Week 1 discussion
HR/Organization
Alignment and Global Conditions
Introduce yourself to the class and share your goals for
your education and expectations for this class. Then, read pages 1-8 of the
case study A.P. Moller-Maersk Group: Evaluating Strategic Talent Management
Initiatives (up to Talent Management Challenges). Using the readings in this
module and the case material, discuss the following:
Why the human resource function should be aligned with an
organization’s strategic plan, and
How current global conditions in Maersk’s industry impact
human resource management practices within this organization.
Post your thoughts to two of your peer’s discussions.
This task will help you complete Milestone One of the final
project, which is due in Module Two
Week 2 discussion
Purpose and Process
of Job Analysis
Read the SHRM article Performing Job Analysis. Use the
article to describe any two uses for job analysis within an organization (why
it is done). Then contrast two job analysis methods and their benefits (how
they are done).
Speculate on at least one limitation or downside of each
method. Include at least one citation and reference in your initial post and
respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts.
Week 3 discussion
Adult Learners
View the SHRM PowerPoint presentation and its note pages:
Unit 3: Adult Learning Principles. Describe any four of the characteristics of
adult learners explained in the presentation and discuss how well SNHU has
incorporated those characteristics in the courses you have taken so far.
Include at least one citation and reference in your initial
post and respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts.
Week 4 discussion
When to Use a 360-Degree Appraisal
While 360-degree appraisals have many advantages, they are
not for every employer or every type of employee.
Read Sections 8.2c Who Should Appraise an Employee’s
Performance? and 8.2d Putting It All Together: 360-Degree Evaluations (p
310-313) in your textbook.
For your initial post, imagine you are an HR manager for a
company that has a large call center. The call center manager wants your help
initiating a 360-degree appraisal for his call center representatives. In your
initial post, discuss whether you would encourage or discourage this and why.
Describe what conditions would need to be in place in order for a 360-degree
appraisal process to be effective with the call center staff.
Include at least one citation and reference in your initial
post and respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts.
Week 5 discussion
What Do Discretionary
Benefits Mean to You?
Take the true/false quiz on slides 21 and 22 of this SHRM
PowerPoint program Discretionary Employee Benefits. See the notes section to
score yourself.
Select three statements from the quiz that you relate to,
either from personal experience or because you feel strongly about the point,
and discuss why you chose them.
Include at least one citation and reference in your initial
post and respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts.
Week 6 discussion
Why Employees Stay
Read pp. 13–22 of the SHRM report on Retaining Talent (pp.
2–11 of the report).
Consider your current job or one you used to hold. To what
extent did you experience the three types of connections that foster “embeddedness”
described in the report: links, fit, and sacrifice? How did your experience
influence your longevity with the organization?
Include at least one citation and reference in your initial
post and respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts.
Week 8 discussion
The Link Between
Aetna’s Goals and Its Diversity Outcomes
Read “The ‘ICE’ Strategy” on Human Resource Management (pp.
8–9) of the PDF in Aetna: Investing In Diversity Case. Also review Exhibits 6
and 7 on pp. 22–23 of the case study to see the link between Aetna’s strategic
focus and the diversity outcomes that can result. From Exhibit 7, select one of
the eight strategic focuses and one of the 10 diversity implications that you
feel relates to that focus.
Discuss the relationship between the two and describe three
specific actions Aetna could take to accomplish the diversity implication.
Include at least one citation and reference in your initial post.
Respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts concerning
their choices and suggested actions. Can you add anything to their perspective?
Milestone 1
Final Project
Milestone One
Overview: This milestone is designed to begin a critical
analysis applying knowledge gained within the course. This short paper
assignment is the first step in the
analysis of the company that will become your final project.
For the final project, you will review the human resource management (HRM) in
an organization
through a real scenario. This case study will give you the
opportunity to explore various roles and processes within the human resources
profession. A key skill for
any professional working in human resources is the ability
to develop and implement processes that align with a company’s strategic plan
and mission.
Begin by reading the first 13 pages of the case study A.P.
Moller-Maersk Group: Evaluating Strategic Talent Management Initiatives (up to
HR-Customer Initiative
at Maersk) located in your Harvard Business Review
Coursepack.
Start your short paper by briefly answering the following
questions:
1. Explain why the human resource function should be aligned
with an organization’s strategic plan (use ideas from the Module One discussion
on this
topic).
2. Explain how current global conditions in Maersk’s
industry impact human resource management practices within this organization
(use ideas from the
Module One discussion on this topic).
Then, using the material on recruitment strategies provided
in this week’s lesson and the case study, address the following:
1. Compare and contrast recruitment and selection of
internal versus external candidates in general.
2. Describe how Maersk has recruited and selected new
employees who were aligned with the organization’s vision and goals over the
years.
3. Assess the effectiveness of its recruitment process and
determine what changes if any you would recommend to improve employee success
and
retention.
Guidelines for Submission: Your submission should be 2–3
pages in length and double-spaced using 12-point Times New Roman font. Be sure
to list your references at the end of your paper.
Milestone 2
Final Project
Milestone Two
Overview: For this milestone, review the case study A.P.
Moller-Maersk Group: Evaluating Strategic Talent Management Initiatives through
page 13 (up to HRCustomer
Initiative at Maersk) and the job posting for a Customer
Service – CARE Business Partner. View the SHRM PowerPoint presentation and its
note pages:
Unit 6: Training Methods, Experiential Learning and
Technology.
Using the material on needs assessment and training
strategies provided in this week’s lesson and the case study, in a short paper
you should:
? Illustrate the value of a training
needs assessment in an organization in general, supporting your response.
