31 October 2014
Marius Meyer
Why a national HR Standard?
• We need to improve the quality of HR
practice.
• HR will not be seen as a true profession
without standards.
• Inconsistencies – practices, sites, business
units, companies, industries.
• Too many bad examples of things going
wrong – Marikana, Medupi.
• Raising the bar for the HR profession and
Types of standards
• Unit standards / Curriculum standards
• Service delivery standards
• Competence standards
• Metrics/benchmarking standards
• Professional practice standards
• Business/industry/process/system
Global approaches to standards
• Production and safety lead – ISO standards
• Professional standards – accounting
• Top global companies – their own standards
• Canada – HR Standards & Metrics
• USA - SHRM
• UK – Human Capital Standard (BSI/CIPD)
• ISO HR project started
• South African National HR Standards
It all started on 21 May 2013
with 13 Standard facilitators
468 HR Leaders developing
HR Standards for South Africa
HR Standards Facilitators
BUSINESS STRATEGY – HR BUSINESS ALIGNMENT Strategic HRM Talent Management HR Risk Management HR ARCHITECTURE I HR VALUE & DELIVERY PLATFORM Work- force planning Learning & Deve- lopment Perfor- mance Mana- gement Reward & Recogni- tion Em-ployee wellness Employ-ment Rela-tions Organi-sation Deve- lopment HR Service Delivery HR Technology (HRIS) Prepare Imple- ment
Review HR MEASUREMENT Improve
HR Audit: Standards & Metrics
H R C O M P E T E N C I E S
HR Standards Files
HR Standards Supporters
Market comments
“This is the best human resource project
undertaken so far. It will set the national
labour standards for companies.”
Thomas Ncongwane of Msukaligwa Municipality, Mpumalanga
“This is the biggest HR milestone in my 33 years of experience in HR.”
Market comment
“The new HR Standards marks a step in the
right direction for the HR industry and will go a long way in putting HR on the strategic map
and ensuring consistency and quality control.”
Natalie Hardie, HR Advisor: Anglo American
1. Strategic HRM
2. Talent Management 3. HR Risk Management 4. Workforce Planning
5. Learning & Development 6. Performance Management 7. Reward & Recognition
8. Employee Wellness 9. Employment Relations Management 10. Organisation Development 11. HR Service Delivery 12. HR Technology 13. HR Measurement
• Strategy & Strategic HR Planning • Talent Management
• HR Assurance
• Sourcing and placing • Capacity Building
• Performance Management • Remuneration & Reward • HR Assurance & Wellness
• Employee Relations Management • Organisation Culture Development • HR Administration, Reporting
• HRIMS
International HR bodies
Tim Ekandjo, President: IPM Namibia & Marius Meyer, CEO: SABPP in Windhoek
HR Standards Publications
STANDARD ELEMENT #1
STRATEGIC HR MANAGEMENT
STRATEGIC HR
MANAGEMENT STANDARD
DEFINITION
Strategic HR Management is a systematic approach to developing and implementing
long-term HRM strategies, policies and plans
that enable the organisation to achieve its objectives.
STRATEGIC HRM PROCESS Framework of HR policies & programmes Environmental scan (PESTL) HR structure, service model and capability
development People strategy HR strategic agenda Organisation’s strategic intent HR strategic agenda HR business plan People strategy
Allocate roles & responsibilities (line/HR/support
functions)
MONITOR & EVALUATE
STANDARD ELEMENT 5
LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT
LEARNING & DEVELOPMENT
DEFINITION
Learning and development is the practice of
providing occupationally directed and other learning activities that enable and enhance the knowledge,
practical skills and work place experience and
behaviour of individuals and teams based on current and future occupational requirements for optimal
organisational performance and sustainability.
LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT PROCESS Integrated L&D approach & programmes Structure & capability of L&D resources MONITOR & EVALUATE Business strategy & plans External trends Knowledge management Skills develop-ment legislation Current compet-encies
National HR Governance Strategy Alignment HR Professional Standards: • HRMS (13) • HRMSAS (13) • HRPPS (30+) HR Products/Services: • CPD • Mentoring • Professional registration • Research • HR Academy – QCTO • Curriculum standards HR Metrics: • National HR Scorecard • HR Service Standards HR Auditing: • Internal Audit • External Audit King IV: HR Governance ISO: HR Integrated Reporting HR Competencies
Conclusion
HR standards are needed to improve the consistency and quality of HR management.
We thank all HR professionals for your interest and support.
Best wishes with the application of the HR Standards at your company.
