Course Project: Recruiting, Hiring, Evaluating, and Compensating
Objectives
The final project is an
accumulation of information from the first seven weeks of this course, which
you begin compiling in your Written Assignments 1 and 2 (see details below).
Your final paper will be based on these assignments, instructor feedback
provided, into a final product that you would deliver and review with your HRM
leadership team and employee(s). I encourage you to read all the assignments to
understand the process expectations. Your role is an HR manager in creating
these assignments. You start putting together what you’ve learned in the first seven weeks of this course in your Written Assignments 1 and 2. (see details below).
Your final paper will be based on these assignments and the instructor’s comments. You will give it to your HRM leadership team and employees to review (s). I want you to read all of the assignments so you can understand what is expected of you in the process. Your job as an HR manager is to set up these jobs.
Grading Rubrics
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Written Assignment #1: Job Analysis – Due Week 3
Purpose:
To create a new job description for a new position in the human resource
department. This will require conducting a job analysis and then writing a job
description. The job will provide administrative support to a 10-employee HR
office. The incumbent will act as the department receptionist. Some duties
include maintaining personnel files, performing administrative functions for
the office personnel, Helping the public and employees with personnel
questions, following company policy when dispensing information, reviewing and
processing forms for personnel changes, monitoring staff time and payroll
items, handling the HR director’s calendar, handling office mail, filing,
typing as requested, answering phones, and other duties as assigned.
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Category
Criteria
Points
Task Statements
Complete the Task Statement template posted in Doc Sharing. Be
sure the task statements are specific, time determined, and measurable. The
task statements are single task items. You do not want multiple tasks within one
task statement because that will make it difficult to identify the knowledge,
skills, and abilities (KSAs) and to measure later for performance Assessment.
25
KSA Statements
Complete the KSA Statement template posted in Doc Sharing. You
will take each Task Statement and identify the KSA needed for each task. This
helps determine the job level and required job skills.
Paper Mechanics
Follow Guidelines and Best Practices sections below.
10
Deliverables
Submit the following:
Completed Task Statement template (25 points)
Completed KSA Statement template (25 points)
Job description (25 points)
Scholarly article review (40 points)
Total Points: 125
Written Assignment #2: Recruiting/Selection – Due Week 5
Purpose:
To outline a recruitment plan to fill the new job. Now that you have a job
created, you need to find someone to fill that job. Once you’ve create your
pool of candidates, you then need to determine how you will select the best
candidate. Then, after your candidate has been on the job for a year, a
performance Assessment is required.
Category
Criteria
Points
Recruitment Plan
Write a job ad for
your job opening. Provide a recruitment plan that includes where you plan to
recruit and why, along with how long you plan to recruit. You must thoroughly
explain your decisions for this recruitment plan.
25
Selection Method
Describe the selection
method(s) you would use to hire the best candidate. You must thoroughly
explain your decisions for this selection method.
25
Performance Assessment
Now you’ve hired a
candidate, Cathy. She has been working for you for a year now. Based on the
information provided (Performance Assessment document found in Doc Sharing),
write her performance Assessment. You must be sure to substantiate your
ratings and feedback.
25
Literature Review
Find one scholarly
article each for recruitment, selection, and performance Assessments that
validate your process (three total sources). Provide a summary of your
sources in a 2–3 page paper.
40
Readability
Follow Guidelines and
Best Practices sections.
10
Deliverables
Submit the following:
Recruitment plan (25 points)
Selection method plan (25 points)
Completed performance Assessment (25 points)
Literature review (40 points)
Total Points: 125
Final Course Project Submission: Compensation Decisions – Due Week
7
Purpose:
To apply critical thinking skills in completing the employee process from job
analysis to compensation based on performance. In Weeks 3 and 5, you submitted
information to help you in completing the final project. Feedback was provided
to Help you in maximizing points earned on this final paper. To properly
complete this final project, you must include the instructor feedback provided
to this final paper. You are now going to make compensation decisions based on
performance.
Category
Criteria
Points
Compensation Decisions
Make compensation
decisions and explain how you would compensate each of the employees with the
budget dollars provided (see Compensation Template in Doc Sharing). You must
provide substantiation for your salary decisions. Even with the decisions you
make, what might be some consequences? Input your decisions into the
template. Include your risk analysis.
100
Literature Review
Then, write a 6–10
page paper providing an overall review of the entire process created from job
analysis to compensation. Would you change anything in your process at this
point? Why? Why not? Include four scholarly articles related to compensation:
two articles focused on general compensation and two articles on making
compensation decisions. Do not use any verbiage/portion of your previously
submitted article reviews from Written Assignments 1 or 2. This article
review should be original to this final project assignment.
100
Readability
Follow Guidelines and
Best Practices sections below.
20
Deliverables
Submit the following:
Compensation decisions with substantiation and risk
analysis (100 points)
Readability (20 points)
Total Points: 220
Guidelines
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A quality paper will
meet or exceed all of the following requirements. Reference the Grading Rubrics
section for each assignment’s specific point distributions. There is a Grading
Rubric Template posted in Doc sharing (Excel® spreadsheet) identifying specific
criteria. This spreadsheet will be used for grading assignments.
These assignments will
be graded on the following criteria:
Paper follows instructions as outlined
Paper has topical flow with like subjects in each
paragraph
Paragraph transitions are present and logical
Quality of research topic, quality of paper information
Proper use of citations
Proper grammar; punctuation, spelling, etc.
Page count follows guidelines
Sentences are complete, clear, and concise
Writing style follows appropriate graduate college
level writing
Paper content is thorough, and information included is
relevant and provides depth and clarity of theories as well as theory
application
All key elements of the assignment are covered in a
substantive way
Concepts are reviewed clearly, supported by specific
details (examples or analysis)
Correct use of vocabulary and theory
Best Practices
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Include all aspects of the assignment criteria
outlined.
Follow APA or MLA format guidelines.
There should be theory used in each assignment as
outlined.
Keller Graduate School (DeVry University) policies are
in effect including the plagiarism policy; cite in text when quoting
(copying information word for word) or using words/thoughts that are not
your own.
Submit assignments in Word® documents and templates
only, posted in the Dropbox.
All papers should have a separate title page, which
includes name, paper title, and university.
Article reviews should have topical flow with like
subjects in each paragraph.
Proofread your papers before submitting. Spell check is
not foolproof.
There should be no copied information. Use critical
thinking skills to understand the material researched.
According to APA, academic papers should be third
person.
Academic writing is a formal writing style, sharing
information and facts (theory).
Fully describe the concepts and theories; what does the
information mean? If you make a statement such as, “All people who break
the law should improve their communication skills to stay out of jail,â€
you mustsubstantiate that statement. If that statement is not
your own thought or is a statistic, cite it. If it is your opinion, state
that and explain what led to that conclusion. Provide enough information
to validate and explain statemen
