Assignment - BA&SR:
Section II. Process Analysis
Stage 2: Process Analysis
Before you begin work on this assignment, be sure you have read the Case Study and reviewed the feedback received on your Stage 1 assignment.
Overview
As the business analyst in the CIO's department of Maryland Technology Consulting (MTC), your next taskin developing your Business Analysis and System Recommendation (BA&SR) Report is toconduct a process analysis. This will identify how the current manual process is working and what improvements could be made to the process that would be supported by a technology solution.
Task
The first step is to review the feedback you received on your Stage 1 assignment, making any needed corrections or adjustments. Part of the grading criteria for Stage 4 submission includes addressing previous feedback to improve the final report. For this assignment, you will add Section II of the Business Analysis and System Recommendation (BA&SR) Report to your corrected Section I. You will conduct an analysis of the current hiring process and present information on expected business improvements. This analysis lays the ground work for Section III. Requirements of the BA&SR Report (Stage 3 assignment) which will identify MTC's requirements for a system.
Using the case study, assignment instructions, Content readings, and external research, develop your Section II. Process Analysis. The case study tells you that the executives and employees at MTC have identified a need for an effective and efficient hiring system. As you review the case study, use the assignment instructions to take notes to assist in your analysis. As the stakeholders provide their needs and expectations to improve the process, identify steps that could be improved with the support of a hiring system. Also look for examples of issues and problems that can be improved with a technology solution.
Use the outline format, headings and tables provided and follow all formatting instructions below.
Begin with your Section I (Stage 1 assignment) and add Section II. Apply specific information from the case study to address each area.
II. Process Analysis
A. Hiring Process:
First, insert an introductory opening sentence for this section that addresses what the complete table provides (Part 1 and Part 2 are defined just to help you logically work through the table information. One complete table should be provided with the 4 columns completed.) Refer to Week 3 and 4 content on processes and analyzing process improvements.Additional research can expand your knowledge of these areas.
Part 1 - To understand what the new hiring system needs to do for MTC, you will first analyze the current hiring process, often referred to as the "As-Is Process"). Remember, a process is a series of steps to perform a task; therefore, think about what the users are doing as part of the hiring process. The stakeholder interviews in the MTC Case Study provide some needed information about how the process is currently conducted, but you may need to make some additional logical assumptions. You will need to combine the steps that each interviewee discusses and organize them into a logical sequence showing the high-level start to finish process.
Then insert into the table the steps that are missing and enter the position title of the person who would perform each step. The beginning and ending steps have been provided for you and should remain in your table. Each process step should be concise and include an action verb. Note:Although different organizations can use different hiring practices, focus on information from the case study to capture key steps needed for this system. Incorporating additional steps such as testing, second round of interviews, etc. may cause you to omit key steps required for MTC's process.
Part 2 - The overall hiring process has several steps which you listed for Part 1 above. For each of the steps listed, complete the To-Be Process column in the table describing how this part of the process will be supported by the technology solution to improve the hiring process. Then complete the Business Benefits of the Improved Process column by explaining how this part of the process can contribute to the overall business strategy- think at a higher level than the specific process step. For example, a process benefit might be "receiving an application faster" but the broader business benefit would be "reducing time needed for the hiring process to enable MTC to identify and hire top IT talent more quickly."For each step, identify the result of using the system, as shown in the two examples. While it is truethat the system will speed up each step of the process, think about how MTC or the responsible employees would benefit from using an automated system to perform that step.
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MTC Hiring Process
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Responsible MTC Position
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To-Be Process - How the System Will Support and Improvethe hiring process
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1. Recruiter receives application from job hunter via Postal Service Mail.
EXAMPLE PROVIDED - (Retain text as #1 but remove this label and gray shading in your report)
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Recruiter
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System will receive application via on-line submission through MTC Employment Website and store in the applicant database within the hiring system.
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A more efficient submission process decreases time needed to receive and begin processing applications. This will present a positive image to potential employees and help MTC compete for top IT talent.
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12. Ted prepares offer letter based on information from recruiter and puts in the mail to the chosen candidate.
EXAMPLE PROVIDED - (Retain text as #12 but remove this label and gray shading in your report)
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Administrative Assistant
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System enables AA to prepare job offer letter by storing the offer letter template and information on each candidate; allows AA to select information to go into letter and put it into the template, which can then be reviewed and emailed to the candidate.
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More efficient offer process presents positive image to applicants and decreases time needed to prepare offer letter, and enablesMTC to hire in advance of the competition.
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B. Expected Improvements - As noted in the case study, there are a lot of manual processes, overwhelming paperwork, difficulty scheduling interviews, etc. related to MTC's current manual hiring process. A technology solution can address many of these issues. For each of the areas listed in the table below, provide an example of an issue from the case study and how a technology solution could be used to improve that area. Issues and improvements should be addressed in 1-2 clear, complete sentences with information incorporated from the case study. The first one is provided as an example.Note: This is not about the stakeholders' wishes or expectations for the new system but identifying the current issues they have. Some may be explicitly stated in the interviews and for others you may need to apply some critical thinking. (Provide an introductory sentence and copy the table and insert information within.) For explanations of these areas, refer to Week 4 content on analyzing process improvements.Additional research can expand your knowledge of these areas.
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Collaboration:
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The Hiring Manager states that recruiting is only one area he is responsible for and he isn't as responsive to HR as he could be. Therefore, he counts on the Recruiters to help manage the process and keep him informed.
Current manual system causes considerable communication breakdowns and takes additional effort and time to stay on top of the hiring process.
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An efficient system with all information in one place, easily accessible via a dashboard, and updated in real time could make his recruiting job easier; and he could devote time to effectively working collaboratively and proactively with HR on his staffing needs.
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Communications: Explain how a hiring system could improve internal and external communications
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Workflow: Explain how a hiring system could improve the MTC hiring process by providing a consistent structure for each participant to perform his/her part in the hiring process.
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Relationships: Explain how implementing an enterprise hiring system could foster stronger relationships withapplicants/potential employees.
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Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also Include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.
Attachment:- Maryl-and-Technology-Consultants-Case-Study.rar