OBHR Project #1 (Individual Project)
Your Employer’s EVP
Project Instructions:
Project 1 consists of a written report to be turned in by each student. The purpose of this first project is
twofold: 1) you will come to better understand the concept of an Employee Value Proposition (EVP) and
the role it plays in organizations based on examples of EVP initiatives offered by your current employer.
2) you will learn to use the formatting style of American Psychological Association (APA) in your written
assignments. This is the commonly accepted reference and formatting style used in the social sciences,
and you will also be using it in other courses later in the program.
The length of your report should be approximately 5 – 7 double spaced pages – not including references,
title page, and appendices (if applicable). Please make sure to include your name in the document
name of the file that you submit to Blackboard.
APA Formatting Style:
You will be using the same APA formatting guidelines for all major projects. Within Blackboard, go to
“Learning Modules”/ “Additional Module Materials” / “Project Formatting Guidelines”.
For detailed information about APA, see the following website:
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/
Due to the limited length of each assignment, please note that you will not be required to include an
abstract for any of the projects in this course.
The Employee Value Proposition:
Before starting this project, it is important that you complete the readings in Module 1. Your report
should address each of the objectives below. If you would like to include materials that support your
project (i.e. additional information about your company’s EVP), but which do not fit directly into one of
the objectives below, please include this in an appendix. Be sure to read the APA guidelines for
appendices and to refer to your appendices within the main text of the project report where necessary.
After reading Module 1, consider your own work organization and its employee value proposition. Keep
in mind that most organizations do not have a formally defined EVP, and it will be your job to look for
practices, policies and initiatives for employees that would be similar to those included in a formal EVP.
If you happen to be self-employed or unemployed, or your employment situation does not lend to this
assignment in any way, feel free to select an organization that you believe has a strong EVP to discuss in
this project. Only choose an organization other than your own employer if absolutely necessary, and
please let your instructor know which organization you will focus on instead.
1. At the start of your project report, provide an introduction that briefly introduces your
organization and that gives the reader an overview of what you will be discussing in the rest of
the report (the project scope). Hint: cite information from your company’s website in this
section if it is your main source of information… and don’t forget to do this in APA style.
2. Discuss 2 – 3 concrete and real examples of the practices this organization has in place to
support the employee value proposition. Explain the impact that you believe that EACH of these
practices has on organizational outcomes (i.e. employee satisfaction can lead to higher
productivity). In this section, you will need to use the resources that are provided by your
employer.
Note: Often times, this objective involves gathering information from your company’s Intranet
or via informal interviews with colleagues / supervisors. You may need to include this
information in the appendices of the paper – (i.e. screenshots or questions asked of colleagues).
Please include a confidentiality clause on the title page of your project paper if you feel it is
necessary. *Please see below for additional information on “irretrievable resources”.
3. Suggest 2 – 3 additional organizational initiatives that your employer could potentially introduce
and explain why these would be advantageous in your organization. Base these suggestions on
what other similar organizations are successfully offering as EVP practices. You will need to do
outside research for this objective and cite that research.
4. Discuss any examples of how your organization is currently measuring the return on investment
of its current employee value practices (Objective 2) and how they are measuring this. For
example, a common ROI is employee retention or employee satisfaction. Keep in mind that the
ROI does not have to be measured in dollars and cents. If they are not currently measuring the
ROI of the practices, provide an explanation or rationale for why you think this is.
5. Finally, give two examples of how your organization could potentially measure two of the EVP
practices you’ve discussed in the paper (either for Object 2 or Object 3 above). You will need to
do outside research for this objective and cite that research.
Please make use of archival sources and journals, which are available via the OHIO library (ALICE).
https://www.ohio.edu/library/
For this assignment, at least 3 sources of outside information (beyond course and company materials)
should be cited.
GRADING CRITERIA – The following quality indications are expected. The grading criteria are listed in the
attached grading rubric for Project 1.
• An introduction, including a straightforward and accurate description of the intent and scope of
the paper and of the topic(s) being addressed.
• Link to course concepts and the proper use of those concepts
• Evidence of sound research
• Structure – the use of headings and subheadings
• Format and professionalism
• Compliance with APA style
• Style, grammar, and spelling (yes, points will be deducted for errors of this type.)
