One of the challenges for professionals in the Human Resource field is effectively
dealing with ambiguity. Like management in general, not every situation will
have clearly defined “right” answer or solution to a problem. Therefore, HR
professionals often rely on their own personal judgment as well as applicable
company policies/procedures and applicable employment laws in order to resolve
situations in the workplace.
Given these considerations, students will need to write a paper that includes:
1) Research on both the technical skills (i.e. knowledge of employment laws,
general business knowledge, etc.) and the behavioral skills (i.e. judgment,
communication, etc.) that would be important for an HR professional to
have.
2) Your position on which type of skills are more important for HR
professional to have. For example, if you were to hire an HR Generalist
with two candidates to choose from, one stronger in the technical skills
and the other in behavioral skills, which would person would you choose
and why?
This paper should be approximately 3-5 pages in length (not including the cover
page and reference page) and should be in APA format.