? Describe the components of a needs
assessment used to determine the training requirements of a Customer
Service – CARE Business Partner at Maersk.
? Describe the importance of creating
Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, and Time-oriented (SMART)
objectives for a training plan.
? Explain the importance of developing
learning activities for a Maersk Customer Service – CARE Business Partner
training program.
? Describe how you would incorporate
adult learning principles and methods of experiential learning from this course
into the Maersk Customer Service –CARE Business Partner training
program.
Guidelines for Submission: Your submission should be 2–3
pages in length and double-spaced using 12-point Times New Roman font. Be sure
to list your references at the end of your paper.
Milestone 3
Overview: This milestone focuses on the topics of this
week’s lessons: managing and appraising employee performance.
Using the material on performance management and appraisals
provided in this week’s lesson and the case, in a short paper you should:
? Determine the HRM’s role in the
performance management process and explain how to ensure the process aligns
with the organization’s strategic plan.
? Differentiate between the trait,
behavioral, and results-based performance appraisal systems, providing an
example where each would be most applicable.
? Identify best suited appraisal for the
Maersk Customer Service – CARE Business Partner.
? Identify and describe a variety of
performance rating scales that can be used in organizations including graphical
scales, letter scales, and numeric scales.
Guidelines for Submission: Your submission should be 2–3
pages in length and double-spaced using 12-point Times New Roman font. Be sure
to list your references at the end of your paper.
Milestone 4
Overview: This milestone focuses on the topic of this week’s
lessons: compensating employees. Using the material on compensation provided in
this week’s
lesson and the case study, write a short paper in which you:
? Describe the compensation philosophy of
Maersk and how the market influences this philosophy.
? Determine the value of salary surveys
to an organization.
? Describe the advantages of
discretionary benefits to Maersk.
Guidelines for Submission: Your submission should be two
pages in length and double-spaced using 12-point Times New Roman font. Be sure
to list your references at the end of your paper.
Final project
Overview
Many businesses and organizations large enough to require
human resource management (HRM) will need someone that not only understands
core human
resource (HR) responsibilities, but also understands the vision
and mission of the organization.
To align the core HR requirements of an organization with
its strategic plan, you will conduct an HRM review of an organization in a case
study. Be creative in
assembling each of the individual components or HR tools to
the HRM review so that they would be consistent with and add value to the
organization. Complete
the HRM review that illustrates how each of the HR tools
plays a role in an organization’s overall strategic plan.
The project is divided into four milestones, which will be
submitted at various points throughout the course to scaffold learning and
ensure quality final
submissions. These milestones will be submitted in Modules
Two, Three, Four, and Five. Your comprehensive proposal will be submitted in
Module Seven.
This assessment addresses the following course outcomes:
? Explain core concepts of human resource
management common in today’s global workplace for promoting shared values
throughout an organization
? Describe human resource management
practices and theories that align to and promote the organization’s
vision, mission, and business
? Illustrate the functions of a human
resource manager for ensuring alignment with the organization’s strategic plan
? Explain modern human resource concepts
and principles that are essential in a changing work environment
Prompt
In this assessment, you will review the human resource
management (HRM) in an organization through a case study. This case study will
give you the
opportunity to explore various roles and processes within
the human resources profession. A key skill for any professional working in
human resources is the
ability to develop and implement processes that align with a
company’s strategic plan and mission.
I. HRM Functions and Practices
A. Explain why the human resource (HR) function should be
aligned with an organization’s strategic plan.
B. Explain how current global conditions in this industry
impact human resource management (HRM) practices within organizations.
II. Staffing
A. Describe a process to recruit and select new employees
who are aligned with the organization’s vision and goals from the case study.
B. Compare and contrast recruitment and selection of
internal versus external candidates using best practices from the Society for
Human
Resource Management (SHRM) website. Refer to the Research
and Metrics page for helpful resources. You may want to consider which method
of recruitment would be most beneficial to this
organization.
III. Training
A. Describe the components of a needs assessment used to
determine the training requirements of the organization.
B. Explain the importance of developing learning activities.
Be sure to incorporate adult learning principles and methods of experiential
learning
from this course.
C. Illustrate the value of a training needs assessment in an
organization. Support your response.
D. Describe the importance of creating SMART objectives for
a training plan.
IV. Compensation
A. Describe the compensation philosophy. How does the market
influence this philosophy?
B. Determine the value of salary surveys and describe the
advantages of discretionary benefits.
V. Evaluation
A. Determine the HRM’s role in the performance management
process. How can you ensure the process aligns with the organization’s
strategic
plan?
B. Differentiate between various performance appraisal
systems. Provide an example where one would be more applicable.
C. How do you identify best-suited appraisals for employee
job duties? Support your response with an example.
D. Identify a variety of performance rating scales that can
be used in organizations that includes graphical scales, letter scales, and
numeric scales.
Describe each scale.
Milestones
Milestone One: Evaluating Strategic Talent Management Initiatives—Functions
and Practices/Staffing
In Module Two, you will write a short paper that addresses
Sections I and II of the Final Project document. This milestone will be graded
with the Milestone One
Rubric.
Milestone Two: Employee Development Processes
In Module Three, you will write a short paper that addresses
Section III of the Final Project document. This milestone will be graded with
the Milestone Two
Rubric.
Milestone Three: Performance Management
In Module Four, you will write a short paper that addresses
Section V of the Final Project document. This milestone will be graded with the
Milestone Three
Rubric.
Milestone Four: Compensation
In Module Five, you will write a short paper that addresses
Section IV of the Final Project document. This milestone will be graded with
the Milestone Four
Rubric.
Final Submission: Human Resources Management review
