Assignment: HRM Plan
You are the Human Resource Director at a company that has decided to adopt a "cost leadership" competitive strategy. Its main goal is to increase its sales by 30% within 1 year.
Currently you have forty salespeople. Five of them are going to retire within 3 months. The others have attended their last training course (a 2 days course on sales techniques - basic) four years ago.
Considering that strategy, business goal and workforce situation, you are required to prepare a HRM plan containing:
• an introductory description of the link between your organization's business strategy and your HRM strategy;
• your employment planning and forecasting strategy;
• your recruitment and selection activities; you will also prepare a job description and job specification for the profile(s) that you think you should hire;
• the test(s) that you would use employee selection;
• the way in which you are going to interview the candidates explaining:
• type(s) of interview
• types of questions, with examples
• the training process and training methods that you will adopt for the newly hired employee(s);
• the performance appraisal system and tools that you will utilize;
• the total reward package for the employee(s) that you will decide to hire.
• a comprehensive approach to retaining employees.
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 includes 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.