HRM 594 Staffing Strategy Course Project

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Objective

For the Course Project, each student is to prepare a course paper,

approximately 1215 pages in length (excluding appendices), on a topic
related to the theme of Strategic Staffing. Within this broad theme, the
course paper is intended to be an opportunity to explore, in some depth,
a topic related to the course that is of specific significance to you.

Sample Topics

A list of example topics for course papers is provided below to provide

some ideas. However, these are examples only. Please feel free to
consider other staffing-related topics that are of interest to you.

Alignment of staffing strategy with organizational strategy. Internet

staffing methods compared to traditional staffing methods: time, cost,
quality, and retention. Effects of utilizing realistic job reviews on
employee selection, performance, and retention. Current developments
in job analysis. Breaking the glass ceiling: Sociological, legal, and
organizational issues. Current issues: Managing the flexible workforce.
Current developments in selection testing and validation. Defining the
new careers of the 21st century and implications for staffing strategies.
Requirements and implementation strategies for a staffing management
information system. Developing innovative mobility paths for career
development: Parallel tracks and lattice tracks.
Deadlines

Week 3 Submit to your Dropbox a short (no more than one page)
paper describing your selected topic.

Week 7 Course Project due to your Dropbox.

Submit your assignment to the Dropbox located on the silver tab at the
top of this page. For instructions on how to use the Dropbox, read
theseStep-by-Step Instructions or watch thisDropbox Tutorial.

See Syllabus/"Due Dates for Assignments & Exams" for due date
information.

Required Components

Your paper must include, and will be graded on the following

components:

Section

Points

240 Total

Description

Title Page

Include the title of your course paper, your name, email address, school
name, instructors name, date of submittal, and class (HRM 594).

Introduction
20

Describe the strategic staffing topic that you have selected and identify
why it is significant. Present any background or facts that will enable the
reader to clearly understand the issues.

Problem

30

Identify and clearly state the issues or problems. Remember, that what
appears to be the strategic staffing problem may actually be just a
symptom of a bigger problemdig deep to be sure you've identified the
real problem(s). If there appears to be more than one problem/issue,
decide if they are separate or related issues. Keep the problem statement
short and concise. Specify whose point of view you are taking to identify
the problem.

Topical Area

60

Connect the problem to a specific topical area of work in Strategic

Staffing. Name the topical area (e.g., high rate of voluntary turnover of
valuable employees). Then write your synthesis of at least four scholarly
or professional studies or articles that seem relevant to your inquiry.

Causes

60

Provide an identification and description of the causes of the

problem/issue. Be sure the causes you identify relate directly to the
problem/issue. A critical element of the strength of this section is to
apply concepts and models from our text, from class discussions, and
from your literature review. Discuss the concepts, ideas, or insights that
are most valuable in helping you make sense of the causes of the staffing
problem. Support your analysis with reference to appropriate research.

Solutions

40

Suggest consequences to the organization in the next year, two years, or

more if nothing is done differently and no actions are taken to address
the causes of this problem.

Recommend a more desirable state of affairs (behaviors); compare this

state to what happens if no changes are made; and propose at least two
action steps that will leverage the organization toward the more
desirable state. Describe exactly whatshould be done and how it should
be done, including by whom, with whom, and in whatsequence.

Reflection

15

Think about this assignment and write a well-thought-out reflective

statement about how this assignment influenced your personal,
academic, and professional leadership and managerial development.

References

10

You must use no less than eight resources outside your textbook. Cite all
sources.
All references must be cited in two places: within the body of your paper
and on a separate reference list. Choose references judiciously and cite
them accurately. Refer to The Business Student Writer's Manual to
understand how to cite sources appropriately.

Citing an author's work within your text documents and your research
identifies the source for readers, and enables readers to locate the source
of information in the alphabetical reference list at the end of the paper.
To use the ideas or words of another person without crediting the source
is plagiarism. Plagiarism in its purest form involves copying passages
either verbatim or nearly verbatim, with no direct acknowledgment of
the source. The most common (and unconscious) form of plagiarism is
to paraphrase a direct quotation. Paraphrasing does not relieve you of the
obligation to provide proper identification of source data. The best way
to avoid plagiarism is to make sure all quotes, ideas, or conclusions not
your own are given proper acknowledgment in your text.
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HRM 594 Strategic Staffing - Tanglewood Case -
Assignment #2 (Case 3)
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Tanglewood Case Assignment #2 (Case 3) Due Week 4

