MG410: Career Action Plan and Self-Reflection Report - HR Focus

This report presents a student's career action plan and self-reflection, focusing on the role of an HR manager. The introduction provides an overview of career planning within the HR department, highlighting the student's interest in a position at Tesco Plc. The main body analyzes personal strengt...Read More

CARRER ACTION PLAN
AND SELF REFLECTION

TABLE OF CONTENT
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
Analysation of personal strengths and weaknesses in the identified skills..................................3
Smart career action plan...............................................................................................................5
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8
Appendix .........................................................................................................................................9
CV................................................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
A career action plan is managed and owned by young people which are intending to
increase their career development with the help of a dynamic planning document. The career
plan in this project will be over the selected Human Resource department. In reference to that
this project will highlight my strengths and weakness. This project contains an action plan which
will show the areas of development I need for this particular career choice. HR management
studies It has enabled me to get a job opportunity in Tesco Plc as an HR manager. The reason
why I am so interested in the job is Tesco is a good reputed company, the job profile fitting to
my preferences and this job will be very crucial for my development as an HR manager. The
skills and knowledge I have gained in Human Resource are,
 Communicating skills
 Team management with the help of collaboration.
 Skills for budget management.
 Decision-making
 Skills for training and development.
 Knowledge about the laws
MAIN BODY
Analysation of personal strengths and weaknesses in the identified skills
From the experiences I have gained in the internship of small scale organization of
London I gained few skills and knowledge. With evaluation of those skills, knowledge and
experience I have found out that I have strengths in certain fields of HR management
(Kryscynski and et.al., 2018). These strengths are,
Communicational Strengths :
I have been able to develop this strength because as the role of HR manager
communication has to be very important for the circulation of information efficiently. The
strength of communication has enables me to be fit for the role of HR manager as I can convey
my idea pretty clearly. My communicational strength will be very important factor for my
selection in Tesco Plc as an HR manager.
Strength from Training and development :

I have recognized myself as an individual which can learn almost anything from a
training thus it becomes my strength which I can utilize in HR management to learn from
training and use that for better performance. Due to this strength I might be able to persuade the
interviewer of Tesco Plc for hiring me as HR manager in the company.
Knowledge about laws :
I can consider the knowledge I have about the laws related to the HR management as a
very important strength. With the help of this knowledge I can maintain framework of the
organization. The knowledge of laws that I acquire is very essential for every company including
Tesco thus I believe that this strength of mine will aid me towards getting selected for the job
profile (Silva and Soares, 2018),
Along with strengths I do feel that I have weakness which I need to work on for
achieving success in the new job of HR management in Tesco. These weaknesses are,
Poor at collaborating management in teams :
I have suffered a lot whenever I was assigned with the task of team management because
I find it difficult to manage individuals which have different traits and personality. Poor team
management is a very big drawback which I need to work on for getting any chance of selection
at Tesco for HR manager.
Budgeting Skills :
I am not very good at maths because of which I sometimes struggle in planning my
budget for the use of organizations resources. Budget planning should be improved by me as it is
one of the common traits of requirement for HR manager and specially for a company like Tesco
it will be highly considered (Mattick, and et.al., 2019).
Decision-making :
Due to the above weaknesses of bad team collaboration and poor planning for perfect
budget my decision-making is affected which is clearly a weakness to me. Decision-making
abilities take time to develop in an individual that is why companies like Tesco asks for
experience. My experience at the internship of a small scale organization in London.
These weaknesses are the areas in which I need to show my development for improving
my work at Tesco in HR management. All my weaknesses are actually the opportunities I can
take for building my profile in HR management.

