Developing Individuals, Teams, & Organisations: Skills Audit & Plan

This report examines the development of individuals, teams, and organizations within a business context, focusing on the role of HR professionals. It begins with a determination of the necessary knowledge, skills, and behaviors for HR roles, followed by an analysis of a personal skills audit and the creation of a professional development plan. The report then delves into the differences between organizational and individual learning, training, and development, using Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC as a case study. It analyzes continuing professional development (CPD) and its requirements, applying learning cycle theories to highlight the importance of implementing CPD within the organization. The report further evaluates the implications of high-performance working, including competitive edge and employee involvement, and concludes with initiatives to improve performance.

Developing
Individuals, Teams and
Organisations

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
Task A..............................................................................................................................................1
Determine appropriate and professional knowledge, skills, and behaviours that are required by
HR professionals....................................................................................................................1
Analyze a completed personal skills audit to identify appropriate knowledge, skills, and
behaviours and develop a professional development plan for a given job role......................3
Provide a detailed professional skills audit that demonstrates evidence of evaluation and
personal reflection..................................................................................................................7
Produce a detailed and coherent professional development plan...........................................7
Task B..............................................................................................................................................8
An introduction to the chosen organization............................................................................8
Analyse the differences between organisational and individual learning, training and
development...........................................................................................................................8
An analysis of continuing professional development (CPD) and the requirements for
individual and organisational development. Also apply learning cycle theories to analyse the
importance of implementing CPD in context of chosen organisation....................................9
Apply learning cycle theories to critically analyse the importance of implementing continuous
professional development.......................................................................................................9
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................10
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................11

INTRODUCTION
In relation to business organisations, a team or any individual plays a very significant role
for the purpose to manage their business activities and forming companies. In context to any
organisation, it is very important to have the right people who are trained, skilled and qualified
for the purpose to achieve objectives and goals of the organisation and also helping the company
to grow. The organisation chosen for this report is Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC. It is a British
Based multinational defence and aerospace organisation founded in 2011 and headquartered in
London, United Kingdom. In this report, it involves the creation of the professional development
plan and assessment of the personal skills audit in relation to the management of the
organisation. The report further comprises of the learning cycle theories used in the organisation
and evaluation of the various implications of high performance working that comprises of
competitive edge, conceptualization and employee involvement. The report further involves the
initiatives used for the purpose to improve performance working. In context to any organisation,
the process of learning, training and development plays a really important role.
MAIN BODY
Task A
Determine appropriate and professional knowledge, skills, and behaviours that are required by
HR professionals
In context to companies, the human resource managers plays a really significant role for
the purpose to determine the demands and requirements of the employees and staff working in
the organisation and also focusing on finding out the issues that might occur in the organisation.
They further helps in carrying out different methods for the purpose to solve these issues. In
context to Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC, the HR managers plays an important role for the purpose
to hire the best employees for the organisation and providing them training. The HR managers
working in the organisation has the major responsibility in order to carry out various business
activities in the organizations and with the help of effective plan it helps in achieving the goals
and aims of the company. Thus, it is very important that the HR manager should be quite
experienced and skilled for the purpose to handle various situations in the organisation. In
context to HR manager, there are various skills and knowledge required for the purpose to handle
individuals in the organisation (Khan and Khan, 2019).
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Knowledge of HR: It can be basically described as the set of abilities which can be acquired
with right education, situation and experiences. For any HR manager, it is very important to have
sufficient knowledge about their filed and using those skills and knowledge in a effective manner
(Heaton, Parlikad and Schooling, 2019).
Communication: It is basically the process of exchange of information among individuals for
the purpose to achieve common understanding and sharing ideas and thoughts. In context Rolls-
Royce Holdings PLC, it is very important that the HR manager should have the right
communication skills for the purpose to discuss and share their plans and ideas and for the
communication process, they can use various forms of communication tools such as newspaper,
social media and TV (Holbeche, 2018). In context to HR professional, it is very important to
have the basic knowledge in relation to the operations and management of the organisation. With
the help of HR professional, it helps in attainment of the goals and objectives of Rolls-Royce
Holdings PLC.
