Description
Module six
Business brief: Comprehensive Plan
Purpose: This assignment is intended to assess your ability to:
• Compile a comprehensive plan for improving the quality of selected HR management practices within your area of influence.
• Integrate established HRM principles into the discussion.
Overview:
1. Review all of your research for your previous assignments:
a. Module 1 Business Brief – Organization
b. Module 2 Business Brief – The HR Function
c. Module 3 Business Brief – Recruiting and Retention
d. Module 4 Business Brief – Reward, Recognition & Performance Management
e. Module 5 Business Brief – High Performance Organization
Your writing as a graduate student should have a clear argument with no repeated or confusing narrative.
Action Items
Write a 6 -page business brief that covers all upcoming items:
a- Describe the organization (very briefly describe the company’s relevant history, what it does, who its customers are, etc.).
b- Discuss the challenges and/or opportunities the organization faces.
c- Describe some of the organization’s current HRM practices, in regard to its employees.
d- Complete a table illustrating at least 6 key result areas for your organization, including targets and current results, and compute the difference as appropriate. View the HR Metrics sample for this table. Be sure you explain how improving these key result areas identified on this table will enhance the competitive advantage of your organization.
e- Analyze whether these practices are effective. Include an explanation of why they are (or are not) effective.
f- Describe the major strategies you would recommend to improve the quality of selected HR management practices within your area of influence. Be specific.
g- Discuss the value or impact you think these improvements will have in driving business success.
h- Describe how you will measure and report the success of your plan.
