Work-Based Learning Report: ASDA HR Internship Experience Analysis

This report provides a detailed analysis of a student's work-based learning experience during an HR internship at ASDA, a major British supermarket. The report focuses on the development of key competencies, including team building, leadership, communication, decision-making, and strategic management. The student's responsibilities as an HR intern, such as updating databases, screening resumes, and advertising job openings, are discussed in relation to the development of these skills. The report also examines the application of Tuckman's team building theory and system leadership theory. Furthermore, the report utilizes Gibbs' reflective cycle to analyze the student's internship experience, including descriptions of situations, personal feelings, evaluations, and action plans. The student reflects on their initial anxieties and excitement, as well as the practical application of HR knowledge and skills gained during the internship. Overall, the report offers insights into the practical application of work-based learning in an HR setting and highlights the importance of various competencies for professional development.

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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION.......................................................................................................................3
TASK 1........................................................................................................................................4
TASK 2........................................................................................................................................8
CONCLUSION..........................................................................................................................10
REFERENCES..........................................................................................................................11

INTRODUCTION
Work based learning is the termed as the strategy at educational level which is being
provided to students along with real work experiences which have major level applicability is
academic, technicals and employability development at specific level. This is considered as
the series of educational level which have proper level of integrations to the pars of curriculum
to be developed within workplaces to creates a better level of personal development. This
provides a level of opportunity to have strengthening the skill which provide appropriates
level of competitive advantages in more manner to have achievements of career goals. ASDA
the British 2nd the largest supermarket with the mission to be bet value retailer to have
exceeding with customer needs by providence better quality of services. In this company
working as HR intern will be wonderful experience. In this report there will e major discussion
of the work based competencies developmental along with personal developmental plan to
have achievement of better quality.
TASK 1
ASDA s the British 2nd the largest supermarket with the mission to be bet value
retailer to have exceeding with customer needs by providence better quality of services. As
working in ASDA as HR intern in to have assessing in HR department along with
administrative and related task development (Koh Chapman Abidi and Zulay 2018). In the
duration of the period there is clear level of development to have the major level of
developments in determination of HR policies along with detailed oriented demonstration the
excellent level of administration and organizational skills.
The experience of HR intern
In other duration of HR intern there is major level of development of the work based
competences which will have overall development in personality in to greater level of extent.
The work based competencies which re been developed in duration of HR intern are such as
the team building, leadership, communication, decision-making ans strategic management to
significantly have major level of contribution to overall development of personality at
effective level.
As a HR intern, there is existence of key responsibility in order to have proper level of
updating the company specific level of data base by havering proper level of input in terms of
contact of employees information along with their personal details. Further more added to this

there is screening of potential resumes along with application form in order to have proper
identification of competencies which is been required by company held vacancies. This has
major level of development of communication work based competencies which have major
level of demonstration of commitments towards quality. This helps in development of specific
balanced in listening and talking along with written and oral communication with appropriates
accurateness in being proper influence s with other.
On the other hand with next to that the HR intern take the major responsibility to have
proper advertisement for job towards the boards and social media platform. This task needs a
collaboration of appropriate teamwork. The ineffective team work have the serious level of
impacts on company development as there is major level of consequences such as he missed
deadlines and conflict between team member (Passow and Passow 2017). Existence of
employees which have the strong level of personality try to have the domination in the group
by taking over discussion which any have the negative impacts over team morale. This makes
negative impacts over appropriate decision-making along with over all development of
personality in effective way.
Team development
At this take there was proper implementation of team building theory by Tuckerman
which is being applied to countless scenario in more effective way. The major level of stages
are forming, storming, norming and performing in more specific way. This has the major level
of focus which team tackles to have tasked which have initial level of formation to have major
level of completion of projects in more specific way. In internship, all interns were at the
stages of forming where no level of understanding have its existence in perfect manner. There
were high level of dependency on team leaders along with clarity with regard to roles and
responsibilities which is needed to be performed by specific individual at perfect level.
Process are majorly ignored along with testing of tolerances ans system leadership. Moving
next to further stage storming there is clarity of purpose increases but plenty of uncertainties
persist (Englander, and et.al., 2017).
Cliques and factions form and there may be power struggles. The team were asked to
be more level of focused in order to have avoidance of distraction by relationship and
emotional level of issues. The next stages is about norming where agreement have taken in
place among intern along with clarity in roles and responsibilities to take major level of

