Understanding Organisations and the Role of Human Resources

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This report will summarise the human resource profession map (HRPM) and the 2 core professional areas, as well as the specialist areas, bands and behaviours that a competent Hr professional requires to become an effective Human Resources or Learning & Development Practitioner. The Human Resources Profession Map The Human Resources profession Map (HRPM) was launched in 2009 by the Chartered Institute of Professional Development (CIPD), to be used by Human Resources (HR) and Learning & Development professionals (CIPD 2014); it is used as a tool to asses and defines the knowledge, behaviours and activities at individual, team, function and organisational levels. It sets out and underpins an HR professional’s competency in ten HR professional areas, to which they can align and develop their capabilities at 4 band levels with band 1 being entry level and band 4 for being Senior Leader level. It also allows for transition throughout the bands in terms of career progression. The HRPM integrates what HR professionals required levels of competencies are, and the associated behaviour’s needed to carry these activities effectively and successfully (Leatherbarrow et al,2010). Source: http://www.hrzone.com/topic/cpd/there-such-thing-typical-hr-career-path/119550 Professional areas The HRPM consists of ten professional areas, organisation and design, organisation development, resourcing and talent planning, learning and development, performance and reward, employee engagement, employee relations, service delivery and information, and two core professional areas which are at the centre of the map, which are leading HR and insights, strategy and solution. Bands of professional competence There are four band levels that outline the competencies and the contributions that are required by the HR professional. This allows the HR professional to identify the
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