HR Skills: Development of Individuals, Organisation and Teams Report

This report delves into the essential skills, knowledge, and behaviors required of HR professionals, focusing on the context of the ASDA organization. It identifies key competencies such as leadership, decision-making, and interaction skills. The report includes a detailed personal skills audit, evaluating current skill levels and outlining areas for improvement. A professional development plan is then presented, which outlines specific goals, resources, and timelines for enhancing skills relevant to the role of a Human Resource Manager. The plan emphasizes the importance of continuous learning and development, including leadership, critical thinking, and decision-making skills. The conclusion stresses the need for individuals to develop personal skills audits and professional development plans to foster career growth and achieve professional milestones. References to relevant academic sources are also provided.

Development of
Individuals,
Organisation and
Teams

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................3
TASK ..............................................................................................................................................3
P1 Determine appropriate and professional knowledge, skills and behaviours that are required
by HR professionals ...................................................................................................................3
P2 Analyse a completed personal skills audit to identify appropriate knowledge, skills and
behaviours and develop a professional development plan for a given job role .........................4
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8
Books and Journals.....................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
In the current scenario of corporate and business industry, it has become extremely significant
for the individuals and organisation to focus upon the effective development of their skills and
knowledge (Super, 2020). It is essential for the individuals to enhance their competency and
skills set in order to meet the global requirements and to facilitate the realisation of personal as
well as organisation goals. The proposed report highlight upon the knowledge and behaviours
required by HR professional in order to lead productive operations in ASDA organisation. It also
encompasses a personal skill audit as well as professional development plan for facilitating
excellence in the job role of human resource manager.
TASK
P1 Determine appropriate and professional knowledge, skills and behaviours that are required by
HR professionals
Human Resource is a sub section of management process that requires the professionals engaged
in the same to possess competent knowledge and skills regarding the concept of Human resource
management and the application of the same. The Kills and knowledge required by the HR
professionals of ASDA are as follows :-
Leadership Skills
In order to facilitate the management of the workforce, it is very essential for HR professionals
to develop leadership skills in order to guide and influence the behaviours of the individuals in
the firm (Sablis,Smite and Moe,2020). Leadership can considered to be a characteristic that
enables to guide the employees in the right direction so as to achieve the organisational goals.
Decision Making Skills
HR professional needs to formulate a variety of appropriate decisions in various situational
contexts such as hiring of individuals, determining the pay scale, employee motivation tactics,
compensation and rewards etc. Hence, it is important for the HR professionals to take accurate
decisions at the right time in order to alleviate the functioning of ASDA organisation.
Interaction Skills
HR professional are required to interact with large number of candidates on an every day basis.
Communication is one of the most feature or attribute of an HR in order to interact with the

workforce. Good interaction ability helps to identify the concerns and queries of employees and
to take deliberate actions in order to resolve the same in a efficient manner.
P2 Analyse a completed personal skills audit to identify appropriate knowledge, skills and
behaviours and develop a professional development plan for a given job role
Personal Skill Audit
Personal Skill Audit can be be termed as a statement that details about the assessment and
evaluation of the current skill set of an individual and focuses upon the degree of improvement
expected by them in that particular skills through the utilisation of various skill development
methods and techniques. Personal skills Audit leads to enhancement as well as improvement in
the current skill standard of an individual. It also allows the individuals to work upon new skills
that they would like to adopt in the near future. In order to adapt to the role of an HR manager,
following personal skill audit can be taken into consideration :-
Skill Current
performance
Target Performance Resources required
Decision Making
Power
8 10 Decision making theories ,
tools and techniques of
decisional making, assessment
and evaluation methodologies
etc.
Communication
Skills
5 9 Models of communication,
webinars, debate competitions.
Public speaking (Super, 2020),
reading books, articles and
magazines etc.
Creativity 6 8 Designing plans, creative
strategy building tools and
techniques, market research,
Brainstorming, Mind mapping,