Objective
Recruiting is the first stage in which organizational plans for staffing
come into contact with the labor market for employees. Before making
any new recruiting effort, an organization needs to carefully consider the
methods available and balance out the costs of each method with the
organizations needs.
Part 3 provides an opportunity to see how staffing managers develop
plans for recruiting efforts. You will develop a recruiting strategy and a
recruiting guide for the store associate job. The case also demonstrates
how you can use organizational data to determine what the best methods
for recruiting are. Finally, you will have an opportunity to develop
various forms of recruiting messages that will encourage individuals to
apply for jobs as sales associates at Tanglewood.
Assignment Specifics
Analyze the information from the recruiting data and prepare a report
showing the results of the analysis for your director.
Start by developing a recruitment guide like that shown in Exhibit 5.3 in
the textbook. Note that the current situation differs from the example
provided in the book because there is no specific timeline for hiring; this
is a continuous recruiting effort because even as positions are being
filled, new positions are becoming available. It is also different because
Tanglewood does not have a specific list of minimal educational
requirements as qualifications. Describe the best targets for your
recruiting efforts by considering the job and organizational context.
Evaluate the various methods of recruiting in terms of whether they
seem more like open or targeted recruiting, using the information in
the book to help you make this decision. If some methods seem more
targeted, whom do you think they target? For each division use the
data tables provided in Appendix B to estimate how each method fares
in terms of yields and costs. Provide a one-page summary of the
essential results of the various data tables you have been provided.
Northern Oregon has suggested that the other divisions of the company
use a policy of using kiosks and staffing agencies rather than using the
more touchy-feely method of relying on referrals. Does this division
have a point? What would the effect of other regions increasing their use
of external hiring be? Tanglewoods top management is highly
committed to improving customer service quality, and proposes that
simply finding the cheapest way to hire is not sufficient. Besides costs
and retention, what other measures of employee performance would be
good bottom line metrics for the quality of a recruiting method? How
might the managerial focus groups concerns fit with these alternative
considerations? The question of realism in the recruitment policy has
been raised in focus groups. Write one paragraph proposals for targeted,
realistic, and branded recruiting messages for Tanglewoods customer
store associate positions. What are the traditional arguments for and
against using realistic recruiting policies?
Grading
100 points possible
Case Description/Introduction (5 points) Development of a Recruitment
Guide (15 points) Describe the best targets for their recruiting efforts
by considering the job and organizational context (15 points) Estimate
how each method fares in terms of yields and costs (15 points) Northern
Oregons suggestion for other divisions (15 points) Other measures of
employee performance that might be good bottom line metrics for the
quality of a recruiting method and how the managerial focus groups
concerns might fit with these alternative considerations (15 points) One
paragraph proposals for targeted, realistic, and branded recruiting
messages for Tanglewoods customer store associate positions (15
points)
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HRM 594 Strategic Staffing -Tanglewood Case -
Assignment #1 (Case 1)
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Tanglewood Case Assignment #1 (Case 1) Due Week 2

Objective
The goal of Part 1 is to help you learn more about the basic
environmental concerns the Tanglewood Department Store chain is
facing. This information will help you to understand how competition,
strategy, and culture jointly form the effective development of a
selection plan.

Assignment Specifics

In this assignment you will be concentrating on staffing quantity and

staffing quality strategies for Tanglewood. To begin the assignment,
refer to Exhibit 1.7 in the textbook. You will see that the Exhibit
indicates a series of strategic staffing decisions: nine pertaining to
staffing levels and four pertaining to staffing quality. Donald Penchiala,
the Director of Staffing Services, is interested in your opinions about
each of these decisions as each pertains to Tanglewood.

Review the textbook material that discusses these thirteen decisions, and
the material you have read about Tanglewood. Then consider each of the
decisions and indicate which way you think Tanglewood should position
itself along the continuum and why. For example, the first decision is to
develop or acquire talent. Indicate whether you think it is best for
Tanglewood to focus more on acquiring talent internally or externally,
and explain why. Repeat this process for each of the 13 staffing level
and staffing quality dimensions.

Grading

100 points possible

Case Description/Introduction (5 points) Identification of business

strategy/goals (20 points) Discussion of 13 Strategic Staffing Decisions
(65 points, 5 points each) Conclusion/Summary (5 points) Format/Paper
Quality (5 points)
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 HRM 594 Week 2 Tanglewood Case Study 1
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HRM 594 Week 7 Course Project Internet
Staffing vs Traditional Staffing
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HRM 594 Week 7 Course Project Internet Staffing vs Traditional

Staffing
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HRM 594 Week 7 Course Project Staffing and
Retention
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HRM 594 Week 7 Course Project
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HRM 594 Week 7 Course Project