of the business.
Knowledge: A HR professional is required to possess all relevant knowledge about the different
HR models and disciplines and how these can be implemented in an organisation's framework to
increase its performance and productivity.
Employee Relations: A HR professional is required to be able to ensure a good, productive and
healthy relationship between a business organization and its employees (DeCenzo, Robbins and
Verhulst, 2016).
Legal Laws: A HR professional is required to be aware of all the legal laws and regulations the
business has to adhere to in order to make sure no illegal practices take place in the working
environment.
Decisive Thinker: A HR professional is required to analyse and process given information
quickly in order to make decisively quick and efficient decisions.

Resourceful: The HR professional needs to be resourceful in his HR approaches in order to
better service the management and employees.
Professional: The HR personnel needs to be thoroughly professional in his work, demeanour and
approach.
Motivated: The HR professional needs to have an innate drive and motivation to succeed in
fulfilling his roles and responsibilities.
Confident: The HR professional needs to be confident in his abilities to change an organisation's
work culture even when he is met with internal resistance from co-workers (Marchington and
et.al., 2016).
Personal SWOT Analysis and Personal Development Plan
Strengths: One of my greatest strengths is the
internal drive and motivation I possess to
succeed in my career.
Another personal strength of mine is my ability
to manage other people in order to increase
their performance and productivity.
My knowledge and experience of basic HR
functions such as recruitment and selection,
performance appraisals also adds to my
strengths.
Weaknesses: One of my biggest weaknesses is
my inefficiency in communicating eloquently
with others.
Another weakness of mine is my lack of
technical knowledge in relation to HR
functions of job planning and restructuring.
Although I am deadline conscious, working
under pressure under limited deadlines
showcases my weakness in time management
discipline.
Opportunities: I am sure that my ability to
manage other people will help me a lot in
becoming a successful HR professional and
handle job responsibilities effectively (Mauro,
2017).
My meticulous and data centred nature will
help me a lot while performing employee's
performance appraisals, which is also a major
function of HR professional.
Threats: My inability to manage timing
restrictions such as deadlines when performing
under pressure can become an issue.
My inefficiency in being able to communicate
effectively in English due to it being my
second language spoken, to my co-workers and
subordinates also can become an issue while
performing HR responsibilities.