Strategic Human Resources Management

  Part 1 – Project Written Report – weight 20%; Marks- 100 You are required to design a comprehensive questionnaire (approx. 20-25 questions) to collect first-hand information from HR manager of a company of your choices. You are also required to conduct a detailed interview (face-to-face) with an HR manager of company of your choice to explore Various HR strategies being practiced by the respective organization to gain competitive advantage Procedure: 1) Develop questionnaire of 20-25 questions 2) Identify a HR manager/Officer and ask them if you can interview them. Present them the list of questions ahead of the time. Make sure you have their permission for an interview. Keep a copy of confirming emails and attach in appendix. 3) Submit a project report consisting following tasks: Task 1(Introduction) Provide introduction of the chosen company- name, nature of business, HR department organizational chart, HR functions, HR Vision and Mission Statements, HR Goals and Objectives, HR Strategic Plan based on your interview findings. Task 2 (Internal, External environment, and Challenges) Examine the internal and external environment of the company using six component model and assess the challenges faced by the selected organization. Task 3 (HR practices, policies, and Strategies of the company) Analyze the HR practices, policies, and Strategies of the company in relation to staffing, training and development, performance management and compensation & benefits. Task 4 (Dashboard) Based on the application of HR Balance Score card, design a Dashboard (presentable to the top Management) depicting the HR Metrics. Task 5 (HR Metrics) Calculate absence rate, cost per hire, turnover rate, turnover cost for selected organization Task 6 (Employee Retention Practices) Assess employee retention practices of the selected organization Task 7 (Ethical environment and Ethical HR practices) Analyze the ethical environment of the organization and ethical HR practices in the selected organization. Task 8 (Recommendations) Make necessary recommendations to improve the HR strategy to attain competitive advantage Task 9 (References) Where you have used web content, images, templates in doing this project, then you must acknowledge the source following a standard method of referencing that you have learnt. Use APA style referencing. Task 10 (Appendixes) Include all supporting documents such as: • Acknowledgement - records of correspondence. Attach a copy of confirming emails. • Notes (responses) from interviews. Where you have interviewed key people in the organization to obtain information, they must be acknowledged. Include name of person, organization and contact details. Rubrics for the project report and oral defense assessment criteria are attached.