How do you find the right people for the right positions in an organization? Which strategies should be used for retaining high-achieving and necessary employees? In the next component of your capstone project, you will reflect on what you have learned about recruitment and retention. Make certain to consider the effect of technology and the Internet on the planning, staffing, and recruiting process, as well as on measuring strategy effectiveness.
The adept HRM professional will successfully implement strategies to meet the staffing needs of an organization and find qualified applicants for each position while integrating legal and ethical guidelines for hiring. The process may include internal and external processes. Additionally, the successful HRM professional will use various strategies to retain necessary and high-achieving employees. Recall your work in this program on the seven components of strategic staffing:
1. Workforce planning.
2. Sourcing talent.
3. Recruiting.
4. Selecting talent.
5. Acquiring talent.
6. Developing talent.
7. Retaining talent.
Keep in mind the big picture, including the organizational mission, approaches, and benefits to a diverse workforce, as well as legal compliance and ethical decision making as you complete the next project component of your capstone project.
For this assessment, your focus is on how HRM practices support talent and workforce management strategies. This is the third component of your capstone project. Each assessment should be completed in order so that you can use the feedback received to improve your work and build upon to complete your project.
For this assessment, complete the following:
· Research and analyze current articles that do the following:
o Link HRM practices to talent and workforce management strategies.
o Consider HRM’s role in thinking critically about solutions in the context of strategic management.
· Evaluate your chosen organization’s strategic management capabilities in order to develop a strategy to improve talent and workforce management.
· Analyze approaches to total rewards that may affect performance.
· Analyze both the ethical and the legal responsibilities that relate to talent and workforce management, both in the organization and in society as a whole.
The deliverable for this assessment applies professional skills in HRM to workplace situations that you will likely encounter in your day-to-day work in human resources. As part of your learning, focus on the development of effective professional communication skills for the workplace. Your assessment should meet the following additional requirements:
· Length: 3–5 typed, double-spaced pages, plus the cover and resources pages.
o The first page should be a cover sheet with your name, the course number, assessment title, and date. No other information is required on this page.
o The last page should be the reference list.
· Organization: Make sure that your assessment writing is well organized, using headings and subheadings to organize content for the reader.
· Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point.
· Resources: Use at least 3–5 references and include both trade publications and peer-reviewed articles.
· Evidence: Support your assertions with data and/or in-text citations.
· APA formatting: Resources and in-text citations are formatted according to current APA style and formatting.
· Written communication:
o Support main points, assertions, and conclusions, or recommendations with relevant and credible evidence.
o Use spell-check and other tools to ensure correct spelling and grammar.
Review the Talent and Workforce Management scoring guide and the HRM Effectiveness Improvement Plan course project description before submitting to ensure that you have met the expectations of this assessment.
Portfolio Prompt: You should consider adding this assessment to your personal ePortfolio. This assessment demonstrates your ability to research and write about talent and workforce management, as it relates to your organization, and problem or opportunity. This skill is necessary in a professional setting when you are trying to make recommendations. You will want to organize your assessments to easily support future reflection and to showcase your knowledge with employers after graduation.
