In this SLP project you will take on the role of a newly hired HR Manager for a private-sector organization that provides IT consulting services to other private-sector employers in the United States and Canada. Your organization currently has 90 full-time and 110 half-time consultants. There are 8 supervisors over the consultants. Each supervisor has between 18 and 28 consultants reporting to them-some full-time, some half-time. About 75% of the consultants are onsite, the rest of the consultants are remote, working from their homes. Your onsite HR department consists of your position plus four other professionals and one clerical/support staff. The top management staff consists of the Finance Manager, Products/Services Manager, and HR Manager-each reporting to the CEO.
Assignment:
When you were introduced to the employees in the HR department during your interview for your current position, frankly, you were not impressed. None of the employees has any formal HRM education and very few have even attended HRM seminars. They truly see their jobs as administrative in nature. They are good people trackers and counters.
You see one of your first tasks as revamping your own HR department. You want to design a department as it needs to be, not considering the knowledge/skills/abilities that are there to work with. It seems as if the number in your staff is fine as is (unless you uncover a definite need to change it).
In this assignment create the specific job titles you would like to see in your HR department. Describe why you selected those titles and what tasks to assign to each. Also discuss how you arrived at those conclusions. Did your knowledge of job study and its processes impact your final plan?
You will probably need to make assumptions as you build your SLP 1 paper. Please make reasonable assumptions that are cost effective. It is not an option, however, for you to hire additional help (temporary or otherwise).
Bring in at least 2 library sources to help strengthen and support your discussion.
Submit your paper by the module due date. Paper length: 2-3 pages, not counting the cover and reference pages.
SLP Assignment Expectations
Your paper should demonstrate critical thinking and analysis of the relevant issues and HRM actions, drawing upon all of the required background readings and relevant sources from your prior courses and your own TUI library search. Use website information sparingly (reputable websites only).
Prepare a paper that is professionally presented (including a cover page, a "List of References," and a strong introduction and conclusion).
Proofread your paper carefully for grammar, spelling and word-usage errors.
Address all aspects of the assignment as stated.
Provide private-sector employer examples of HRM programs, systems, processes and/or procedures as you address the above assignment requirments. Provide names of the employers. Use different employer examples in your case paper than those used in your SLP paper.
Limit your web search and focus instead on your library search. Bring in information from the background readings as well to help add depth and validity to your discussion.
Give authors credit for their work. Cite sources of borrowed information in the body of your paper as footnotes, numbered end notes or APA style of referencing.