Complete your 15-25 page final capstone project plan and a 5-10 slide PowerPoint presentation synthesizing your research and summarizing your plan for improving effectiveness.
The field of HRM has experienced many opportunities and challenges in recent years. HRM has moved from being an administrative function to being a role that demands a number of new and challenging competencies. The HRM literature suggests that the profession faces a critical time. With more organizations downsizing, outsourcing, or eliminating their HRM functions, clearly HRM professionals must seize the opportunity to solidify with other senior management their role as strategic partners.
Review your own experiences with HRM. There are many important HR functions and programs to assess. The most important question may be whether HRM in your organization, or based on your reading, has become this strategic partner within an organization. More important, does HR leadership exhibit the competencies necessary to lead an organization through a period of more uncertainty and change?
As you complete your course project, imagine yourself as an HRM leader who must lead and enhance the role of HRM in your organization. Think about what employees and senior managers need to know about a strategic HRM function.
Introduction
Complete your capstone project plan and PowerPoint presentation. This work synthesizes your research in the field of HRM and summarizes your effectiveness improvement plan as it relates to your topic, organization, and problem or opportunity.
Instructions
Complete the following:
• Finalize your plan, adding all the components you have completed and integrate them with an introduction and a conclusion. Note that your final plan should not simply merge the previous project components into a single document. Rather, it should be a thoughtful, fully integrated plan that demonstrates your achievement of the HRM program outcomes. Use headings and subheadings to organize and structure your plan.
• Develop a PowerPoint presentation that showcases your effectiveness improvement plan by providing a summary of your capstone project. The presentation should synthesize all of your research, highlight key findings, and summarize your final plan for improving effectiveness.
Additional Requirements
The deliverables for this assessment apply professional skills in HRM to workplace situations that you will likely encounter in your day-to-day work in human resources. As part of your learning, focus on the development of effective professional communication skills for the workplace. Your assessment should meet the following additional requirements:
• Length: Your plan should be 15–25 typed, double-spaced pages, plus the cover and resources pages.
• The first page should be a cover sheet with your name, the course number, assessment title, and date. No other information is required on this page.
• The last page should be the reference list.
• Length: Your PowerPoint presentation should include 5–10 slides.
• Select a professional slide background.
• Use slide headings and concise, bulleted text.
• Use the notes section of PowerPoint to outline supporting research and to cite references.
• Organization: Make sure that your assessment writing is well organized, using headings and subheadings to organize content for the reader.
• Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point.
• Resources: Use a total of at least 10 references and include both trade publications and peer-reviewed articles.
• Evidence: Support your assertions with data and/or in-text citations.
• APA formatting: Resources and in-text citations are formatted according to current APA style and formatting.
• Written communication:
• Articulate meaning relevant to the topic, scope, and purpose of the plan.
• Address the appropriate audience, using familiar, discipline-specific language and terminology.
• Organize content so ideas flow logically with smooth transitions.
• Use spell-check and other tools to ensure correct spelling and grammar.
Before submitting both your plan and the presentation, read the HRM Effectiveness Improvement Plan scoring guide to ensure that you have included all requirements of the assessment. Both the plan and your presentation will be graded based on the HRM Effectiveness Improvement Plan scoring guide.
Note: Faculty may use the Writing Feedback Tool when grading this assessment. The Writing Feedback Tool is designed to provide you with guidance and resources to develop your writing based on five core skills. You will find writing feedback in the Scoring Guide for the assessment, once your work has been evaluated.
Portfolio Prompt: You should consider adding this assessment to your personal ePortfolio. This assessment demonstrates your ability to synthesize your research, summarize, and present your plan for improving effectiveness as it relates to your organization, and problem or opportunity. This skill is necessary in a professional setting when you are trying to make recommendations. You will want to organize your assessments to easily support future reflection and to showcase your knowledge with employers after graduation. For more information on ePortfolio, visit the Campus ePortfolio page.
Competencies Measured
By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies:
• Competency 1: Apply a strategic perspective to Human Resource Management that guides and influences organizational effectiveness.
• Apply foundational disciplines of HRM to be an effective HR practitioner.
• Employ strategic thinking and business acumen to be an effective strategic partner.
• Competency 2: Develop skills to lead, build relationships, partner, influence others, and navigate the organization.
• Utilize leadership, change management, and consultation in the roles of an HR practitioner.
• Competency 3: Apply and interpret the law and the legal responsibilities of a human resource professional.
• Apply and interpret the law and the legal responsibilities of an HR manager.
• Competency 4: Use evidence-based decision making to inform and support Human Resource Management practices.
• Analyze data and metrics to support and evaluate HR programs.
• Competency 5: Apply the SHRM code of ethics to decision making and practice.
• Apply the SHRM code of ethics to decision making and practice.
• Competency 6: Communicate clearly, accurately, and professionally for the HR field.
• Articulate meaning relevant to the topic, scope, and purpose of the plan.
• Address the appropriate audience, using familiar, discipline-specific language and terminology.
• Organize content so ideas flow logically with smooth transitions.
