Activity 1
The Human Resources Profession Map:
The CIPD HRPM is a developmental tool that sets out activities, behaviours and guidelines to become a successful HR Professional. Without a Human Resources team, many companies would fall apart. By HR professionals following the guidelines set by the profession map, this would assure that any organisation would be sustainable and successful.
The Core Professional Areas:
There are two 2 Core Professional Areas
• Insight, Strategies and Solutions – By having an insight into organisations, you are able to spot opportunities and are able to turn them into strategies and solutions. By doing this you are able to meet organisational needs now and in the future.
• Leading HR – Having leadership skills allows you to work collaboratively with colleagues. You are able to guide and advise, enabling everyone, as a whole, to deliver valued skills and outstanding performance.
These two areas are seen to be a requirement of any HR professional, regardless of their role, location or stage of their career.
The Specialist Professional Areas:
There are also 8 specialist professional areas that coincide with the HRPM.
• Organisation Design - Ensuring that every aspect of the organisation is designed correctly and efficiently to deliver the maximum impact.
• Organisation Development – is imperative. It sets requirements and strategies that need to be met to achieve goals. By training and developing individuals, you set out to have a team of people who have the appropriate skills, behaviours, culture and performance needed in an organisation.
• Resourcing and Talent Planning – Ensures that an organisation has the appropriate strategies in place to attract suitable candidates.
• Learning and Development – Providing members of staff with current up to date training. This provides staff with new skills and knowledge to use in the