Behaviour of HR: It is basically described as the way, an individual behaves in the organisation
and how they treat other people working in the organisation. In Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC, the
behaviour of the HR manager must have the following traits:
Accountability: In context to organisation, the HR managers need to have the ability to take
responsibility for the purpose to reduce the problems and issues of the organisation( Bhat and
Bharel, 2018).
Adaptability: In context to organisation, the behaviour of the HR manager helps in addressing
multiple request and applicable information as per the changing environment of the organisation.
In context to Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC, the HR manager of the organisation must have the
patience level in order to handle the administrative operations which are being carried out in the
organisation. With the help of right behaviour, it helps in motivating the employee to improve
their performance and contributes towards the organisation success (Bjorvatn and Wald, 2018).
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Skills of HR professional: In context to skills of HR professional, it is very important to have
the right set of competencies and skills for the purpose to handle the human resource
management of the Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC. Skills are basically the ability of the individual
to carry out various tasks in different situations and the skills involves:
Team management: In context to HR manager, it is very important to have the right team
management skills for the purpose top handle individuals for the attainment of organisational
goals and objectives and it is very important for the HR manager to have the desired skill to
identify the right employee for the organisation (Jitpaiboon, Smith and Gu, 2019).
Organizing Individuals: It can be basically defined as the ability of an individual to understand
the actual talent of the employee for the purpose to improve the overall performance of the
employees working in the organisation and it is therefore important for the managers to know
how to handle various kind of situations that arise in the organisation.
Analyze a completed personal skills audit to identify appropriate knowledge, skills, and
behaviours and develop a professional development plan for a given job role
The personal skill audit can be basically described as the process of reporting, analysing
and measuring the abilities which are available in the team or individual. With the help right
personal skills, it helps the managers in identifying the weakness and strength of the employees
and also focusing on improving the productivity of the employee. In context to Rolls-Royce
Holdings PLC, the human resource audits can assist in determining the HR department particular
operating domains such as profitable, competent and ethical. In context to competencies, the
potential of the individual employee to meet the expected demand are basically reflected in the
skills audit( Small, L., Shacklock, K. and Marchant, T., 2018).
Governance: In context to organisation, the leadership skills plays a significant role for the
purpose to achieve the objectives of the organisation. In context to being a HR manager, i can
evaluate behaviour and diverse personalities within the employees. I can encourage and motivate
the team to perform in their best manner.
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Interaction Competencies: In context to Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC, the communication
process plays a really important role and the most crucial knowledge related competencies. The
organisation attracts the consumers from all across the world and establishing effective
communication with the employees.
Ability to resolve issues: In context to Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC, it is very important to
overcome issue through practical approaches and employing rational reasoning and dealing with
a lot of complicated issues and problems (Bufalino, 2018).
Professional development plan for HR professionals: The Professional development Plan
refers to a report that outlines the objectives I want to attain in terms of my interpersonal,
academic, and employability skills. For the purpose to overcome my weakness, the HR manager
need to create an action plan mentioned below:
Learning
Objective
Actual
Proficiency
Target
Proficiency
Improvement
opportunities
Time Scale
1 Information
Technology
In context to
my IT skills, i
am very week
and i am not
able to carry
out my task in
a timely
manner and
which results
in my tasks
getting
delayed.
In order to
improve my
IT skills, it is
important to
make use of
the effective
techniques in
the IT section
for the
purpose to
complete my
tasks in a
timely
manner.
For the
purpose to
improve my
IT skills, i
need to get
professional
training and
taking online
sessions.
3 Months
2. Decision
making skills
I realised that
i need to
In order to
improve my
In order to
improve my
6 Months
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improve my
decision
making skills
as i am very
weak which is
resulting in
impacting the
organisation.
decision
making skills,
i need the
desired
confidence of
whatever
decision i am
making, i will
keep in mind
the betterment
of the
organisation
and learning t
the right skills
for the
purpose to
make the
right
decisions.
decision
making skills,
i need to take
guidance
from
experienced
individuals
that will help
in bringing
self
confidence.