Role storming etc.
Leadership
qualities
6 9 Mentorship webinars and
seminars, leadership programs,
leadership theories and style,
leadership inspirations from
great leaders etc.
It can be stated that Personal Skill Audit is a very beneficial tool available with the employees
and other individuals through which they can assess their current capabilities and further
concentrate upon building advance and effective skills as well.
In order to facilitate an appropriate and accurate personal skill audit statement, it is very essential
for the individuals to rate their current performance in each and every particular section of skill.
The respective practice will assist the individuals in systemically working on their development
as well as to add more productiveness to their action plan.
Professional Development Plan
Professional Development plan is defined as an action plan formulated and designed by an
individual so as to encourage and accelerate the development of the same in his/ her professional
career. It can be termed as a blueprint that specifies the entire roadmap of the professional
development process that will be undertaken by an individual ( BUTLER, 2020). The respective
development plan assist in the alleviation of time management skills of an individuals through
which they can manage their time productivity at their respective workplace. The PDP for the
job role of Human Resource Manager is as follows :-
Skills I
would like
to acquire
The
importance of
the skill in my
respective job
position
What
measures do I
need to
implement
Resources
required to
acquire the skill
Measureme
nt of
success
Date of
accompl
ishment
Leadership
Skills
I want to work
upon the
enhancement
and increment
I can enhance
my leadership
skills through
working within
In order to
facilitate the
acquisition of
advanced
The success
of the
leadership
abilities will
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of my
leadership
capabilities so
as to provide
the right
guidance to the
employees
working under
me an effective
manner. The
leade4rship
skills will also
help me to
stand up for the
right cause and
to voice out my
opinions and
make a positive
impact among
the a large set
of workforce.
the teams and
guiding the
members of the
team. I will be
also investing
time in hearing
the issues faced
by the
employees in
the firm and
will be working
towards
providing
creative
solution to the
same in order
to lead the
situation in a
productive
manner.
leadership skills,
I will be
indulging myself
in the application
of leadership
theories and
model in the
workplace
environment. I
will also be
participating in
webinars which
will help in
identifying the
the tactics and
antics which can
utilised in order
to become a
competent leader.
be
measured
through the
assessment
of my
leadership
skills by the
my team
members
and the
same will
be
providing
the relevant
grades as
well.
Critical
Thinking
Ability
The respective
skill will assist
me in
evaluating the
complex
situation and
dynamics with
ease and
efficiency
(Asante,
Critical
thinking ability
can be increase
through
investing time
and efforts in
analysing
critical
situations and
to facilitate
Enrolment in
various critical
thinking
programs can be
done in order to
build the critical
thinking skills.
The result
of the
program
can
considered
to be
measureme
nt or
assessment
for the
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2020).
Critical
thinking ability
will also help
me identify the
deviation
existing in the
management
process of
human
resource
management
and how I can
work towards
establishing the
appropriate
solution for the
same.
simplification
the same.
identificatio
n of the
degree to
which I am
able to
achieve the
goals that
set out for
the
acquisition
of the
respective
skills.
CONCLUSION
From the above discussion, it can be concluded that is necessary for the individuals to acquire
and optimise the appropriate skills that can help the same in capitalisation of brilliance in their
respective field. Every individual should invest in formulation and development of personal
skills audit plans as well as professional development statement in order to facilitate the long
term growth and development as well as to achieve milestones in their respective career.

REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Super, J.F., 2020. Building innovative teams: Leadership strategies across the various stages of
team development. Business Horizons, 63(4), pp.553-563.
Sablis, A., Smite, D. and Moe, N., 2020. Team‐external coordination in large‐scale software
development projects. Journal of Software: Evolution and Process, p.e2297.
Super, J.F., 2020. Building innovative teams: Leadership strategies across the various stages of
team development. Business Horizons, 63(4), pp.553-563.
BUTLER, R.W., 2020. Enhancing Leadership Strategies to Reduce Stress on Employees for
Organizational Success.
Asante, O., 2020. Leadership Strategies to Manage Workplace Conflict.