Planning Considerations for the HR Project

Assignment 6

Overview

At this point, you’ve organized your HR project team and you are  familiar with the importance of leading and managing the project and  team. It is now time to plan your project, which happens to be a large  and critical part of project management. Project planning tends to be  collaborative and integrative in that many factors, such as scope,  resourcing, budgeting, and risk, need to be considered.

Instructions

Write a 5–6 page paper in which you:

1. Define and discuss scope and scheduling as they each relate to  project management, and provide a statement of importance to your  project team so they know the relevance of each task.
2. Review the behavioral skills associated with project resourcing  listed in the textbook in Section 9.1, and select any four of the skills  you consider more critical. Be sure to explain why.
3. Explain to the management team and your project team how you have  determined the budget associated with project costs. How are costs  aggregated? How would you explain determining cash flow for separate  activities? Be specific with your responses.
4. Discuss at least three ways the project manager is able to identify possible project risks.
5. Go to Strayer University Online Library to locate at least three quality academic (peer-reviewed) resources for this assignment.

This course requires the use of Strayer Writing Standards  (SWS). For assistance and information, please refer to the Strayer  Writing Standards link in the left-hand menu of your course.

The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment is:

• Review project management tasks and skills, including project scope, scheduling, resourcing, and determining costs and risks.

Select and visit three MNCs company websites of your choice (example of McDonald’s ), and review their approach to employer branding.  Conduct research to gather information to address the following questions:

Of the three, identify one that is exemplary (i.e., makes you want to apply) and one that requires improvement (i.e., makes you question whether you would want to work there).  What were your reasons for making these choices?

How does your research of these websites relate to the YouTube video?

How have these companies incorporated social media to support their branding?

Select and visit two new MNCs company websites of your choice (different from those listed above) and review their approach to online recruiting.  Conduct research to gather information to address the following questions:

What best practises are being used?

What is being done (if anything) to recruit a more diverse workforce?

Select and visit two additional websites that would be classified as internet job boards, executive search firms, or online networking sites.  Conduct research to gather information to address the following questions:

What type of external recruitment method is being used on these websites?  What is the reason for your classification?

What is the usefulness of this type of website to potential candidates?

You are to gather the information and write a formal business report containing a site-by-site summary of the trip.  The itinerary will identify the sites visited and topics covered.

Your report must be concise (6 pages double spaced in 12-point font, excluding cover page and references pages).

It must be well-written, but in lay terms so that anyone can fully understand your reasoning, include text citation, introduction that clearly outlines the purpose and flow of the essay, and a strong conclusion.

You must also provide a properly cited reference page at the end of the document (including all websites visited).

Culture is reflected by how we communicate with words, tone of voice, expressions, and mannerisms. Write a paper to compare and contrast how different cultures communicate, especially within workplace and business environments.

Support your paper with at least five (5) resources. In addition to these specified resources, other appropriate scholarly resources, including older articles, may be included. Your paper should demonstrate thoughtful consideration of the ideas and concepts that are presented in the course and provide new thoughts and insights relating directly to this topic. Your response should reflect scholarly writing and current APA standards. Be sure to adhere to Northcentral University’s Academic Integrity Policy.

Length: 5-7 pages (not including title and reference pages).

Respond ONLY and Suggest alternative approaches and definitions.

Improving the employer-employee relationship is the strategic role of an HRM. However, there’s more to this job than many people realize. Human resources managers formulate workforce strategy and determine the functional processes necessary to meet organizational goals. Their job requires expertise as an HR generalist, which means they must be familiar with every human resource discipline. There are several ways in which HRM professionals help define roles and responsibilities: Conducting employee surveys- taking the feedback from the employee if he or she is happy with the organization. Conducting an open discussion with all level employees will help the lower-level employee to effectively communicate with upper-level employees. Providing flexible working hours. Support creativity and innovation. Giving tasks according to skills and capability. Like most of us have stated, the job description is not clear based on the positions for employees. More tasks or being added but no additional pay to go along with it, as well as the necessary training.

There are several more ways in which hrm professionals help define roles and responsibilities- like:

1.     Conducting employee survey- taking the feedback from the employee if he or she is happy with the organization

2.     Conducting open discussion with all level employees will help the lower-level employee to open up with upper-level employees

3.     Providing flexible working hours

4.     Support creativity and innovation

5.     Giving tasks according to skills and capability