Week 3 Work

Week 3 Work

Required Resources

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Read Commonsense Talent Management :

· Chapter 4: Right People: Designing Recruiting and Staffing Processes 59

· Chapter 7: Creating the Right Development Experiences 249

Hunt, S.T. (2014). Common Sense Talent Management: using strategic human resources to improve company performance . Retrieved from Ebook Central

Articles

Chung, H., Fallick, B., & Nekarda, C. (2014, May 22). FRB: FEDS Notes: Assessing the change in labor market conditions (Links to an external site.).Federal Reserve Bank, Retrieved October 12, 2015. Retrieved from https://www.federalreserve.gov/econresdata/notes/feds-notes/2014/assessing-the-change-in-labor-market-conditions-20140522.html

Gould, W. I. (2010). Labor law beyond U.S. borders: does what happens outside of America stay outside of America? Stanford Law & Policy Review, (3), 401. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=edsgao&AN=edsgcl.237533046&site=eds-live

Kuddo, A. (2009, November 1). Labor laws in Eastern European and Central Asian countries: minimum norms and practices (Links to an external site.). Worldbank.org. Retrieved October 8, 2015. From-http://siteresources.worldbank.org/SOCIALPROTECTION/Resources/SP-Discussion-papers/Labor-Market-DP/0920.pdf

Porter, M. (2008). The five competitive forces that shape strategy. Harvard Business Review(1), 78. Retreived from Ashford University library.

Porter, M. (2010). Porter’s Generic Strategies (Links to an external site.). Retrieved from http://www.quickmba.com/strategy/generic.shtml

Sollosy, M. (2013, April 1). A Contemporary examination of the Miles and Snow strategic typology through the lenses of Dynamic capabilities and ambidexterity (Links to an external site.). Retrieved from http://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1556&context=etd

Stanton, P., Young, S., Bartram, T., & Leggat, S. G. (2010). Singing the same song: translating HRM messages across management hierarchies in Australian hospitals. International Journal Of Human Resource Management, 21(4), 567-581. doi:10.1080/09585191003612075. Retrieved from Ashford University Library

Multimedia

Academ Lib. (2015). Miles and Snow’s Typology of Defender, Prospector, Analyzer, and Reactor (Links to an external site.) [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdjYoSq_R3g

Education Unlocked. (2013). Porter’s Generic Strategies (Links to an external site.) [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wXVnBrpZ-U

Websites

Human resource management good practices (Links to an external site.). (n.d.).Civil Service Bureau. Retrieved October 8, 2015. Retrieved from http://www.csb.gov.hk/hkgcsb/hrm/e-good-practices/e-gp.htm

Shpak, S. (n.d.). What Is Marginal Utility Analysis? (Links to an external site.) Retrieved October 12, 2015. Retrieved from http://yourbusiness.azcentral.com/marginal-utility-analysis-27982.html

Supplemental Material

Zaur, J., & Simmons, J. (2014). A tale of five classrooms (Links to an external site.) [Interactive module]. Ashford University, College of Education, San Diego, CA.

Discussion 1

Aligning Staffing Systems with Organizational Strategy

First, consider your firm’s orientation in regards to the Miles and Snows framework. How will the firm retrain, hire staff, or outsource to meet future demand? How might the processes be improved considering the strategic orientation? Present your findings in 200 words or more in your discussion post. Use at least one scholarly source in your reply in addition to the article and video provided.

Discussion 2

Kirkpatrick’s Training Model

Donald Kirkpatrick’s Four level Evaluation Model, devised in the 1970s and a standard tool in training circles Evaluate the value and limitations of the model in practice. Find an article or webpage that offers updated information on Kirkpatrick’s model. Discuss the changes in the model since 1970. Are the improvements significant? Why or Why not? How would application of such a model improve training in your organization? What ways could you evaluate results if you were devising a training program? (Please remember that this question should be related to the company you are writing your Capstone project about.) Present your views in 200 words or more in your discussion post. Use at least one scholarly source in your reply in addition to the article in addition to the Kirkpatrick article.

Discussion 3

Development Methods

Using table 7.1 on pages 253 and 254 of your textbook, discuss the development methods that would add value to your Capstone organization. Which methods does your organization currently utilize? How could these methods be improved? Which methods should your organization use and why? Present your views in 200 words or more in your discussion post. Use at least one scholarly source to support your ideas.

Week 3 – Assignment

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Technology and Training Systems

Write a 1000-1200-word paper:

· Describe the results of your assessment of the technology requirements relevant to employee productivity, staffing systems, career development systems, and training systems deployed by the organization to manage and increase competency and productivity of employees.

· Propose suggestions for improving the technology requirements relevant to employee productivity, staffing systems, career development systems, and training systems deployed by the organization to manage and increase competency and productivity of employees.

In addition to the requirements above, your paper:

· Must be double-spaced and 12 point font

· Must be formatted according to APA style

· Must include an introductory paragraph with a thesis statement

· Must conclude with a restatement of the thesis and a conclusion paragraph

· Must reference two scholarly resources

· Must include a reference page written in APA format.

Carefully review the Grading Rubric (Links to an external site.) for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.