Developing Individuals, Teams and Organisations

Developing Individuals, Teams
and Organizations
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INTRODUCTION
Development of working staff and team groups is the basic requirement of every
company which wants its business growth in the business worlds. It is beneficial for the
employee’s personal growth and professional career. It helps in making policies rules and
effective strategies to achieve organization’s desired goals. The developments of individuals,
teams and organizations are interrelated as it helps in achieving in organization goal. It also helps
in market growth of the organization. This research is carried out in the context of Sainsbury’s
(Bolman, 2017). It is an UK based Retail Company, mostly deals in groceries. It is one of the
largest chains of super market in UK. In this report behavior, knowledge, skills required by a HR
professional is included to manage company’s environment. Apart from that, individual and
organizational learning is also discussed to enhance productivity among individuals.
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P1.Evaluation of knowledge, skills and behavior required by a HR Professional
To carry out activities in a proper manner, every organization requires a well trained and
hard working staff. As, this training generates good efficiency and professionalism in the mind of
an employee. Development of employees should be focused to attain targeted goals in business.
In the context of Sainsbury company requires employees having sufficient knowledge and skills
with the advancement of technology to increase market growth and profit margins. Different
capabilities and knowledge is required through by HR Professional of Sainsbury his skills. Here
knowledge, skill and behavior of HR professionals are discussed below:
Required skills: To complete a task with a targeted result in specified time is the ability which is
required. In the context of Sainsbury, an HR Professional required these skills (Turner, 2014): Good communication
Information should be conveyed properly among staff members. The words which
are used by HR professional and communication should be clear and accurate. It is the
duty of an HR manager of Sainsbury to convey the information properly on every level of
an organization without any misunderstanding. This helps in maintaining a good working
atmosphere.
 Overcoming confliction and problems
Confliction of communication should be resolved by an HR manager in
organization. A Manager should be calm, impartial and unbiased while addressing the
issues. The HR manger must capable of resolving problems with his maturity and
understanding. This results to a healthy working environment.
Required Knowledge: An organization should hire employees with sufficient knowledge in
their respective fields. This helps in running a business effectively. Proper knowledge helps in
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making decisions quickly to tackle the issues. In the context of Sainsbury a manger should have
knowledge in followings fields: Management and supervision
A good knowledge of strategic tools and planning related with administration is
required by an HR manger. A Sainsbury’s manger has his duty of the allocation the
resources , maintaining the coordination among the employees. Whole working
environment of staff can be disturbed with the problems in the management.
 Laws and governance
A good knowledge of different corporate laws, cods and procedures related with
organization is required by an HR professional. The manger of Sainsbury should be
familiar with the laws of minimum wage, work place safety. This will help the firm in
resolving the conflicts related to salary and other aspects.
Required Behavior: the way of talking and interaction determines the behavior of an employee.
Interaction of a manager with other staff manger also influences the working ability of the staff.
In the context of Sainsbury it is important for an HR manger to communicate politely and
humbly to employees (Katzenbach, 2015). Ethical
These are the basic codes which should be followed while making the decision.
These codes don’t have any laws as this will enhance friendly and peaceful environment
within an organization. The HR manger of Sainsbury should be ethical so that it can
influence working ability of the employees. Ethical nature of a HR manger increases the
trust of the employees regarding the organization.
 Trustworthy
A manger should be trustworthy so that it helps the employees to have open
communication with him. In the context of Sainsbury, as the manger is trustable it helps
the employees in sharing their issues easily.
P2. Personal skills audit to identify appropriate knowledge , skills and behaviors for
developing a plan of given job role
An individual must be vouched to identify his expertise and proficiency by Personal
skills audit. To measure the efficiency of an employee connected with business. This approach is
helpful (Cummings, 2014). To work as a HR manager in Sainsbury it is must to find out own
abilities and performance level. In the context of this company, I have audited process to assess
my strength and weakness. This helps me in understanding the need of training and development.
My outlined strength and weakness are discussed below:
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