Developing Professional Practice

Questions: 1. Explain what you think it means to conduct yourself as a professional, not just generally but with specific reference to profession map' in CIPD with HR function . 2. Show how you could exemplify the principles of professionalism and the practices of a thinking performer in your everyday actions as an HR Advisor. Answers: 1. My comprehension on being a HR professional reflects that a professional should have an in-depth knowledge of the organization and its policies. Being a professional, I need to cope up with the situations that might crop up during the operations of the organization. I have to be equipped with the skills and knowledge that would help me in coping up with the situations. I need to understand the requirements of the organization so that I would be able to provide adequate solutions during the formulation of policies and set up goals for the employees that would align their goals with the overall goal of the organization. The profession map provided by CIPD structures the set of standards that should be abided by the HR professional. Being a professional in HR, I have to abide by the standards based on principles of the professional behavior particularly during the decision making process in the fields of marketing and accountancy where most of the organizations and employee falter on moral grounds. In addition to the principle based approach, I need to concur with the regulation based approach that outlines the structure of the procedure that a HR official needs to implement in the organization. My objective is to incorporate norms that are related to the ethical aspect of corporate governance, and my decision would be in compliance with the stakeholders who might be impacted by the alternate practice. For example, I would have to make efforts to make profits and also think about public interest. My effort would focus on the improvement of the efficiency of the organization through the motivation of the employees and adopt techniques that would enhance the efficiency of the employees. Being a HR professional, I need to have a firm judgment of the strategies that I am going to implement to produce adequate results for the organization. The understanding of the profession map would ensure that I look after all the issues and provide an adequate solution that would be instrumental in enhancing the working environment and work culture within the organization. 2. Principles of Professionalism in everyday actions as a HR advisor would help me in undertaking a principles-driven approach which will perfectly outline the significance of a HR in contributing to the healthy working of the business. As a HR Advisor, the principles relating to professionalism will assist me in finding solutions to problems about the ethical reasoning and norms. Principles of professionalism define the ethical way of operating as a HR advisor in the day to day activities of business. The principles of professionalism will help me adapt quickly to the variations in business concepts rather than the strict statutory rules and regulations. A thinking performer identifies the organizational purposes of business, finds feasible solutions to issues and develops a rapport with the customers to ensure the smooth functioning of business. As a thinking performer, I will make sure that the expectations relating to a HR task are met. I will also reflect on the performance of the employees and find solutions to any problems emanating from it. The first scenario describes a situation in which an employer of a warehouse company discriminates among three applicants by a stereotypical notion. He favored only one and did not even allow the rest of the two to sit for the employment test. He appoints the well-built man, thinking he will be able to lift heavy weights. My advice to the employer would be not to discriminate the employees or applicants on grounds of race, sex, or religion because they go against the ethical norms of a workplace. The employers should also be very specific to the criteria that they give while advertising about the vacancy in a company. The second scenario is a company which has suffered a lot of threats in the past and wants to install CCTV cameras in the workplace. The organization is unsure of the legal risks that are involved. As a HR advisor to the company, I would suggest that the cameras should not be installed where employees need privacy. The laws allow employers to place CCTV cameras for security reasons. It is defined by the law to keep security cameras as long as they are not installed in areas like restrooms and changing rooms. Bibliography Harrison, L., 2015. 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