Assignment: Article Critique
Using the databases within the CSU Online Library, locate a scholarly, peer-reviewed article that relates to the workforce planning process, forecasting, planning, or staffing. After reading the article, you will compose an article critique. Your critique will be at least two pages in length, and in the critique, you will include the following:
1. Key points: Identify three significant/key points from the article.
2. Summary: Write a section summarizing the article. Do not simply use information from the article. The summary must be in your own words. You must display your thoughts, opinion, and analysis.
3. Analysis: Identify how the article aligns with and relates to concepts learned in this unit. In this section, be sure to:
• Discuss the staffing planning process as well as the workforce planning process and how it impacts future business activities.
• Explain steps taken for an organization to forecast its workforce supply and demand.
• Contrast internal and external forecasting decisions.
4. Personal Evaluation: What do you find to be valid or invalid in the article? Do you agree with the author's assertion(s)? Explain why or why not.
Article: Building an Effective and Efficient Strategic HR Operation. (2012). ASHE Higher Education Report, 38(1), 91–105.
Format your assignment according to the give formatting requirements:
• The answer must be using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, typed, with one-inch margins on all sides.
• The response also includes a cover page containing the student's name, the title of the assignment, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
• Also include a reference page. The references and Citations should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.