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Required Resources
Stewart, G. L., & Brown, K. G. (2014). Human resource management (3rd ed.). Danvers, MA: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Supplemental Resources
International Society for Performance Improvement. (2013). General format. Retrieved from http://www.ispi.org/
Kouzes, J., & Posner, B. (2012). The leadership challenge: How to make extraordinary things happen in organizations (5th ed.). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
The Society of Human Resources Management (SHRM). General format. Retrieved from http://www.shrm.org
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. (2013). General format. Retrieved from http://www.eeoc.gov/
Assignment 1: Alignment of HRM and Business Strategies
Worth 100 points
Select a publicly traded company to research and evaluate its Human Resource (HR) and business strategy, HR department job positions, and ways it markets its company regarding human capital. Some company Websites that provide this information are listed below:
- Marriott: http://www.arubamarriottcareers.com/JobDescriptions.html
- Allstate: http://www.jigsaw.com/id209321_d40/allstate_insurance_human_resources_business_contacts.xhtml
- State Farm: http://www.statefarm.com/about/retirees/news_articles/hr_serv_assist.asp
- Ford Motor Company: http://corporate.ford.com/careers/career-paths/human-resources?&ccode=US
Write a three (3) page paper in which you:
- Propose how you would ensure the HR strategy is in alignment with the business strategy.
- Describe the HR job positions and the responsibilities listed for that HR department.
- Determine which HR job positions you would prefer and explain why.
- Analyze how the selected company can establish HRM strategies to improve competitive advantages.
- Propose three (3) ways that the company can increase diversity.
- Use at least five (5) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify 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; citations and 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 assignment page length.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
- Examine the role of human resource management (HRM) in organizations and how it supports the organization’s business strategy.
- Evaluate human resource strategies and how these strategies align with business strategies.
- Create a competitive advantage in the marketplace.
- Formulate HRM strategies and policies to recruit, select, place, and retain the most efficient and effective workforce.
- Use technology and information resources to research issues in strategic human resource development.
- Write clearly and concisely about strategic human resource development using proper writing mechanics.
Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic / organization of the paper, and language and writing skills, using the following rubric.
Points: 100 | Assignment 1: Alignment of HRM and Business Strategies | |||
Criteria | Unacceptable Below 70% F | Fair 70-79% C | Proficient 80-89% B | Exemplary 90-100% A |
1. Propose how you would ensure the HR strategy is in alignment with the business strategy. Weight: 20% | Did not submit or incompletely proposed how you would ensure the HR strategy is in alignment with the business strategy. | Partially proposed how you would ensure the HR strategy is in alignment with the business strategy. | Satisfactorily proposed how you would ensure the HR strategy is in alignment with the business strategy. | Thoroughly proposed how you would ensure the HR strategy is in alignment with the business strategy. |
2. Describe the HR job positions and the responsibilities listed for that HR department. | Did not submit or incompletely described the HR job position and the responsibilities listed for that HR department. | Partially described the HR job position and the responsibilities listed for that HR department. | Satisfactorily described the HR job position and the responsibilities listed for that HR department. | Thoroughly described the HR job position and the responsibilities listed for that HR department. |
3. Determine which HR job positions you would prefer and explain why. Weight: 15% | Did not submit or incompletely determined which HR job positions you would prefer and did not submit or incompletely explained why. | Partially determined which HR job positions you would prefer and partially explained why. | Satisfactorily determined which HR job positions you would prefer and satisfactorily explained why. | Thoroughly determined which HR job positions you would prefer and thoroughly explained why. |
4. Analyze how the selected company can establish HRM strategies to improve competitive advantages. Weight: 20% | Did not submit or incompletely analyzed how the selected company can establish HRM strategies to improve competitive advantages. | Partially analyzed how the selected company can establish HRM strategies to improve competitive advantages. | Satisfactorily analyzed how the selected company can establish HRM strategies to improve competitive advantages. | Thoroughly analyzed how the selected company can establish HRM strategies to improve competitive advantages. |
5. Propose three (3) ways that the company can increase diversity. Weight: 20% | Did not submit or incompletely proposed three (3) ways that the company can increase diversity. | Partially proposed three (3) ways that the company can increase diversity. | Satisfactorily proposed three (3) ways that the company can increase diversity. | Thoroughly proposed three (3) ways that the company can increase diversity. |
6. 5 references Weight: 5% | No references provided | Does not meet the required number of references; some or all references poor quality choices. | Meets number of required references; all references high quality choices. | Exceeds number of required references; all references high quality choices. |
7. Clarity, writing mechanics, and formatting requirements Weight: 10% | More than 6 errors present | 5-6 errors present | 3-4 errors present | 0-2 errors present |
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Running head: ALIGNMENT OF HRM AND BUSINESS STRATEGIES
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Introduction
There are departments such as sales and marketing that deal with marketing the
organization and products sales, finance that deals with funds and assets of the organization
among other departments. All these departments have an interrelation between themselves in
order to achieve the goal of the organization. Human resource department is an important
department in an organization that helps to achieve the strategies of the organization. Through
this department, other departments are able to run because it is concerned with hiring and
training of the employees, employee performance and compensation, payrolls and benefits of the
employees among other functions related to the employees’ interest (Stewart & Brown, 2014).
Ford Human Resource Department
Ford Company is one of the leading carmaker companies in the world. To thrive in this
competitive industry for a long period, Ford has an HR department that looks into the
performance of the employees and maintains the interrelations of the different departments of the
company. There are various job positions that are responsible for the activities in the department.
Ford Company has two human resource managers that coordinate the activities of the
department. One who is...
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