Project Placement and Design: HR Career Development Plan

This project explores the development of a Human Resources (HR) career, focusing on project placement and design. The student outlines the justification for choosing an HR career, emphasizing the importance of planning and the need for specific competencies to thrive in a competitive business environment. The assignment details the essential skills and knowledge required for HR professionals, including time management, leadership, communication, and decision-making. The student identifies key learning areas, such as understanding talent, inspiring teams, and handling HR-related projects. The project utilizes simulation as a learning method to promote practical learning and team spirit. Objectives include developing leadership and communication skills, improving time management, and enhancing decision-making abilities. A project portfolio is included, detailing a training program for supervisors, skills audit, and activity completion logs. The project emphasizes the importance of self-assessment, continuous learning, and applying theoretical knowledge to real-world scenarios, with the ultimate goal of enhancing skills and confidence within the HR field.

Running head: PROJECT PLACEMENT AND DESIGN
Project Placement and Design
Name of Student
Name of University
Author Note

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Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................2
Justification for chosen career in Human Resource Management...................................................2
Skills and Knowledge Required for HR Professional.....................................................................4
Things to be learnt in developing career as HR professional..........................................................5
Ways of learning in HR career........................................................................................................6
Setting of objectives........................................................................................................................6
Project portfolio...............................................................................................................................7
Timescale.......................................................................................................................................12
Evidence of learning......................................................................................................................13
Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................13
References......................................................................................................................................14

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Introduction
The learning is raised when an individual will be undertaking self activities for the different
sources which is connected with the study in a meaningful manner. It is basically the social and
interactive, presenting challenges which should overcome. The project design will help in
providing the opportunity for engaging in learning, applying the ideas and knowledge and the
theory of practice to support the learning in any professional field (Saunders and Hutson 2012).
It is seen that the self learning both takes place inside and outside the classes. So it is essential
for the individuals to get participated in different activities which are useful in project placement
and designing to be done in an analytical and coherent way.
A learning contract is defined as the document which is expected to be developed and
recovered from an individual who will be working on any work based project. The learning
contract should be setting out the parameters for the activities which an individual should be able
to undertake it in order to meet the assessment criteria.
Justification for chosen career in Human Resource Management
It is seen that the importance of planning could not be justified in the HR career whenever on
plans will always be assured for gaining a better position. This is really important as he HR
profession for an individual is one of the most common module or area of management which is
useful for the personal as well for the professional life of the individuals (Saunders and Hutson
2012). The competencies in the area of HR are required for surviving the individuals to be able
to make their planning in this competitive business environment as well. I would like to select
my career in the area of HR as there is always important in the selection of HR as one of the

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important ones which is useful for me to enhance my career. I would like to have motivation and
self direction which could be obtained through the specific context of HR in my professional life
as well. It is seen that the process of learning and the realization of self commitment, motivation
and self direction is achieved through the simulation methods. This is basically the simulation of
the real world experience where the professional is to be conducted so that the real life goals to
be set and it should be implemented in a proper manner. The simulation I often found to be an
important tool which has facilitated the organizations in the development of the experiential
learning environments by which I can be able to solve my issues in the context of HR
management.
Thus it should be through simulation, that I will be able to facilitate the identification and the
improvement of the skills and abilities. This could be possible through the realization of the
different groups of individuals by acquiring and developing understanding of the people and self.
This realization will help me enhance my leadership and communication skills which are very
important in the career of HR. These could be the main sills which are really useful for me to
adopt for performing and starting my career as HR professional (Larsen 2017). This could be
achieved when I will be able to have real time project experience and manage the experiences of
reality by working with the team members in any HR related project. The communication, time
management and the leadership skills are the most important sills which will help me develop
my confidence over the society as well in the HR field (Larsen 2017). It is seen that through
simulation I could be able to build confidence and will be able to function much more efficiently
and the other stakeholders present in the industry as well. With the help of simulation, I should
be able to identify my weaknesses and strengths and this will help me to improve my leadership,
communication and the time management skills into the self management goals. It is by far the