3. Time
management
skills
In context to
time
management
skills i am
really poor
and get
always late in
submitting
my
assignments
in a timely
manner and
In order to
improve my
time
management
skills, it is
important for
me to prepare
my schedules
in advance
and stick to
them.
In order to
improve my
time
management
skills, i need
to start
practising and
managing
small tasks
within the
given time
frame for the
4 Months
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thus it is
important for
me to work
on my time
management
skills.
purpose to
handle big
tasks.
Personal skills audit
The strengths and weakness are assessed through the personal audit report which is
mentioned below:
Strengths
 In context to my strengths, i have
strong confidence level which helps
me in better interaction with other
people.
 In context to creative thinking, i am
really good which helps me
introducing new thoughts and ideas to
the organisation.
 I am very good at problem solving
skills and which helps me in finding
suitable solutions for the problems
which are faced by the company.
Weakness
 I lack in IT skills which is one of my
major weakness and i feel that i need to
work upon them as it will help me in
making my reports and submitting them in
a timely manner (Lagrosen, 2019).
 I lack in doing multi tasking which results
in not completing my tasks in a timely
manner.
 In am not good at taking decisions and
which results in affecting the job role.
Opportunities
 In context to opportunities, my enhanced
leadership skills are considered to be a
great opportunity for me which helps me
in carrying out various business
operations.
 My another opportunity is my enhanced
presentation skills that helps in bringing
out creative ideas which results in
Threats
 In context to threat, i lack in active
listening which results in creating a lot of
problems for me.
 In context to Threats, the social anxiety is
considered to be a big threat for me
(Ratten, 2018).
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increasing my management skill set.
Provide a detailed professional skills audit that demonstrates evidence of evaluation and
personal reflection.
As per the Personal skill audit, i realised that i have good communication that helps in
establishing a effective communication in an efficient manner. With the help of team building
skills, it helps in boosting up my confidence level and improving my problem solving skills etc.
In addition to that, i came to know that in need to work on my decision making skills. It plays a
very important role in improving my IT skills and time management skills for the purpose to
achieve my objectives (Cooke, F.L., Wang, J. and Bartram, T., 2019).
Produce a detailed and coherent professional development plan
In order to expand sustainable development in the organisation such as Rolls Royce Holdings
Plc, it is important to carry out various leadership and managerial initiatives which plays a
critical role in self sustaining operations:
 Indentifying and looking out for the solutions of the different challenges
 The qualities and technical skills needs to be enhanced.
 Taking proper feedback from senior executives.
 Defining the aims and objectives of the industry (Kaluza and et.al, 2020).
 It is important to find out the strengths of the organisation.
 Putting up the activities and tasks on high priority.
In context to organisation, the managers are concerned about environmental issues on the
surface and will pursue any conventional sustainable and environmental techniques that are
popular at the moment. Instead of seeking to impose generalized ecological ideals on a firm, the
crucial step is to consider individual environmental challenges.
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Task B
An introduction to the chosen organization
The Rolls Royce Holding PLC, is considered to be one of the most renowned British Based
organisation in the automobile industry. The organisation is one of the major manufacturers of
the engines for the marines and aircrafts and luxurious automobiles. The organisation was
founded in the year 2011 and headquartered in London, United Kingdom. The organisation is the
leading supplier for the various marine equipments and was founded by English Car business
owner Stewart Roll and English Engineer Frederick Henry Royce.
Analyse the differences between organisational and individual learning, training and
development
Organisational Learning Individual Learning
 In order to achieve organizational
learning, it is very important for the
employees and managers of the
organisation to be highly transparent in
working and identifying the areas
where there is a need of development.
