HRM635 Acquiring Developing and Leveraging Human Capital
Week 1 Discussion
DQ1 Conduct research on the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM).What is its role and purpose as it relates to assistance it can give to human resource personnel members to help them effectively and efficiently complete their tasks and duties?
DQ2 Reflect on the status of human resource management in your current position or organization. What elements can you identify that provide a human resource management perspective that focuses on the employees within the organization? What elements can you identify that provide a more strategic human resource management focus on the whole of the organization? Describe, if possible, how your company accepts the HR department as a strategic partner.
HRM635 Acquiring Developing and Leveraging Human Capital
Week 2 Discussion
DQ1 As technology continues to advance, organizations are using social media and online platforms to seek and acquire eligible employees. What processes, procedures, and specific websites are currently being used in your organization to seek and acquire potential employees from the online setting? As a potential employee, discuss the benefits and challenges that accompany social media, including LinkedIn, when seeking employment? What are drawbacks that an employer faces when using websites to attract future applicants for positions and how can these drawbacks be reduced?
DQ2 Discuss both reliability and validity in conjunction with employee selection. Why are both factors critical when considering which selection tools/criteria/predictors to employ in making hiring decisions? Lastly, critically evaluate both the reliability and the validity of your firm's current selection process.
HRM635 Acquiring Developing and Leveraging Human Capital
Week 3 Discussion
DQ1 Consider the position for which you are interviewing candidates and post one of your interview questions, including the job title. Discuss why you developed this question and what response you would expect a potential candidate to provide.
DQ2 It is important to ensure that a candidate fits with the culture of the organization. What actions can be taken in the recruitment and selection process to find the best candidate that fits with the culture of the organization?
HRM635 Acquiring Developing and Leveraging Human Capital
Week 4 Discussion
DQ1 Prior to developing your training exercise, you must analyze your organization to identify room for potential growth. What obstacles or barriers did you come across that made this difficult? How did you determine where growth was needed?
DQ2 What formal and informal orientation processes exist in your organization or an organization with which you are familiar? What changes do you recommend making to the current orientation process to improve the effectiveness of the orientation process?
HRM635 Acquiring Developing and Leveraging Human Capital
Week 5 Discussion
DQ1 What experience have you had with organizations supporting an engaging environment? What examples have you seen or heard that have helped foster a culture where employees are engaged in their jobs? Share one strategy or example that you believe can foster an engaging environment in the workplace.
DQ2 Often times, employees come to a point when they are ready to advance their position or develop their skills further. How can an organization support individuals seeking to relocate laterally within their organization or advance their careers by moving into a position of higher authority within their organization?
HRM635 Acquiring Developing and Leveraging Human Capital
Week 6 Discussion
DQ1 The appraisal process is one step involved in identifying potential improvements on individual performances. What is the most difficult part in determining the dimensions to be appraised? What is most helpful on a job analysis for designing an appraisal tool?
DQ2 How does a performance management system connect with training and development and compensation strategies? What improvements do you recommend to the performance management system in your organization and why?
HRM635 Acquiring Developing and Leveraging Human Capital
Week 7 Discussion
DQ1 What is the effect of a compensation package (benefits, salary, nonfinancial) on employee motivation and satisfaction? Provide example.
DQ2 What are legally required benefits and why are they required by law? Can any of these benefits be waived? Provide an example. Provide one additional benefit that should be made into a legally required benefit.
HRM635 Acquiring Developing and Leveraging Human Capital
Week 8 Discussion
DQ1 How could Christian perspectives prevent an employee from performing their required duties? As an HR representative, what legal and ethical responsibilities do you have to ensure all employees views and beliefs are being considered?
DQ2 Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and Affirmative Action (AA) are not required in today's evolved organizational climate. EEO and AA enforce quotas on organizations that must be met during the hiring process, thus requiring them to hire unqualified people. Evaluate this statement. Do you agree or disagree? Explain.
HRM635 Acquiring Developing and Leveraging Human Capital
Week 2 Assignment
Benchmark - Acquiring Employees
During this course, you will develop materials that support the human resource process from acquiring, developing, and leveraging on employee strengths. This project is broken into four separate assignments due in Topics 2, 3, 5, and 7. While you are only required to submit each assignment in its respective topic, you will submit a reflection assignment that provides a brief overview of the learning outcomes from your assignment feedback.
In this assignment, you are conducting a needs assessment and developing two job descriptions for your current organization or a preapproved organization that you have access to interact with, in order to complete this assignment. If you are not currently in an organization, please inform your instructor of the organization you will use to complete this project. They must approve your selection prior to beginning your assignment and you must have the ability to observe employees and functions within that organization.
Needs Assessment
Observe and assess the state of your current organization, or another pre-selected organization. A needs assessment is necessary to identify areas for potential growth, both at the employee and organizational level. If you are not in a position to look holistically at your organization, you can focus on a department or team within the organization. Use the "Needs Assessment Matrix" resource to complete your needs assessment. You are required to analyze required functions, department or employment needs, jobs or tasks, and current trainings in order to complete your matrix and prepare for the next part of this assignment.
