ACACIA LEARNING 5DVP Developing Professional Practice Assessment

Solution/Answer:

Activity 1: How to be an Effective HR Professional

1.1 Evaluation of what it means to be an HR professional with reference to CIPD’s most current Profession Map

The CIPD map can be identified as a tool used by the HR professionals in dictating their operations in an organisation and their relationship with stakeholders (CIPD, 2018). The map is designed in a strategic way to guide the overall process, from recruitment to induction and interaction with all stakeholders. Therefore, by using the HR profession map, an opportunity is developed for generating sufficient information on all critical areas that guide their operations. As a result, it contributes to the professionals being appropriately positioned in HR in the entire business image (see CIPD profession map in figure 1);

Figure 1: HR Professional Map

Source: CIPD (2018)

As it can be pointed out in figure 1, the map includes knowledge, skills and behaviours that underpin the HR roles globally and working in all organisations and business. Therefore, it is applicable to capture what is a successful and effective HR operation, delivery across the overall scope and specialism of an HR profession. Overall, there are a total of 8 behaviours, 10 professional areas and 4 bands of professional competence.

For knowledge factors, the HR professional map provides a description that is applicable to generate a summary of the HR professional and hence guiding the team leaders. This is through making sure that all stakeholders are engaged actively in critical insights, strategies and solutions in their distinct specialism segments (CIPD, 2011). This is practically attained through facilitating the inclusion of all stakeholders and to facilitate constant updating in terms of organisation operations. From an individual point of view, this is achieved through active participation in meetings and receiving constant updates on the existing changing dynamics in job roles and as such a contrast with their strengths and weaknesses in a particular market area.

In regard to the skills, there exist ten different professional areas which need to be exercised by an HR practitioner for ensuring they are successful in their operations segment (see figure 2);

Figure 2: 10 Professional Areas in a CIPD HR profession map

Source: Summarised from CIPD (2018)

Lastly, for the behaviours, the HR professionals need to play an active role to ensure that they abide strictly to the core behaviours for harnessing high level empowerment. This is in context of an entity, individuals, society and the entire profession and areas of specialism. The 8 behaviours taken into account are as presented in figure 3;

Figure 3: A summary of 8 Behaviours of an HR professional Map

Source: Summarised from CPD (2017)

Two professional areas that can be selected in Band 1 and 2 include the insights, strategy, and solutions and leading HR. As an HR practitioner working in the XXX Company in Qatar Retail sector, I always ensure that I align myself with all the strategic choices with our long-term organisation goals already set in the industry. Taking this into account, the skill, knowledge and behaviours engaged in the two areas is as shown in table 1;

Table 1: Two HR professional areas and Knowledge, Skills and Behaviours