sabpp hr standards emergence 2014

31 October 2014

Marius Meyer @SABPP1

Maslow’s needs in 2014

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

business impact.

The role of HR …

Types of standards

• Unit standards / Curriculum standards

• Service delivery standards

• Competence standards

• Metrics/benchmarking standards

• Professional practice standards

• Business/industry/process/system

standards - ISO

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

• HR Standards in Namibia, Zambia etc.

The reality is …

It all started on 21 May 2013

with 13 Standard facilitators

468 HR Leaders developing

HR Standards for South Africa

HR Standards Facilitators

Kate Dikgale-Freeman Michael Robbins Linda Chipunza

BUSINESS STRATEGY – HR BUSINESS ALIGNMENT

StrategicHRM

TalentManagement

HR RiskManagement

HR ARCHITECTURE

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HR VALUE & DELIVERY PLATFORM

Work-force

planning

Learning&

Deve-lopment

Perfor-manceMana-

gement

Reward &

Recogni-tion

Em-ployee

wellness

Employ-mentRela-tions

Organi-sationDeve-

lopment

HR Service Delivery

HR Technology(HRIS)

Prepare

Imple-ment

Review ImproveHR MEASUREMENTHR Audit: Standards & Metrics

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I E S© SABPP HR MANAGEMENT SYSTEM STANDARD MODEL

HR Standards Files

13 standards (2013) 19 standards (2014)

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.”

Bruno Bruniquel, HR Consultant

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

• People Management Benchmarking

HR Standards Presentations

Business chamber support

HR Standards Case Studies

Professional forum support

International HR bodies

Tim Ekandjo, President: IPM Namibia &Marius Meyer, CEO: SABPP in Windhoek

Support from consulting firms

20+ Universities

HR Standards Publications

5 textbooks, 37 magazine articles, 8 newspaper articles

International interest

STANDARD ELEMENT #1

STRATEGIC HR MANAGEMENT

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STRATEGIC HR

MANAGEMENT STANDARDDEFINITION

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.

SABPP (2013)

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

Strategic HR: It is all about alignment

STANDARD ELEMENT 5

LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT

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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.

SABPP (2013)

LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT

PROCESS

Integrated L&D approach & programmes

Structure & capability of L&D

resources

MONITOR & EVALUATE

Business strategy &

plans

External trends

Knowledge managementSkills

develop-ment

legislation

Current compet-encies

L&D is key

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

IntegratedReporting

HR Competencies

HR Audit - Certification

The need for consistency and quality

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.

marius@sabpp.co.za

@SABPP1 or @MariusSABPP