Job Descriptions
Once your needs assessment is complete, you are required to select an existing position in your organization and develop a one-page detailed job description for that position that is informed by the findings of the needs assessment. It is recommended that you take the time to conduct a job analysis and observe current employees in the selected positions to accurately depict the knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics that must be incorporated into the job description. If you are unable to observe, do your best to accurately depict the specific functions of the job. Incorporate any new job roles you feel should be added to the position based on your findings. Make sure the job description is based on the needs and available resources of the organization, and that it adheres to all applicable labor laws.
Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.
This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite.
HRM635 Acquiring Developing and Leveraging Human Capital
Week 3 Assignment
Selection Process
Once you have a clear understanding of what your organization needs, it is time to consider the interview process. This assignment is a continuation of the acquiring, developing, and leveraging employee process you have already been working on during this course. The interview process is an important step in hiring the right person for your organization. For this assignment, develop an interview strategy you would consider using to interview and select the right candidate for your organization. You are required to use the job descriptions you developed in the previous assignment. As you are developing your interview strategy, think about testing options that would benefit the interview process. The following must be included in your interview strategy (750-1,000 words):
A detailed description of the time, place, format, interview type, and employees involved in the actual interview process.
At least one testing option to be included in the selection process. Explain why this testing option is best suited for the selection process.
A minimum of four situational and four behavioral interview questions that you would use to interview for both jobs. (Reminder: Use both of the job descriptions from your previous assignment.)
Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.
This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Refer to the LopesWrite Technical Support articles for assistance.
HRM635 Acquiring Developing and Leveraging Human Capital
Week 5 Assignment
Benchmark Assignment - Training and Development
Training and development prompts a change within an organization. The goal of training is to identify areas for improvement and develop materials and opportunities to educate employees in order to support growth.
For this assignment, you are required to develop a small training exercise. Review your needs assessment and previous observations conducted on your work environment to help identify one area for improvement that would benefit a part of your organization. This training exercise does not need to be implemented, but should include at least one deliverable that you could use during the training exercise. As you are reviewing your organization, consider employee engagement, systems, procedures, communication, and the culture within the organization. These are suggestions for possible areas that could benefit from a training exercise. The training must include the following:
What goal is the organization trying to accomplish?
What processes or procedures will change after the training?
Describe the strategies or actions involved in the training exercise to meet established goals. What is the expected performance or applications after the training? How will the strategies drive successful business results and improve employee performance?
How will the organization provide support to the employees receiving training? To new employees? Does this support consider strengths and weaknesses within the organization?
You are required to develop a written description (1,000 words) including one visual for your training exercise. Be sure to take time to analyze your work surroundings and identify a need for further training and development.
Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.
This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Refer to the LopesWrite Technical Support articles for assistance.
HRM635 Acquiring Developing and Leveraging Human Capital
Week 6 Assignment
CLC - Performance Appraisal at Telespazio: Aligning Strategic Goals to People Development - Case Study
This is a Collaborative Learning Community (CLC) assignment.
Read the Performance Appraisal at Telespazio: Aligning Strategic Goals to People Development case study located in Topic Materials. In your teams, discuss the assessment of employees within the Telespazio organization. Develop a written description (750-1,000 words) discussing current evaluation methods, how the organization uses the appraisal assessments to identify employee roles, the current appraisal systems, performance ratings, and Telespazio's practices for performing appraisal interviews. As a group, decide what changes or strategies could be implemented to Telespazio's current performance appraisal practices. Include an appraisal tool that would benefit the company and an effective method for performing an appraisal interview. Describe the benefits of using both the appraisal tool and appraisal interview in the performance appraisal practice.
Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.
This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Refer to the LopesWrite Technical Support articles for assistance.
HRM635 Acquiring Developing and Leveraging Human Capital
Week 7 Assignment
Leveraging Human Capital
Throughout this course, you analyzed your current work environment to identify their acquiring, developing, and training practices. Employees are the biggest asset and contribute to the culture and overall performance of the organization. The final part of this project requires you to determine how to leverage on the human capital within your organization. Use the research you have complied throughout this course to determine how to appropriately develop and motivate your employees.
Develop a final written proposal (1,250-1,500 words), discussing performance indicators, rewards and incentives, and a plan for motivating employees. Your proposal must include the following:
An evaluation of the current employee status. Describe tasks and performance indicators that contribute to the overall performance on the job.
Develop strategies to encourage employees. How will you reward them for their performance and support them during difficulty?
Describe strategies to leverage on employee assets. How will you identify their strengths and use them to better the performance and skills of individual employees?
Describe a vision for the overall culture you aspire to develop in your organization.
How will you integrate rewards and incentives to remain competitive in your market and appeal to your employees?
Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.
HRM635 Acquiring Developing and Leveraging Human Capital
Week 8 Assignment
Final Project Reflection
For this assignment, review the feedback you received from your instructor on each submission developed during this course. Develop a synopsis of your outcomes for acquiring, developing, training, and leveraging on human capital within your organization. You are not required to submit each assignment again, but you are required to evaluate your assignment, the feedback you received, and develop a synopsis of your take-away from the process. Integrate any plans for preparing for a position as an HR specialist or manager within an organization.
APA format is not required, but solid academic writing is expected.
You are not required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite.
