Developing Individuals, Teams and Organisations

Developing Individuals
Teams and
Organisations

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
SECTION 1......................................................................................................................................1
P1 Determine appropriate and professional knowledge, skills and behaviour that are required
by HR professionals....................................................................................................................1
P2 Professional skill audit for identifying appropriate knowledge, skills and behaviours and
develop professional development plan .....................................................................................2
P3 Difference between organisational and individual learning, training and development........4
P4 Need for continuous learning and professional development to drive sustainable business
performance ................................................................................................................................5
M1 Detailed professional skills audit and professional development plan which demonstrates
evidence of personal reflection and evaluation ..........................................................................6
M2 Apply learning cycle theories to critically analyse the importance of implementing
continuous professional development.........................................................................................6
SECTION 2......................................................................................................................................6
P5 How HPW contributes to employee engagement and competitive advantages.....................6
M3 Analyse the benefits of applying HPW with justifications to a specific organisational
situation.......................................................................................................................................7
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
Development is important within an organisation in competitive business environment. In
addition to this, it is requisite to manage continuous development of team, individual as well as
organisation in working environment for performing operations in high manner (McEwen and
Boyd, 2018). This report is based in Hamleys which is oldest multinational toy retailer at global
level. It was established in 1760 and founder was William Hamley in High Holborn, London. It
will be going to discuss appropriate professional knowledge, skills and behaviour in relation of
HR professionals. Along with this, professional skill audit will conduct for determining
appropriate knowledge, skills and behaviour as well as professional development plan will
design. Furthermore, difference within organisational and individual learning, training and
development will elaborate along with need of continuous learning and professional
development for driving sustainable business performance. Moreover contribution of HPW in
employees development and gaining competitive advantages will be going to explain.
SECTION 1
P1 Determine appropriate and professional knowledge, skills and behaviour that are required by
HR professionals
HR Advisor play essential role in conducting business activities in appropriate manner.
For HR Advisor it is essential to have required skills, knowledge as well as behaviour as it will
help in conducting overall task within better manner and gaining positive outcomes. There are
several skills, knowledge and behaviour which is needed by Human resource Advisor for
conducting activities in Hamely's within effective manner. These are as follows :-
Knowledge
 Payroll/ compensation & benefits – HR manager need to have knowledge related to
payroll, compensation and benefits because it provide them assistance in updating HR
changes logs (Hedman, 2016). This will result in accurately reflecting leavers, absences
as well as any other changes. It is crucial to maintain record of employees for conducting
activities in better manner.
 On-boarding and induction – It is important to have on-boarding and induction related
knowledge in HR Advisor as it provide assistance to them in inducting new candidate.
Along with this, it also assist in interacting with existing employees and new.
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 Human resource knowledge- It is identified that HR manager should have knowledge of
their field so that they can perform all the duties and responsibilities accordingly.
Skills
 Communication skills – It is one of the major skill which required in HR manager as
this provide assistance in performing business activities in better manner. Moreover,
communication skills will help in maintaining employees relationship in better manner
and assist in developing good environment in company.
 Decision making skills – It involve capabilities of person for taking appropriate and right
decisions making which is important for company (Schulze, 2016). Moreover, decision
making skills of Human resource manager assist in determining and analysing several
elements for effectual decision making in relation of organisational growth.
 They should be able to provide that much quality of people so they increase productivity
of organisation that helps to accomplish their goals and objectives.
Behaviour
 Transparency and trustworthiness – Behaviour of HR Advisor have to be
trustworthiness and transparent which is important as it support in building strong
relation among employees.
 Employees engagement – This has to be in behaviour of HR Advisor as it will provide
assistance in involving each and every employees within their activity. Along with this,
such behaviour of HR Advisor make employees comfortable as well as they feel like part
of company.
HR manager should have some courage and curiosity so that they can perform all duties and
achieve their targets (Moussa, McMurray and Muenjohn, 2018).
P2 Professional skill audit for identifying appropriate knowledge, skills and behaviours and
develop professional development plan
For HR Advisor it is essential to determine several skills and capabilities which is
required for developing strategies in relation of personal growth and development. The
organisation has many employees and they need to understand the behaviour of employees. They
have different skills that are important for the success of the organisation and they will make the
strategies of the organisation.
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