All of your work in this course must be original. Do not copy anyone else’s material and represent it as
your own. For purposes of all work in this course, “plagiarism” is defined as 13 consecutive words, a
complete sentence, or a major idea taken from a source without citation. Anything cut and pasted
without quotation marks and citation is plagiarism.
Please contact your instructor directly regarding any questions that you may have.
*Additional information for citing “irretrievable company resources”:
In the case of an “irretrievable resource”, your reading audience (me and the course graders) cannot
access your company’s resources (i.e. Intranet). You would therefore cite this information as what is
known as “irretrievable personal communication”.
This format requires you to include the author of the report (here that’s probably the company name if
no other is listed), the words “personal communication via company Intranet,” and the date you
retrieved the document. You may wish to provide additional information about the report in your text,
depending on what information is relevant.
Here’s an example:
Annual revenues for 2018 were disclosed in a report posted on the company intranet of XYZ Company
(personal communication via XYZ company Intranet, December 21, 2019).
For a personal communication citation, there is no reference list entry because the document cannot be
retrieved.
I am getting this information from the APA Style guide blog, so I should include that source here.
http://blog.apastyle.org/apastyle/personal-communication/
In Project #1, in order to provide a retrievable source, despite the fact that it was found on your
company’s Intranet, you have the option to include a screenshot of the relevant pages in the appendices
– if possible and you feel comfortable doing so. That would make your complete citation look something
like this:
Annual revenues for 2018 were disclosed in an internal report posted on the company intranet of XYZ
Company (personal communication via XYZ company Intranet, December 21, 2019). Please see Appendix
A.
Project 1 Grading Rubric for OBHR
Criteria Excellent Good Unsatisfactory Unacceptable
Introduction
(Objective 1)
10
Includes the most important
information about what the
project is about including a basic
introduction to the featured
organization; provides a
comprehensive overview of
what’s to come (scope); logically
organized and easy to follow
10/10
Introduction is present, but has
one of the following
shortcomings:
– Does not appropriately
introduce the project with
relevant information
– The featured organization is
not introduced
– Does not include an overview
of what’s to come (project
scope)
– Is somewhat disorganized or
confusing, but still
comprehensible
6/10
Introduction is present, but has 2
+ of the following shortcomings:
– Does not appropriately
introduce the project with
relevant information
– The featured organization is
not introduced
– Does not include an overview
of what’s to come (project
scope)
– Is somewhat disorganized or
confusing, but still
comprehensible
4/10
The introduction is not provided
0/10
Current EVP Practices
(Objective 2)
20
Clearly and thoroughly introduces
at least 2 currently implemented
EVP practices; the perceived
impact that each practice has on
specifically defined organizational
outcomes is clearly described; all
company-specific terms are
coherently explained; this section
is logically organized and easy to
follow
20/20
Introduces at least 2 EVP
practices, but has one of the
following shortcomings:
– The perceived impact that
each practice has on specific
organizational outcomes is
not discussed
– The discussion of the EVP
practices is either lacking in
focus, too brief, or difficult to
follow
– Company- or industry specific terms are not
explained
– The section is somewhat
disorganized or confusing,
but still comprehensible
15/20
Introduces at least 2 EVP
practices, but has 2 + of the
following shortcomings:
– Practices/policies are not
relevant to the project
– The perceived impact that
each practice has on specific
organizational outcomes is
not discussed
– The discussion of the EVP
practices is either lacking in
focus, too brief, or difficult to
follow
– Company- or industry specific terms are not
explained
– The section is somewhat
disorganized or confusing,
but still comprehensible
OR only the following
shortcoming:
– less than 2 practices are
introduced;
10/20
A coherent discussion of the
current EVP practices and their
impact is not provided
0/20
Criteria Excellent Good Unsatisfactory Unacceptable
Potential EVP Practices
(Objective 3)
20
Clearly and thoroughly introduces
at least 2 additional potential EVP
practices for the organization; the
meaningfulness of each practice
is discussed for the particular
organization; the discussion of
each of the potential practices is
based on outside research that is
relevant to the project; this
section is logically organized and
easy to follow
20/20
Introduces at least 2 additional
potential EVP practices for the
organization, but has one of the
following shortcoming:
– The meaningfulness of each
practice is not or the
discussion is greatly lacking
– The outside research is not
relevant to the project or
otherwise lacking
– The section is somewhat
disorganized or confusing,
but still comprehensible
15/20
Introduces at least 2 additional
potential EVP practices for the
organization, but has 2 + of the
following shortcoming:
– The meaningfulness of each
practice is not or the
discussion is greatly lacking
– The outside research is not
relevant to the project or
otherwise lacking
– The section is somewhat
disorganized or confusing,
but still comprehensible
OR only 1 of the following
shortcomings:
– Less than 2 potential
practices are introduced;
– The required outside
research was not carried out
10/20
A coherent discussion of 2
potential EVP practices and their
meaningfulness for the
organization is not provided.
