Midterm Exam
1. Explain the three (3) key competencies needed by Human Resource professionals to become full business partners? Rank the three (3) in order of importance in your opinion and discuss the rationale behind your rankings.
To become a Human Resources professional and to be considered successful in the role, each individual much possess these competencies to be considered top executive. Business mastery, HR mastery, and personal credibility will propel a HR employee to a top executive HR manager. Business mastery is the understanding and structure of their organization and their strategies completely, from economic and financial capabilities to the direction in which the organization is undertaking. (Snell, 2012)
Secondly, the mastery of HR within their company, developing an expertise of staffing, appraisals, team building, performance measurement, communication and more. Strong interpersonal skills and behavioral science know-how is essential in being an expert in the human resources role. The last competency is personal credibility. Similar to many management professionals, an aspiring HR professional must earn credibility and trust by developing good relationships with people that posses these traits. In doing so, they can establish their personal credibility. (Snell, 2012)
It is difficult to rank these competencies as each are vital to being a professional executive HR manager; however, I would rank personal credibility the highest. Credibility and trust is a difficult skillset to develop and retain in the business world. One wrong word, one misunderstood action, or misinformation can cause your credibility to disappear. I would rank HR mastery second, as being equipped with the knowledge and know-how of Human Resources; an HR professional can move from organization to organization the basic and details of HR management will not vary much. As mention previously, HR professionals can move from company-to-company, there mastery of their corporation they
To become a Human Resources professional and to be considered successful in the role, each individual much possess these competencies to be considered top executive. Business mastery, HR mastery, and personal credibility will propel a HR employee to a top executive HR manager. Business mastery is the understanding and structure of their organization and their strategies completely, from economic and financial capabilities to the direction in which the organization is undertaking. (Snell, 2012)
Secondly, the mastery of HR within their company, developing an expertise of staffing, appraisals, team building, performance measurement, communication and more. Strong interpersonal skills and behavioral science know-how is essential in being an expert in the human resources role. The last competency is personal credibility. Similar to many management professionals, an aspiring HR professional must earn credibility and trust by developing good relationships with people that posses these traits. In doing so, they can establish their personal credibility. (Snell, 2012)
It is difficult to rank these competencies as each are vital to being a professional executive HR manager; however, I would rank personal credibility the highest. Credibility and trust is a difficult skillset to develop and retain in the business world. One wrong word, one misunderstood action, or misinformation can cause your credibility to disappear. I would rank HR mastery second, as being equipped with the knowledge and know-how of Human Resources; an HR professional can move from organization to organization the basic and details of HR management will not vary much. As mention previously, HR professionals can move from company-to-company, there mastery of their corporation they
References: Snell, S., & Bohlander, G. (2013). Managing human resources (16th ed.). Mason, Ohio: South-Western Dessler, G., & Varkkey, B. (2011). Human Resource Management. Delhi: Pearson.