CIPD Human Resources Professional Map Human Resources

CIPD Human Resources Professional Map
Human Resources(HR) can be defined as administrating an employee’s movement in an organisation, whether it be from their recruitment process or training. The use of HR is to maintain the level of capital to ensure that a workplace is operating at a maximum capacity. As HR is a wide field n in the workplace there are many aspects to it, such as: Finance, Employee Relations and Recruitment. In this report, I will highlight the many ways in which the CIPD HRPM helps define the HR profession and why it is essential to be an effective HR professional. I will look at the professional areas, bands and behaviours that the HR Map has to offer. The CIPD HRPM has been constructed to help people understand and deliver the HR profession to highest degree of service.
One aspect of the map is the professional areas; which describe what you need to do and what you need to know at each area of the four bands. (CIPD HRPM) These professional areas include:
• Service and delivery information
• Organisation design
• Organisation development
• Resourcing and talent planning
• Learning and development
• Performance and review
• Employee engagement
• Employee relation
• Insights, strategy and solutions
• Leading HR
The professional areas define the HR profession as they all help maintain HR. The two most significant professional areas are ‘insights, strategy and solutions’ and ‘leading HR’ which are shown in the centre of the map. This is the foundation of being a HR professional, as you will need to be able to be understand and deliver to an organisations strategy. One way that these criteria can be met is by supporting the existing practices of the organisation and influencing new initiatives to enhance its development. The other professional areas
Another aspect of the map is the eight behaviours; which describe in detail how a HR professional needs to carry out their activities. (CIPD HRPM) These behaviours include the following:
• Decisive thinker
• Skilled influencer
• Personally credible
• Collaborative
• Driven to deliver
• Courage to challenge
• Role model
• Curious
The behaviours are essential to becoming an effective HR professional
Another aspect of the map is the four bands of professional competence which classifies the different levels that a HR professional progresses through. These bands include:
• The relationship that the HR professional has with clients
• The focus of the activities performed by the HR professional
• Where HR professionals spend their time
• What services they provide to clients
• How their contribution and success is measured.
The bands define the HR profession, as they are split into different stages to reflect the development within HR. As there are many grades within HR such as management level or junior level, the four bands are there to assist during each point of a HR professionals career. As a junior member of my team I believe that I am currently at band 2 as