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realization of the goals that my efforts should be beneficial for the entire organization and the
HR professional as a whole. It is obvious that for starting a career in the HR profession I need to
be initiating and preparing to face some challenges in my profession. This should be facilitated
by acquiring negotiation and the bargaining skills which should be pertinent for the profession as
well.
Skills and Knowledge Required for HR Professional
The skills are basically defined as the qualities which are acquired by the individuals in order
to start the professional career in any field. In this study the individual would like to start career
as the HR profession so there are certain skills required by an individual to develop the
understanding of how the career should be developed and sustained as the HR profession
(Saunders and Hutson 2012). The most important skills which are required for the individual to
develop and start its career as HR profession could be the time management, leadership, decision
making, motivational and leadership skills to be developed. The leadership skills makes the
individuals to be able to lead and make the team members to be able to lead and control the
project and manage any problems related with any real time project to be evaluated as well
(Laycock and Stephenson 2013). The communication is also one of the most important sills
which need to be acquired by an individual before starting its career as the HR profession. The
individual should have the active listening as well the string verbal communication skills which
could be useful in communicating with the stakeholders involved in the business (Laycock and
Stephenson 2013). The communication helps in developing the strong relationships with the
stakeholders involved in the business organizations where the individual should be able to
communicate effectively and efficiently with the team members along with the other
stakeholders involved in the business. The decision making is dependent on the self assessment

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done by an individual and have the experience in completing complex projects. It is seen that for
starting profession in HR, the individual need to have strong decision making skills for taking
effective recruitment and selection decisions by making the business organizations to be able to
retain and hire the most talented individuals. The motivational skill is also useful in motivating
and providing engagement of the team members associated with the project to be realized. The
developments of these skills are important for me to be able to facilitate and collaborate with the
different types of stakeholders involved in my profession (Laycock and Stephenson 2013). These
skills will be definitely helping me to realize my current goals in my career which is based
within the HR profession. The justification of the learning contract is linked with the efficacy
which has helped me to look at my present abilities and will be projecting them in the future by
improving on these skills as well.
Things to be learnt in developing career as HR professional
As I have chosen HR as the profession in my career, I need to rely on what I should be learning
if I start my career as HR professional. First of all I need to learn that how I will be able to
identify individual having the greatest taken in them who could be able to understand the
requirements and have the potential of understanding the organizational goals. As the HR
profession I could be able to lead my team in a positive way. I could be able to inspire and
motivate my team members and other stakeholders involved in the business to provide net for the
organization where I will be starting my career as HR profession. I should have the experience of
handling and completing some of the major management projects related to the field of HR and
has the potential of analyzing the HR problems through the cases studies and peer review of
literature which I have judged it. I also learnt how I will be self assessing in taking effective
decisions.

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Methods
The chosen method is simulation. I have been selected simulation as the method of experiential
learning as I have the ability to promote practical learning and team spirit. In addition, the
simulation I have chosen as the method of learning for myself as this will be facilitating me to
get involved in real practical work related with HR profession. This will help me acquire my
inquiry and practical skills which will be useful in practicing me in the work life scenario. Thus,
simulation will be really helping me in the development of the recognition and improve my
performance as well. This simulation method will also help me to improve my current skills and
knowledge of starting myself as HR profession. This results in providing me the knowledge and
the skills and the confidence which will help me to be able to fulfill the learning method which
should be realized by the participating in the teams, researching and taking the feedbacks of the
peers and seniors and taking part in various discussions as well.
Setting of objectives
The objectives are basically the predetermined goals which are useful for an individual to be
able to fulfill it. The predetermined goals should be the development of the certain skills which
are not at par for the individual and they are needed in order to start career as HR profession for
the individual as well (Falchikov 2013). The objective is to develop the leadership and the
communication skills in order to complete a HR related project which is given. It is also seen that
there is also the objective of improving the time management and decision making skills in order

