Human Resource Management Capabilities

The essay discusses the seven essential capabilities identified by the Australian Human Resources Institute (AHRI) for HR practitioners. It emphasizes the importance of being business-driven, an expert practitioner, and a culture and change leader. Each capability is analyzed in detail, highlighting its significance in effective human resource management. The essay also includes personal reflections on how the author demonstrates these capabilities in practical scenarios.

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The model of excellence released by the Australian Human Resources Institute (AHRI),
identified 7 capabilities that is essential for the HR practitioners. These capabilities are essential
to be possessed by the HR practitioner, since possession of these capabilities will ensure
effective management of the business organization. Being business driven and expert
practitioner, along with being an effective change and culture leader is important for being an
effective HR practitioner. Three of these capabilities are selected and analysed. The selected
capabilities are:
Business driven
The capability of being business driven is one of the essential capabilities of a HR
practitioner. This includes the understanding the products and services that the business
organization provides to its customers, along with the operational strategies on which the
company works (Ahri.com.au, 2017). The key organizational drivers have to be understood by
the HR practitioner. This include understanding the key drivers, as well as the needs of the
customers and the stakeholders (Brewster and Hegewisch 2017). The organization performance
and its drivers have to be understood as well (Armstrong and Taylor 2014). The HR practitioner
has to drive the competitive advantage through the people for the organization. The clarity in
understanding and anticipation of the impact of the legislation and the policies of the government
has to be understood by the HR practitioner (Coetzer et al. 2016). The external factors such as
the social factors, the technological factors, the demographics, the economic factors as well as
the political factors cast a major influence on the business of any organization (Ahri.com.au,
2017). These have to be understood and the impact of these factors on the organization has to be
anticipated by the HR manager (Marchington et al. 2016). Responding to the internal as well as
the external influences and their impact on the organization has to be understood by the HR

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practitioner (Brewster and Hegewisch 2017). The factors such as sustainability and the
workforce risks have a strong impact on the organization, which has to be realised by the HR
manager.
This capability is important to the HR practitioner to posses, since the lack of
understanding of the business operations will result in misguidance of the employees.
In order to demonstrate that I posses this capability, I will demonstrate clear
understanding of the business requirements of the organization, for which I have applied in the
graduate HR position.
Expert practitioner
Being an expert practitioner includes the application of the HR knowledge that I posses,
in the practical field. Moreover, growth and self-development in leadership and people
management has to be ensured by the HR practitioner who posses this capability (Coetzer et al.
2016). Development of the insight on how the business decisions affect the design , culture and
performance of the organization, has to be understood (Ahri.com.au, 2017). The internal
capabilities, along with the expertise and the skills, possessed by the work force of the business
organization, have to be realised by the HR practitioner (Sparrow et al. 2016). The clarity of
understanding of the emerging technologies, and its impact on the business organization has to
be realised as well (Coetzer et al. 2016). The effective problem solving capabilities have to be
clearly demonstrated by the HR practitioner (Ahri.com.au, 2017).
This capability is essential to be possessed by the HR practitioner since anticipation of
the various emerging technology and its application in the business organization has to be
understood by the HR practitioner.

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In order to demonstrate that I posses this capability, I will clearly highlight the
anticipation of various events that I have successfully managed. Moreover, the conflict
management skills that I have demonstrated in my school or college could also be cited as an
example of the skills I posses.
Culture and change leader
Change management and introduction of sustainable change that is likely to enhance the
productivity of the organization needs to be understood by the HR practitioner (Coetzer et al.
2016). The understanding of the components that are required for a sustainable as well as
productive organization is to be demonstrated (Malik 2016). The designing and the delivery of
the innovative HR solution has to be effectively done by the HR practitioner (Ahri.com.au 2017).
Clarity in communication, along with implementation of the effective workplace practices have
to be implemented. The workplace culture, has to be positive, such that the workforce could be
motivated to work diligently, towards the successful achievement of the organizational goals
(Brewster and Hegewisch 2017). Monitoring progress and change management in the
organization has to be ensured. The HR practitioner has to be competent enough such that the
change management could be carried out effectively (Ahri.com.au 2017). The outcomes of the
changes have to be predicted successfully, to ensure that the changes will have positive outcome
for the business organization (Coetzer et al. 2016). This skill is important and has to be
demonstrated successfully by the HR practitioner. The change that is initiated in the business
organization has to be managed effective to ensure that the changes are beneficial to the
organization.

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The HR practitioner needs to posses this skill since changes are inevitable in any business
organization and it is important to ensure that the changes are positive. Moreover, effective
change management taken up by the HR practitioner will ensure that the employees accept the
changes positively.
In order to demonstrate that I posses the skills of culture and change leader, the changes
that I had initiated in my peer group in college could be demonstrated. I have taken up cultural
activities in my college and ensured that a positive culture with diligent working is experienced.
Thus, the model of excellence, released by the Australian Human Resources Institute
(AHRI), highlights essential capabilities that are to be possessed by the HR practitioner. It is
important that these capabilities are possessed, such that the effectiveness of the business
organization could be realised and implemented. The HR practitioners need to ensure that they
develop these capabilities and enhance their skills from time to time, such that effective
management of the human resources could take place.

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