ACTIVITY 1 (CIPD Profession Map, 2015)
The professional Map CIPD( 2009) is a universal platform for HR professionals which describes what you need to do, what you need to know and how to do it. It is designed by HR professionals and sets out standards for all HR professionals to have the knowledge, activities, and behaviours needed to be successful.
The 10 Professional areas describe what you need to do and what you need to know for each area of the HR profession at four bands of professional competence.
The Professional Areas
Each professional area of the map has activities, knowledge and behaviours that are essential for an effective HR practitioner. The two professional areas at the core of the map are Insights, strategy and solutions followed by Leading HR.
Insights, Strategy and Solutions-This helps to develop an understanding of an organisation and its background in order to style its strategy and solutions and to meet its needs for now and in the future.
The other core professional area is Leading HR, This is to act as a role model to expand the influence HR makes to the organisation both through own efforts and through supporting , developing and measuring others across the organisation.
The remaining eight professional areas are: * Organisation Design - ensures that the organisation is appropriately designed to deliver organisation objectives in the short and long-term and that structural change is effectively managed

* Organisation Development - is about ensuring the organisation has a committed workforce needed to deliver its purpose. It plays a vital part in ensuring that the organisation culture, values and environment support and enhance organisation performance and adaptability.

* Resource and Talent Planning - ensures that the organisation is able to identify and attract key people with the capability to create competitive