[SOLVED] Strategic HR plan

The final project for this course is the creation of a strategic HR plan. The final product represents an authentic demonstration of competency because it is important for HR professionals to gain management support and buy-in for HR involvement from a strategic perspective in the achievement of organizational
goals. This assignment will involve creating a strategic plan that focuses on achieving goals that have influence across the organization. The project is divided into three 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 Three, Five, and Seven. The final product will be submitted in Module Nine.
In this assignment, you will demonstrate your mastery of the following course outcomes:
 Develop strategic human resource initiatives for supporting the recruitment and retention of qualified talent within an organization
 Formulate recommendations that support organizational effectiveness based on an analysis of internal elements
 Determine the impacts of external factors that influence an organization for mitigating risks
 Develop strategic approaches that incorporate relevant human resources behavioral competencies in addressing organizational issues
Prompt
For the final project, you will assume the role of an HR professional for an organization. You will apply technical and behavioral competencies to develop
strategic HR initiatives across the organization. You will be required to support the organization’s recommendations using data, specific examples, and detailed
explanations of how these HR initiatives address organizational goals.
Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:
I. People: In this section, you will develop strategic HR initiatives around acquiring and retaining qualified talent for an organization. Provide specific
examples.
A. Talent Acquisition: Determine appropriate strategies for acquiring qualified talent, and explain how the strategies support organizational goals.
B. Employee Engagement and Retention: Determine appropriate employee engagement strategies and explain how this approach will increase
retention.
C. Learning and Development: Determine learning and development opportunities aimed toward attracting and retaining qualified talent within
the organization.
D. Total Rewards: Identify appropriate total rewards strategies to increase employee retention, and explain how these strategies support the goals
of the organization.
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II. Organization: In this section, you will analyze employee and labor relations that positively impact organizational effectiveness. Provide specific
examples.
A. Employee Discipline: Analyze punitive and nonpunitive disciplinary approaches, and explain their impacts on employee relations.
B. Performance Management: Determine the elements of an effective performance management system, and explain how well the employer’s
system meets organizational needs.
C. Employee and Labor Relations: Determine the differences between union grievance procedures and nonunion complaint processes, and
describe improvements that could be made to a nonunion complaint process.
III. Workplace: In this section, you will analyze external factors that influence organizational effectiveness while mitigating risk. Provide specific examples.
A. Diversity and Inclusion: Explain generational differences within the workplace, and describe appropriate strategies for managing a diverse
workforce.
B. Risk Management: Determine appropriate proactive HR activities and policies for mitigating risk, and explain how these strategies can be used
within the organization.
C. Corporate Social Responsibility: Describe HR’s role in creating a culture of social responsibility within the organization and the organization’s
community.
D. HR in the Global Context: Determine appropriate strategies for properly preparing employees for an expatriate assignment, and explain how
these approaches ensure ongoing engagement.
IV. Behavioral Competencies: In this section, you will determine strategic HR initiatives that support people, organization, and workplace under the
technical competency while selecting the most appropriate behavioral competencies. You must select at least one behavioral competency in addressing
each domain (i.e., business, leadership, or interpersonal).
A. Determine HR initiatives that support the people technical competency and explain which behavioral competencies within the business domain
are the most appropriate.
B. Determine HR initiatives that support the organization technical competency and explain which behavioral competencies within the leadership
domain are the most appropriate.
C. Determine HR initiatives that support the workplace technical competency and explain which behavioral competencies within the interpersonal
domain are the most appropriate.
D. Recommend strategic HR initiatives across the organization that utilize a combination of behavioral competencies, and explain why this is the
most appropriate approach.
Milestones
Milestone One: Employee Engagement and Retention
In Module Three, you will analyze HR strategic engagement initiatives for attracting, retaining, and rewarding employees. The four critical element focus on
talent acquisition, employee engagement and retention, learning and development, and total rewards. This milestone will be graded with the Milestone One
Rubric.
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Milestone Two: Performance Management: Employee and Labor Relations
In Module Five, you will analyze HR strategic initiatives of employee and labor relations that positively impact organizational effectiveness. The three critical
element focus on employee discipline, performance management, and employee and labor relations. This milestone will be graded with the Milestone Two
Rubric.
Milestone Three: Global HR, Diversity, Risk Management, and Social Responsibility
In Module Seven, you will analyze HR strategic initiatives of managing HR globally, diversity and inclusion, risk management, and social corporate responsibility
that impact an organization’s strategic goals. This milestone will be graded with the Milestone Three Rubric.
Final Submission: Strategic HR Plan
In Module Nine, you will submit your final project. It should address each of the four sections of the final project (People, Organization, Workplace, and
Behavioral Competencies) that focus on HR initiatives that move across an organization. It should be a complete, polished artifact containing all of the critical
elements of the final product. It should reflect the incorporation of feedback gained throughout the course. This submission will be graded with the Final
Project Rubric.
Deliverables
Milestone Deliverable Module Due Grading
One Employee Engagement and Retention Three Graded separately; Final Project Milestone One Rubric
Two Performance Management: Employee and
Labor Relations
Five Graded separately; Final Project Milestone Two Rubric
Three Global HR, Diversity, Risk Management,
and Social Responsibility
Seven Graded separately; Final Project Milestone Three Rubric
Final Submission: Strategic HR Plan Nine Graded separately; Final Project Rubric (this document)
Final Project Rubric
Guidelines for Submission: Your strategic HR plan must be 3 pages in length (plus a cover page and references). Use double spacing, 12-point Times New
Roman font, and one-inch margins. You should use current APA style guidelines for your citations and reference list.