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Assignment 2: Business Expansion and Sustainability
In order to complete this assignment, refer to the scenario that you chose in Assignment 1.
Note: You may create and / or make all necessary assumptions needed for the completion of these assignments.
Using the scenario from Assignment 1, write a six to seven (6-7) page paper in which you:
- Identify three (3) job requirements (e.g., needed certifications, previous work experience, external influences, etc.) that could apply to your chosen scenario. Determine two (2) ways these requirements could impact staffing at your organization. Next, suggest one (1) strategy that you could utilize to ensure that all applicants meet the identified job requirements for your organization. Justify your response.
- Outline a long-term recruitment plan that contains at least four (4) components, is aligned with your company’s recruitment strategy, but also addresses possible job skill or credential shortages. Note: Consider concepts such as succession planning and hiring retirees.
- Describe three (3) branding strategies that you would employ to attract qualified applicants to your organization. Next, suggest three (3) communication methods that you would utilize to reach out to applicants. Predict the outcome of integrating your branding strategies and communication methods at your organization. Provide a rationale for your response.
- Determine two (2) selection processes for recruiting new employees that could apply to your chosen scenario and then identify five (5) selection criteria that you could use when hiring new employees. Next, analyze the effect of the five (5) identified selection criteria on long-term employee retention and preservation of organizational knowledge. Justify your response.
- Suggest two (2) assessment methods that you could employ to select new employees for your organization and then analyze the validity and reliability of each method in regards to the job your organization is offering. Next, identify four (4) job predictors that you believe can assess candidates’ knowledge, skills, abilities, and other skills and experiences (KSAO’s). Provide support for your rationale.
- Use at least three (3) quality resources in this assignment.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
- Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
- Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required page length.
Assignment 5: Capstone
Select a publicly traded corporation for which you would like to work or are currently working.
Research the corporation on its own Website, the public filings on the Securities and Exchange Commission EDGAR database (http://www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml), in the University's online databases, and any other sources you can find. The annual report will often provide insights that can help address some of these questions.
Write an eight to ten (8-10) page paper in which you:
- Determine the impact of the company’s mission, vision, and primary stakeholders on its overall success.
- Analyze the five (5) forces of competition to determine how they impact the company.
- Create a SWOT analysis for the company to determine its major strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats.
- Based on the SWOT analysis, outline a strategy for the company to capitalize on its strengths and opportunities, and minimize its weaknesses and threats.
- Discuss the various levels and types of strategies the firm may use to maximize its competitiveness and profitability.
- Outline a communications plan the company could use to make the strategies you recommend above known to all stakeholders.
- Select two (2) corporate governance mechanisms used by this corporation and evaluate how effective they are at controlling managerial actions.
- Evaluate the effectiveness of leadership within this corporation and make at least one (1) recommendation for improvement.
- Assess efforts by this corporation to be a responsible (ethical) corporate citizen and determine the impact these efforts (or lack thereof) have on the company’s bottom line. Provide specific examples to support your response.
- Use at least five (5) quality references. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not quality as academic resources.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
- Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
- Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required page length.
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Job Requirements
The decisions that are made on staffing by organizations may result to dramatic in terms
of the quality of work, rates of retention, as well as levels of customer service. There is also the
risk to production and also organizational goals. Therefore, making the right staffing decisions is
an important task for any organization. This is because the most important function of adding
staff to any organization is getting the right personnel towards helping meet the organizational
objectives and goals in line with its mission and vision (Tencati and Perrini, 2011). Thus, being
clear on your goals will enable the management to make plans as well as implementing the
changes which will help in bringing the organization closer to its goals.
It is therefore not a wonder that one of the important functions of an effective manager is
mapping out its future and also making plans towards supporting the idea. This is possible
through choosing the most appropriate action, such as the development and utilization of the
most viable staffing solutions towards bringing the organization closer to ensuring the realization
of the envisioned goals. One of the tasks that a person needs to do in order to discover, analyze
and develop job requirements and task statements is to describe the duties of the incumbent.
Another task is describing the nature or work and the conditions of the same. Another task is
describing the qualifications needed. As the company progresses there is need to review and
adjust the job descriptions in order to meet the needs that come up in the course of operations.
For my organization the frequency of reviewing should be annually
Long-Term Recruitment Plan
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How the recruitment process is planned is vital for not only ensuring the right persons for
the various positions but also in consideration of the costs to the organization for inappropriate
recruitment decisions which may be high in relation to issues of time and money. Therefore, a
long-term recruitment plan should have the following components that should go a long way in
ensuring an effective recruitment process is carried out.
a. Determination of the recruitment goals
The base of a good recruitment plan should be on the organization’s goals. This should
encompass planning in order to expand, sustain, and bring about change in the business
organization. This needs the identification of the required skills towards accomplishing its
objectives. It is from such a premise that there should be an establishment of specific recruitment
goals. This is aimed at attracting the best talent to work in the organization. This is because the
best talents will help in making a direct impact to the organization’s bottom line, thus helping in
raising its services as well as quality level (Marchington and Wilkinson, 2006). As such,
individuals may be recruited but they have no dedication to the business and are likely to
compromise its productivity. Other recruitment goals include the attraction of highly qualified
and skilled applicants, and also promoting the organization as a dynamic destination where
people would like to work. Therefore, it is important to determine the overall recruitment needs
of the business by having well-defined goals.
b. Job descriptions review
Through the use of an HR Toolkit, an organization access information as well as tools
that will help it in revising the current job descriptions or developing new ones. A review tool
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will encompass having a job description template and also job profiles of the common positions.
The job profiles, for example, help to offer a broad overview of likely duties as well as
responsibilities to be carried out by staff in the positions and also the qualifications common to
such a position (Marchington, and Wilkinson, 2006).
The job analysis involves a process of collecting information systematically towards
helping the organization to understand as well as describe the various responsibilities and duties
of the different positions and also the skills, knowledge, and the abilities that goes with the
specific positions. This is aimed at having a composite picture of a position in relation to what it
actually entails. The purpose of carrying out a job analysis is for providing the necessary
information towards the writing a job description. This is what is then used to base most of the
other HR management practices including selection, training, and performance management. The
same information is also used during the evaluation process, meant to assign the value to a
specific job in order to set its compensation.
Therefore, carrying out a job description review may help to identify things that may
need changing since the last recruitment. If it involves a new position, a new description of the
job should be created. The process may also involve talking to the previous holder of the position
to get some input on ways of improving the job in its description as well as the previous
highlights of the job.
c. Talent-finding strategies
The methods of identifying staff for an organization can be categorized into either shortterm or long-term recruitment techniques. The short-term techniques can be designed towards
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generating immediate recruitment of candidates while the long-term techniques may involve
cultivating lasting relationships with important stakeholders and promoting the organization as
an appropriate place to work. Focus should be on keeping such lasting relationships with
individuals with a potential of working for the organization. This calls for planning on how to
use the recruiting strategies.
An example of developing a long-term relationship may include using strategies such as
offering educational or training scholarships to college or university students, giving donations
as well as sponsorships to local community groups, or opening offering high school practicum’s
in the organization. There are two pools of potential candidates for recruitment including those
already working in the organization and the external candidates. Internal promotions may help in
creating a culture of showing how the organization rewards hard work. Starting with employees’
friends and acquaintances of employees could be a good place to start with by offering
recruitment incentives encouraging employees to spread the word. In posting job adverts, it is
important to consider if the medium used has the necessary reach to a wide pool of potential
applicants.
d. Using alternative labor ...