Assignment 1: Human Resource Competencies Human resource competencies serve as a
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Assignment 1: Human Resource Competencies
Human resource competencies serve as a guide for professionals, as effective employees continually work to grow and further develop their proficiency of competencies. From entry level employees to human resource executives, it is important for professionals to demonstrate the qualities necessary for success in their position within their organization. For this Assignment, you examine your own proficiency of human resource competencies.
To prepare for this Assignment:
Review the "Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) Competency Model" in the Learning Resources.
Assess your proficiency for two or more competencies. What is your greatest strength? In what areas could you improve?
Analyze the competencies you selected. How do they relate to health care organizations striving for a culture of excellence? How might gaining proficiency of these competencies better enable you to personally contribute to organizational excellence, including effectiveness and success in health care administration?
The Assignment
In 2- to 3-pages, address the following:
Assess your proficiency for the two SHRM competencies you selected. Include one competency you consider to be a personal strength and one you could improve upon.
Analyze each competency you selected. Include how they relate to health care organizations striving for a culture of excellence. Then, provide a rationale for how gaining proficiency of these competencies would better enable you to personally contribute to your organization's culture of excellence.
Society for Human Resource Management. (2012).SHRM competency model. Retrieved from http://www.shrm.org/HRCompetencies/Documents/Competency%20Model%2011%202_10%201%202014.pdf
The site provided above is the SHRM competency model
Be creative with the development of this paper.
For this I have chosen the following below as my strength and opportunity areas:
My strengths as
1. Ethical Practice
a. Definition: the ability to integrate core values, integrity and accountability throughout all organizational and business practices
b. Competency Cluster: Leadership
2. Leadership and Navigation
a. Definition: the ability to direct and contribute to initiatives and processes within the organization
b. Competency Cluster: Leadership
My weakness as
Critical evaluation
a. Definition: the ability to interpret information to make business decisions and recommendations
b. Competency Cluster: Business
I have identified this as my weakness due to the circumstantial nature of this area, related to the scope of decision making with relative recommendations.
Explanation / Answer
As per the SHRM models following are the competencies are included:
A) Human Resource Expertise
B) Relationship Management
C) Consultation
D) Leadership and Navigation
E) Communication
G) Global and Cultural Effectiveness
H) Ethical Practice
I) Business Acumen
1) Relationship Management
Negotiations and Conflict management are my greatest strengths whereas community relations and influence are the areas for improvement. I assess my relationship management as med level proficient due to the experience i carry from my previous work experience.
2) Consultation
Problem soliving and Creativity, Innovation are my stregth whereas Talent management and time management I need to improve a lot.
Both relationship management and Consultation should be mandatorily assessed in HealthCare domain. Relationship management has the greatest impact on the entire business of healthcare because the human touch can not be replaced with equipments. Every stakeholder in healthcare industry has crucial role to play and one has to be good at it. In healthcare administration the entire operations involve many people who are key decision makers so improving proficiency in Relationship Management will help me to survive longer as administrator.
Consultation: The healthcare industry is very dynamic in terms of problems it faces from financial,regulatory, operational, HR which requires good problem solving skills. The consultation also delivers the content which is needed to communicated in proper time to keep smooth working so this competency is must.