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to complete a project and start the career as HR profession as well (Jackson Sibson and Riebe
2014). The development and the implementation of the activities which should be targeted to be
achieved by the individuals in the designing and placement of a project related with the HR field.
Project portfolio
The project is all about designing a training program for the supervisors by the line manager.
This project is going to be started as the experience for me by which I could be able to start my
career as HR professional. So the project portfolio should be containing the skills audit and the
target dates along with the achievement of the objectives set and how the objectives should be
met (Lent 2013). The skills audit and the activity completion are produced in the form, of
portfolio so that this project will become successful for the individual want to start the career as
HR professional. The skills audit and the activity completion table are explained below
Project log
Date of Event What was the
development
activity?
What I was
expecting to
learn?
What have I
learned?
How will I
apply this
learning?
26th March, 2018 Good behavior
with the team
members.
Interpersonal How to behave
with clients.
Low
interpersonal
skills with the
customers

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2nd April, 2018 Able to lead a
team
Team working
abilities
Leading a team Low leadership
ability to unite
and work as a
team
12th April 2018 Communicating
with the peers
Communicating
verbally with
clients.
Communication
with employees
properly.
The writing
skills were
developed at
study. The
verbal
communication
skill is not
ready as the
individual talks
less with the
peers and the
seniors.
14th April ,2018 Low morale for
the employees
Inspired by
working
environment
and support
from the peers.
Problem Solving
of the employees
and team
members.
Providing idea
to the line
manager
regarding the
implementation
of training.
25th April, 2018 Training
implementation at
Training
procedures and
Decision making
properly with the
Designing of
training needs

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XYZ the policies of
the
organization.
clients. assessment and
training
materials to the
employees.
Weekly Log
Week Number 3 DATES: 7th April, 2018
Day/Date: Saturday Nature of Work and Time: Career development
and 2:15 P.M.
Activities What did I learn or gain from these activities
/critical incidents?
Development of training module I learnt proper market research and
consultation with the peers and HR managers
of different companies operating in the market.
Performing Training needs assessment I learnt development of the proper market
research. The discussion with the peers about
the training materials to be used
Developing learning needs of the individuals The learning needs of the individuals could be
achieved by analysis through the proper
analysis and evaluation of the learning models

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in the workshops and seminars to be
participated by me (Jenkins and Walker 2014).
This is also achieved by taking discussion
notes of the type of learning they prefer as
well.
Developing learning objectives I analyzed by assessing and evaluating the
objectives set earlier by the individual.
Designing of training materials I analyzed by assessing and identifying the
training materials which is done after
consultation and taking part in regular
meetings for the identification of the training
requirements of the team members of XYZ
organization as well (Brown and Knight 2012).
Implementation of training I analyzed the monitoring of the performance
of the employees as well as taking feedbacks
from the peers and the line manager regarding
the correct implementation of training
(Pritchard 2013).
Evaluation of training I analyzed the peer evaluation of the training
modules and the analysis of the feasibility of
the training provided in XYZ organization as
well.

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Timescale
It is very much important there is the need of the time to be managed for each and every
activity for the placement or the designing of any project. The time needs to be managed so that
each of the activities could be completed within the time period set. Time is useful in evaluating
the tasks to be completed for a project (Auckland 2012). The reason behind is that the time will
help in planning and for avoiding the failure as this will be focusing on the attainment of the
goals (Anderson Boud and Sampson 2014). It is also seen that the time is important as this will
help in setting out plans in completion of a project. There is always a need of developing a
proper timescale for the prioritizing of a work and for achieving the aims of the tasks. Thus, it is
said that the time management in this learning contract should be assessed on a weekly basis to
see that if it has been learnt in a week is completed before the time. The project design is
basically the development of training program for the supervisors in XYZ Company which is
done by the line manager.
Incident Log Sheet
Date Time Event What did I learn
2nd April, 2018 10:00 AM Development of
training module
Leadership skills