 It is basically the type of learning
which is developed when the
employees of the organisation learns
new skills for the betterment of the
organisation. These skills basically
contributes towards attainment of
organisational objectives and goals.
 This type of learning is basically linked
with the execution and development of
the productivity of an individual.
 When an employee of the organisation
learns new things, it is basically termed
as Individual learning.
 Such type of learning is also exposed
when employees are basically exposed
to the external environment.
Training and Development for Individual Training and Development for Organization
 In context to organisation, the company
is involved in providing individual
training to the employees for the
 It is basically defined as the learning,
where the organisation provides
training to the employee as compared to
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purpose to gain skills which are needed
for the purpose to perform their jobs.
 In such type of learning, the employees
are required to develop abilities and
skills which support them in
performing their tasks.
organizational activities.
 Such type of training helps in
development of the skills for the
purpose to enhance and improve the
status of the organisation at the
workplace.
An analysis of continuing professional development (CPD) and the requirements for individual
and organisational development. Also apply learning cycle theories to analyse the
importance of implementing CPD in context of chosen organisation.
In context to Continuing professional development, it basically comprises of the scarcity of
material in comparison to the Continuing Professional Development Frameworks. The report
basically analyzes the broad spectrum of the various research being carried out and outlines the
nine main concepts which are able to foster revolutionary action and functional independence. It
basically helps in deeper understanding of the various type of data and information which is
being generated through use of paradigm. In addition to that it has been suggested that there is a
requirement of in detailed examination of the possible repercussions and objective of Continuing
Professional Development Institutions.
Apply learning cycle theories to critically analyse the importance of implementing continuous
professional development
Reflective Objective: It is considered to be one of the most important learning cycle that helps
in enabling the company and its staff and employee to talk about the fresh insights which are
basically connected to the operations of the company. The theory of reflective objective learning
helps and allows the students to identify the various issues in relation to the Information
Inadequacies. In context to Rolls Royce Holdings PLC, the application of the reflective
objectives helps the organisation in improving its business operations and manufacturing process
and opting for prior experiences.
Concrete Experiences: In context to this theory, it basically focuses on finding out the issues
which are important for the organisation in order to achieve business objectives and improving
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interactions. The involvement of the concrete experience of learning model helps the
organisation in continuing professional development and also focusing on learning new
approaches and supporting the organization (Ellis, 2021).
Abstract conceptualisation: It is the capability of an individual that requires thinking or
conceptualising when learning from experience. This concept includes the philosophies, thoughts
and reason to recognise the problems or the condition. Basically, this explains the experience
which he gained from the prior knowledge and compare to the current understanding. This would
help the learner to get the new information and competent to mould their conclusion.
Active experimentation: This is the fourth stage of the learning cycle where the learner test his
existing ideas by creating the new experience. This make him able to predict, analyse task, and
make plans which help him in getting knowledge for the future.
An evaluation of what HPW is and how HPW contributes to employee engagement and
motivation, providing specific examples as evidence.
HPW stands for the high performance working which is basically a sequence of practices, rules
and procedure that are applied to the organisation. It helps the business concern to create
harmony in the premises while working which results in improving the performance of the
employees(Ma, Wang and Ge, 2021). It is considered that the high performance working is
categorised in the areas which includes high employee involvement, HR practices, compensation
and reward. Therefore, the high performance working practices are implemented in a business
concern in order to make the organisation more significant, bring innovation and creativity,
provides employee the higher satisfaction, reduce the employee turnover and increase
profitability.
It contributes to the employee engagement when the employees are appreciated and recognised
for their job done. They are also provided opportunities to work in a team and also their voices
are being heard. There are provided chances to share their ideas, knowledge or opinion which
make them feel valuable that leads to the employee engagement. They are also offered flexible
schedule by reducing work weeks and organised team activates such group outing happy hours,
sports day which can improve the team unity, working climate and engagement. The training and
development programs are also organised for the workers to enhance their skill and knowledge
so that they feel more confident and give their best performance(Subudhi and et. al., 2019). The
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