Smart career action plan
This is a career plan for me to achieve the goal I have set for myself that is about getting
selected Tesco as HR manager. This plan consists of area I need to improve with the suggestions
of strategies that can be implied by me (Kumar, and et.al., 2017). In this action plan the term of
the strategy and the time it will take is mention, along with that personal requirements I need to
make for developing in these areas. This plan is for making me successful in getting selected as
HR manager in Tesco.
Target Strategies Action term Development
required personally
for career
Time Scale
Improving
collaboration
in team
management
Indulging in more
and more team
related activities will
be the best strategy
for improving the
collaboration in my
team work. For
better collaboration I
can talk to every
team member
individually for
developing good
relationship with
them which will
improve the team
management.
In order to
improve my
collaborating
skills in need to
follow these
strategies for a
long term
period.
I can include myself
in project and
assignment with
multiple team for
increasing my team
management skills.
My team work can
also increase if I can
play games of
related to team-
work.
For improving
the skills of Team
collaboration
management it
will take me
around 1 year if I
use the given
strategies.
Improving the
skills of
Budgeting
For improving my
budgeting skills I
should practice
mathematical
The term of
action for this
strategy should
be short as it
My determination is
very important for
me to learn to
budget with the help
The time taken
for learning to
budget totally
depends on my

problems related to
budget.
I can also take
specific training
from experts.
Regular practices for
making budget for
every little thing
(Sanchez, 2017).
requires basic
practice of
mathematical
problems,
which can be
improved with
daily practices
of strategies
provided.
I should not so
effect failures, as
they are just a
stepping stone to
success.
work rate. If I
follow daily
practices of
mathematical
problems It will
take me 2 to 3
weeks only.
Improving the
skills of
Decision-
making
For improving my
decision-making
skill I need to
learning team
management and
budgeting first.
Decision-making
also improves of a
person when he or
she has confidence
on the strategical
decision which are
taken.
Decision-
making skill
comes from
experience thus
it takes a long
period to get
perfect at it.
I need to work on
the other skills in
need for HR
management in
order to improve my
decision-making.
It takes a lot of
time to have the
right experience
for making the
correct decision
thus it can be said
that it will take
me minimum of 5
years for
developing my
skills in decision-
making.
Developing
Knowledge
about the
industry
For the job profile of
HR manager in
Tesco I consider
myself very new to
their business idea
thus I should gain
knowledge with the
help of resources like
Knowledge
about the
company can be
gained by me
with the help of
some simple
research on the
internet (Rees
I need to develop my
researching skills for
learning about the
company I might get
a chance to work in.
Hard work
determination will
be the key for
It should not take
me a lot of time
for researching
about the
company. Only a
day or two may
be enough for the
operation.

internet and
magazines.
and Smith,
2021).
success in research.
CONCLUSION
The main aim of this project is to analyse the strengths and weaknesses of myself in HR
management. This project discusses the strengths I have developed with the experience of HR
management I have gained in the internship of small scale organization. This project points out
the weaknesses I still have and I need to work on for improving my performance in HR
management. With help of a Smart action plan this project suggests strategies, term of action,
personal commitment required and also the time that will be taken by me to develop in the areas
I found difficult.

REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Kryscynski, D., and et.al., 2018. Analytical abilities and the performance of HR
professionals. Human Resource Management. 57(3). pp.715-738.
Kumar, G.M., and et.al., , 2017. The roles and respon sibilities of a human resource manager in
an organisation. International Journal of Management, IT and Engineering. 7(9).
pp.216-223.
Mattick, K., and et.al., 2019. Optimising feedback for early career professionals: a scoping
review and new framework. Medical education. 53(4). pp.355-368.
Rees, G. and Smith, P. eds., 2021. Strategic human resource management: An international
perspective. Sage.
Sanchez, B.K., 2017. Major Transitions in Your Legal Career. GPSolo. 34. p.76.
Silva, A.M.R.A. and Soares, C.A.P., 2018. Competencies and skills of site managers from the
point of view of human resources professionals and site managers. Business
Management Dynamics. 7(9). p.1.

Appendix
CV
Profile
HR Manager
Personal Information
Name :– ABC
Phone :– 123456789
Email :– [e-mail]
Education Qualification
Secondary school – 2012
High school – 2015
Management course - 2018
Skills
 Communication
 Training & Development
 Laws
 Budgeting
 Team Work
Languages
 English
 Spanish
 Italian
 French
About
I am an intern at a small scale organization of London for the job profile of HR Manager.
During this internship I have learned to support a business by delivering people related process,
vision and strategy in my company. I have been very supportive to my colleagues and resolved
many challenging issue during my work.
Experience
I have 2 years of experience in a mall scale organization of London.