Homework: Individual HR Design Decisions
Instructions:
Southwest Airlines is a well-known company featured in our textbook. Over the next 4 weeks, you will take on the fictional role of intern at Southwest Airlines Human Resources. You will utilize the textbook and other professional resources to complete your assessments.
Your first week on the job is filled with learning the ins and outs of Human Resources and the industry. Your manager told you that one of your projects is to assist with a new HR strategy for the company. This strategy is broken down into 3 parts that you'll work on throughout the course. They are:
• Examining current practices
• Talent recruitment and selection
• Strategy recommendation
Your first task is to examine Southwest's current HR practices, as reported in public sources. Use the HR Design Decisions chart as resource for your analysis framework.
Write a 1150 to 1300 words paper that provides a review and rationale of the elements listed below to decide where Southwest Airlines' HR practices fall. Support the analysis with evidence from sources on the web.
1. Employees as expenses vs. employees as assets
2. Compensation below market, above market, or competitive
3. Spontaneous training and development or planned training and development
4. Specific job descriptions or general job descriptions
5. External or internal recruitment, or both
6. Limited socialization of new employees or extensive socialization
7. Collective bargaining or individual bargaining
8. Possible sources for information include but are not limited to:
9. Organization website and associated websites
10. Vault Campus includes detailed reviews and survey information about what it's like to work at Southwest.
Format your homework according to the give formatting requirements:
1. The answer must be double spaced, typed, 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 homework, the course title, the student's name, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also include a reference page. The references and Citations should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.