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book Human Resource Development 6th Edition by Jon Werner , Randy Randy , DeSimone cover

Human Resource Development 6th Edition by Jon Werner , Randy Randy , DeSimone

Edition 6ISBN: 978-0538480994
book Human Resource Development 6th Edition by Jon Werner , Randy Randy , DeSimone cover

Human Resource Development 6th Edition by Jon Werner , Randy Randy , DeSimone

Edition 6ISBN: 978-0538480994
Exercise 2
In your opinion, what HRD skills or competencies does an HRD manager need? How are these skills and competencies learned?
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Roles and competencies needed by an HRD manager are:
• Strategic consultant: The main role of a HRD manager is to guide a company in formulating and planning its strategies in order to achieve organizational goals. HRD managers carry out necessary training programs to improve performance goals of the team.
• Designer and inventor: A HRD manager performs various functions of planning to designing strategies and executing them.
• Change mediator: A HRD manager acts as a change agent at the time of mergers, acquisitions or takeovers as well as at the time of installing new technologies. People often resist change and reluctant to accept it. HRD managers help employees to cope up with the change.
• Career advisor: A HRD manager assists the employees to improve their skills and competencies in order to achieve their career goals. Various learning sessions, workshops, seminars and conferences are arranged by the HRD managers in this purpose.
• Researcher: Acts as a researcher by assessing HRD practices and procedures with the help of statistical data in order to determine the effectiveness of the employees and communicate the results to the organization.
• Facilitator: A HRD manager facilitates structured learning experience for the employees to enhance productivity.
To acquire appropriate skills and competencies one must undertake professional courses and training programs specially designed for HRD. Some of the programs are listed below:
• ASTD Certification Institute offers certification course in learning and performance since 2006. It includes both a 150-item multiple-choice tests and submission of a "work product".
• Another institute called HRCI also provides 3 different professional courses in HRD. These are global HRD, Professional HRD, Senior professional HRD.
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