decision-making along with proper level of delegation within management of group. In the
development of team building, there was appropriates development of leadership have also
taken places as leadership have proper facilitation to have process and working style
developmental in effective way. The last is stage of performing where team have the clear
level of vision and interference or participation of leader. The member tends to have clearance
in their work and have proper level of focus over higher degree of autonomy is perfect level.
Leadership
The leadership is been considered as one of the most important work based
competencies which is needed to be developed in an individual overall personality in more
perfect way (Monteiro Almeida and Aracil 2016). This ability is considered to be significant
in order to have calculation of progression in the respective management position along with
motivating other towards the personal and organization goal. In company such as ASDA, it is
important to achieve the significant level of progression in order to have providence of proper
level of motivation in developing more skill among employees. As HR intern there is proper
responsibility of the assisting proper planning of company events along with hiring new
parameter of orientation.
The leadership makes the development of the core competency's to have the
identification of significance training and development opportunities to have adaptation of
knowledges along with involvement of power skill development which increase promotions.
For example as inter there is proactively identifying of training opportunity along with
developing he skills through compensation of relevant assistance. As in the organization there
is major level of application of system leadership theory which have enables leaders to have
creation of condition where employee can work through all level of productivity keeping their
potential high. This is something to be sound behaviour in order to have creation of goof
leadership model along with developmental of organizational with designing ans social
process implication to peak of suborganisations success ad vision.
The importance of core competencies
Ultimately, an outstanding HR Intern should be detail-oriented and able to demonstrate
excellent administrative and organizational skills (Paulson and Rinks 2018). This has the
detailed level of understanding in order to have development of strategic management which
is needed to managed by business in more effective manner to be succeeded in this global

environment. It has proper level of relationship to have specific ordination of specific
operation of business in order to have proper level of maintenance advantages over
competitors internal and external in the firm. This work based competencies will help in
having proper review of the multiple aspects of business development along with proper
peroneal level which have the accurate evaluation of the data with systems as process in order
to make the appropriate and informed decision making in company.
Human resources' department is mainly having the responsibility in order to bring up
the process of the organizational changes in company which may have the relationship with
streamlining services, cutting budgets or improving performance. This is level of initiative
which is under roles and responsibility to be the respective to the specific level of changes
which is occurrence in company. The process of change management have the implication of
the other the major work based competencies to have the specifies level of development at
personal level of organizational one.
Decision making power
HR department have the proper level of correspondences in more level of have the
acquirement of staff which is regarding the HR polices along with employee benefits with HR
related matters in more specifies way to have condition to management related of different
situation and specification in maintaining things. Decision making power of personal
individual in considered to be most important aspects as its has ability to influence decisions
in both private and public. This has the formal level of accessibility in order to have position
of authority. This is considered to be more successful in achieving the organizational goals
and objectives around with managing the pervasive function level of manager which are
having particular level of achievement and development of aim in ASDA (Macgowan Dillon
and Spadola 2018). In the duration, there is clear level of development to have determination
of HR policies along with detailed oriented demonstration the excellent level of administration
and organizational skills.
As from the above accomplishment of the HR internship there are clears demonstration
to dependability, initiative, time-management, organization and prioritization Accepts
constructive feedback. The intern gets the successful idea to have the form level of
effectiveness in working into the team environment and specialized and specific way.
Communication and decision-making skill are utilized in more specific way. There are proper

performances of safe work habits which have inclusion posting jobs, reviewing resumes,
conducting interviews, and assisting with salary negotiation.

