Responsibilities of Human Resource

Running Head: RESPONSIBILITIES OF HUMAN RESOURCE
Responsibilities of Human Resource
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Activity 1
The Profession Map is used in making better decisions, acting with confidence,
performing to the best of a person’s ability, driving change in the organization that they are
working in and finally working hard so that the professional goals are attained. The Chartered
Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) is a professional association for the professionals
working at the human resource department (peopleprofession.cipd.org). The CIPD has developed
a professional map so that the human resource professionals have a better way to work and they
have guideline so that they can make sure that their organization is working towards their full
capability (peopleprofession.cipd.org). The new profession map tries to develop the knowledge
and the behavior that are needed in creating value and making a certain amount of impact at
work. The profession map helps in shifting the goals from generic to specific value based
decision making that is the best practice for the job that they are doing. This essay will look into
the ways in which the profession map has helped in developing the profession of human resource
management.
The CIPD Profession Map is designed in a manner so that it can evolve with the changing
landscape of the profession. The core values that drive the professional and personal
development remains the same throughout the time that it is evolving. However as new roles and
positions, priorities and specialization come into the picture then profession map also evolves
itself. The profession map is designed in association with members of the CIPD, business
leaders, experts from the industry, partner organizations and learning providers so that they can
fulfill certain goals such as working across business contexts, this means that the professional

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can take sound decision regardless of context even when there is no rules to guide them
(Armstrong, Michael, and Stephen Taylor).
Figure 1
Source: Created by peopleprofession.cipd.org
The map is designed to incorporate all the values that can be represented by the
profession of human resource management. The profession map depicts the core behavior areas
which are ethical practices that are valuable to the professional irrespective of the kind of
business that they are doing (Watson, Gillian, and Stefanie Reissner).
The knowledge and the activities in the 10 professional areas of the map and the
behaviors are depicted in four bands:

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Relationship with
client
Delivering
fundamentals.
Adviser, issues-led. Consultant, co-
operative partner.
Leadership
colleague, client
confidante and
coach.
Focus of activity Client support and
processing activity.
Immediate and
ongoing.
Advising and
managing
individual or team-
based human
resource issues and
problems. Current
or near term.
Leading the
professional area.
Addressing the HR
challenges at the
organizational
level. Medium and
longer term.
Leading the
function or
professional area.
Leading the
organization.
Developing the
organizational
strategy.
Developing the HR
strategy.
Partnering with
the client.
Where time is
spent
Providing
information,
managing data,
process delivery
Understanding the
issues and
parameters, issue
analysis,
evaluation,
solutions and likely
consequences.
Understanding the
functional and
business
realities, providing
insights
and linkages,
flexible and
innovative
solutions, risk
analyses
Understanding the
organizational and
industry realities
and the client’s
needs, developing
strategies and
plans
Service to the
client
Facts and
information.
Delivering
fundamentals.
Process support.
Peace of mind.
Issues handled.
Flexible options
and
recommendations
Ideas, insights and
challenge.
Solutions.
‘Safe haven’ for
challenging
discussions around
the hard issues,
surfacing and
reflecting ‘the
truth’.
Measures Execution
excellence,
Issues and
problems
Trusted partner.
Seat at the
Lead team
colleague. Sought
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