Foundation Core Units Multiple Choice Test
Section 1

Developing Yourself as an Effective HR/L&D Practitioner

Question 1

“Effective HR professionals really have to succeed by understanding the business, the market and the customer as well as the Chief Executive or the Marketing
Director. It’s about understanding what the organisation would look like if it was really humming, really succeeding. Translating that back into culture, working practices, learning, motivation, reward, selection – those are the strategic choices…to make” - Geoff Armstrong, CIPD. Aside from this, what other skills and qualities do you think are necessary for HR professionals today?
Being able to distance yourself from staff, as HR are a separate entity from the rest of the business
Being able to create a HR strategy and sticking to this regardless of changes in the work environment
Having an understanding of the purpose and role that HR plays within a successful organisation
Responding to events as and when they occur, rather than trying to create any contingency plans/procedures

Question 2

How do the skills listed in Question1 help you as an HR professional carry out your role more effectively?
By keeping your distance from staff it is easier when you need to advise staff on matters such as grievance or disciplinaries
By sticking to a strategy that you have decided upon regardless of what happens, it shows that you do not buckle under pressure
Having an understanding of HR’s roles and purpose makes it easier to support change within the organisation
By not creating any form of contingency plans- this shows that you do not need to prepare for organisational change

Question 3

Log into www.cipd.co.uk and access the HRPM: Professional Areas. Review Professional Areas appropriate for level 3 (Bands One and Two). Why is the CIPD HR
Profession Map important for HR