TASK 2
I will introduce my experience with the help of reflective cycle of Gibbs which have
the proper way of highlighting my experience for the time I have started by internship in HR
departments of ASDA (Davis, and et.al., 2019). In order to have the providence of the critical
framework in order to have descriptive of reflective essay, the gives will help in entailing the
description of the situation then my feelings along with thought and evaluation. At last there
will be critical analysis of all situation. The essay have its own level of strengthen and
weakness along with developed of whole experience which is finally being focus of the action
plan developed so than I can face the similar situation in up coming future,. I have chosen this
model as the descriptivistic cycle as each stage will be complicatedness with both essay
starchitecture and writing development skills. This type of critical thinking as a form of
reflection is the cornerstone of HR internship in whole way of developing in company
objective to permanent solution.
Description.
Being the student to the final degree of the graduation I want to have the perseverance
over making my career in human resources' department (Jackson and Wilton 2016). In order to
have development of the career in humans resource managements, there is need to have the
internship in order to have the development of skill which will make the major level of
contribution in developing the skill in more perfect way. The development of these ski will
make major per level of personification. I have been chooses as the HR intern in the ASDA
which is British 2nd the largest supermarket with the mission to be bet value retailer to have
exceeding with customer needs by providence better quality of services.
Feelings
Intellectually. I have the feeling of anxiety as working in such as of and repute
organization were accurately makes my knees weeks. The first day have feeling little anxious
and excites in order to be had the proper level of think if I can be able to perform the such
level of task. On the other hand I as also feeling excited in order to have more learning of
different skill and making the expected changes in the personality in order to gain varsity
upliftment on my profile. Later on after the few days I have found the colleges who were same
level of been anxious and excited like me in same level. The thing were turning out to be more
level of thrilling for me to have experienced.

Evaluation
Later I have few days of contemplating my level of resoles and responsibility such as updating
the company specific level of data base, proper advertisement for job towards the boards and
social media platform, Hiring new parameter of orientation along adaptation of knowledges
along with involvement of power skill development which increase promotions. I have
evaluates that there is clear level of development in me term of my communication's and
decision-making skills (Krumm and Schulze 2017). Previously, I was not good to have the
communication's with other authorizes but now can I can easily have communications in both
written and oral way. I have evaluated that the leaderships and team building. The keen things
among the work based competitiveness which is needed to be developed by me in more time
period of my internship.
Analysis
I have analysed that the communication's and decision-making is Turing out to be perfects in
me but the leadership and team building is having the major level of focus and guidance in
order to make the part of personality. This is considered to be more important to achieve the
organizational goals and objectives around with managing the pervasive function level of
manager which are having particular level of achievement and development.
Conclusion
Form the above experience I have concluded that as HR intern has the proper responsibility of
the assisting proper planning of company events along with hiring new parameter of
orientation. The agreement should be their in term clarity in roles and responsibilities to take
major level of decision-making along with proper level of delegation within management of
group(Ali and Marwan 2019). I have the major level of need to have development over my
team building and leadership skill which is impacts at major level to my personality
developmental as to gain major level of competencies to gain competitiveness against
competitors. I have decided to have proper level of action planning in more over to developed
to my strategies management, teams building and leadership skill.
Action plan
In order to have development of leadership and team building skills there should be proper
level of following in term of disciplines along with taking more level of projects which will
gains more responsibility and leadership inside me. I will try to have awareness regarding

situation along with proper inspiring, motivating and resolving the sense of conflict among the
trainees and group. The creation of the plan is both a collaborative effort and two-way
commitment between employee and supervisor. This will automatically help me in developing
the team building skill as I want to have the development of the role of initials and leaders in
team working.
CONCLUSION
From the above file it can be concluded that HR intern have to assess in HR department with
administrative and related task development. The work based competencies which re been
developed in duration of HR intern are such as the team building, leadership, communication,
decision-making ans strategic management The leadership is been considered as one of the
most important work based competencies which is needed to be developed in an individual
overall personality in more perfect way. Accurate evaluation of the data with systems as
process in order to make the appropriate and informed decision-making in company. The
cation plan will help in overall development of personality in more specified way.

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