0/20
Current EVP Measures
(Objective 4)
10
Clearly and thoroughly discusses
at least one example of how the
organization is currently
measuring the return on
investment of EVP practices; if
practices are not being measured,
a clear rationale is presented
10/10
The paper has one of the
following shortcomings:
– the discussion of a current
ROI measure is not focused,
confusing, or too brief
– in the case that EVP practices
are not being measured, the
rationale is not given
5/10
A coherent discussion of a current
EVP measure is not provided.
0/10
Criteria Excellent Good Unsatisfactory Unacceptable
Potential EVP Measures
(Objective 5)
20
Clearly and thoroughly introduces
at least 2 additional potential
measures of the ROI of EVP
practices for the organization;
the choice of ROI measures is
relevant and meaningful; the
discussion of each of the potential
measures is based on outside
research that is relevant to the
project
20/20
Introduces at least 2 additional
potential measures of ROI, but
has one of the following
shortcomings:
– The ROI measures are not
relevant or meaningful
– The outside research for each
measure is not relevant to
the project or lacking
– The section is somewhat
disorganized or confusing,
but still comprehensible
15/20
Introduces at least 2 additional
potential measures of ROI, but
has 2 + of the following
shortcomings:
– The ROI measures are not
relevant or meaningful
– The outside research for each
measure is not relevant to
the project or lacking
– The section is somewhat
disorganized or confusing,
but still comprehensible
OR only 1 of the following
shortcomings:
– Less than 2 potential
measures are introduced;
– The required outside
research was not carried out
10/20
A coherent discussion of 2
potential EVP measures is not
provided.
0/20
APA Structure/Format
5/5
Meets all stated paper formatting
criteria listed in the project
description; professional writing
is employed; headings and
subheadings are used; writing
flows in a logical, sequential
manner; paper is of the
appropriate length (5 – 7 pages of
text)
5/5
The paper has one of the
following shortcomings:
– Professional writing is not
employed
– Headings and subheadings
may be lacking or are not
used
– Paper does not flow in a
logical, sequential manner
– Paper is either too short or
too long
3/5
The paper has 2 + of the following
shortcomings:
– Professional writing is not
employed
– Headings and subheadings
may be lacking or are not
used
– Paper does not flow in a
logical, sequential manner
– Paper is either too short or
too long
OR only the following
shortcoming:
– Paper is either much too
short or too long (@2+
pages)
0/5
APA Citation All citation requirements listed in
the project description are met;
all or most citations are made
appropriately; formatted
correctly in APA style in all/most
instances; references page is
complete and correctly formatted
The paper has 1+ of the following
shortcomings:
– Some citations are not made
where required
– Some citations are not
formatted correctly in APA
style
The paper has 2+ of the following
shortcomings:
– Some citations are not made
where required
– Some citations are not
formatted correctly in APA
style
The paper has 1+ of the following
shortcomings:
– Very few citations are used
where required
– Little to no attempt at APA
style citation was made
– References page is missing
Criteria Excellent Good Unsatisfactory Unacceptable
10/10
10/10 – Reference page is missing
several sources
– Reference page is formatted
incorrectly
7/10
– Reference page is missing
several sources
– Reference page is formatted
incorrectly
5/10 0 – 4/10 (grader’s discretion)
Spelling & Grammar
5/5
Few or no noticeable
spelling/grammar errors
5/5
Some noticeable
spelling/grammar errors, which
detract from the readability of
the paper
3/5
Many spelling/grammar errors
that detract from the readability
of the paper; It is assumed that
the paper was not proofread
0/5

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