For this assessment, you will synthesize your findings about an organization’s workforce development practices and workforce management practices. To do so, you will create a 10–12-page PowerPoint presentation.Note: The assessments in this course are presented in sequence and should be completed in order.SHOW LESS

To deepen your understanding, you are encouraged to consider the questions below and discuss them with a fellow learner, a work associate, an interested friend, or a member of the business community.SHOW MORE

Suggested Resources

The resources provided here are optional and support the assessment. They provide helpful information about the topics. You may use other resources of your choice to prepare for this assessment; however, you will need to ensure that they are appropriate, credible, and valid. The MBA-FP6247 – Human Capital Management Library Guide can help direct your research. The Supplemental Resources and Research Resources, both linked from the left navigation menu in your courseroom, provide additional resources to help support you.

HCM Workforce Application

The following resources provide information about HCM workforce application.

• Burton-Jones, A., Spender, J. (2011). The oxford handbook of human capital. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press.

HCM Benchmarking

The following resources provide information about benchmarking HCM workforce development practices and workforce management.

• Govender, L. N., & Perumal, S. (2011). Benchmarking: A human resource management tool for knowledge management implementation. International Conference on Human Resource Management and Professional Development for the Digital Age (HRM&PD). Proceedings, 81–86.
• Shapiro, J. (2010). Benchmarking the benchmarks. HRMagazine, 55(4), 43–46.
• Thomas, D. (2005). Where would you rate on new HCM league table? Personnel Today, 6.

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Note: The assessments in this course are presented in sequence and should be completed in order.As a representative of an organization’s HR group, apply the results of your examinations of the HCM practices of your chosen organization—as conducted in the prior four assessments—to make recommendations for HCM improvements that will best serve the organization’s strategic goals.For this assessment, synthesize your findings about your chosen organization’s workforce development practices and workforce management practices in the form of a presentation to the management that accomplishes the following:

• Provides a high-level overview of your chosen organization’s goals, strategies, processes, and technology.
• Recommends HCM best practices most suited to the organization’s strategic goals.
• Explains why the practices you have chosen are the right ones on which to focus. Provide scholarly support.
• Explains how each practice would be measured. How would you put those measurements in place?
• Describes how the management will know whether the practices are working.

Your presentation should follow a logical structure.

Additional Requirements

Create your presentation using the following guidelines:

• Written communication: Written communication should be free of errors that detract from the overall message
• Number of slides: Provide a title slide and a final slide for your references. Do not count these two slides in the 10–12 slides required for the PowerPoint content.
• Slide format: Present no more than five bulleted points per slide, limiting the content to about five words per point.
  • Use the Notes area to provide background and support for the content of each slide.
• References: Include a minimum of five scholarly resources on your references slide, listing them in APA format. You may cite text and authors from the Suggested Resources as supporting resources, as well as any additional reputable resources you find on your own.
• APA formatting: Resources and in-text citations (in the Notes area) should be formatted according to APA sixth edition style and formatting.

• Human Capital Management Presentation Scoring Guide

  CRITERIA	NON-PERFORMANCE	BASIC	PROFICIENT	DISTINGUISHED
  Assess the effectiveness of workforce management practices within an organization.	Does not assess the effectiveness of workforce management practices within an organization.	Assesses the effectiveness of workforce management practices within an organization, but the assessment is unclear or incomplete.	Assesses the effectiveness of workforce management practices within an organization.	Assesses the effectiveness of workforce management practices within an organization and provides strong supporting evidence indicative of critical thinking.
  Support the reasons a workforce plan should be considered a strategic asset.	Does not support the reasons a workforce plan should be considered a strategic asset.	Supports the reasons a workforce plan should be considered a strategic asset, but the rationale is unclear or incomplete.	Supports the reasons a workforce plan should be considered a strategic asset.	Supports the reasons a workforce plan should be considered a strategic asset and provides strong supporting evidence indicative of critical thinking.
  Recommend business systems, processes, and technology practices that are the best fit for the organization.	Does not recommend business systems, processes, and technology practices that are the best fit for the organization.	Recommends business systems, processes, and technology practices that are the best fit for the organization, but the recommendation is unclear or incomplete.	Recommends business systems, processes, and technology practices that are the best fit for the organization.	Recommends business systems, processes, and technology practices that are the best fit for the organization and that clearly align with the organization’s goal, providing strong supporting evidence from both literature and real-world examples.
  Assess the effectiveness of workforce development practices within an organization.	Does not assess the effectiveness of workforce development practices within an organization.	Assesses the effectiveness of workforce development practices within an organization, but the assessment is unclear or incomplete.	Assesses the effectiveness of workforce development practices within an organization.	Assesses the effectiveness of workforce development practices within an organization and provides strong supporting evidence indicative of critical thinking.
  Recommend a workforce development strategy.	Does not recommend a workforce development strategy.	Recommends a workforce development strategy, but the recommendation is unclear or incomplete.	Recommends a workforce development strategy.	Recommends a workforce development strategy and provides strong supporting evidence indicative of critical thinking and analysis.
  Explain how a specific human capital management practice is measured.	Does not explain how a specific human capital management practice is measured.	Explains how a specific human capital management practice is measured, but the explanation is unclear or incomplete.	Explains how a specific human capital management practice is measured.	Explains how a specific human capital management practice is measured in rich detail and articulates the rationale behind the choice to measure the practice.
  Communicate in a manner that is professional and consistent with expectations for human resource professionals and master’s level programs.	Does not communicate in a manner that is professional and consistent with expectations for human resource professionals and master’s level programs.	Communicates in a manner that generally conforms with expectations for human resource professionals and master’s level programs, although errors may be present, some of which may interfere with meaning. Errors may be found in areas such as citation format, grammar, spelling, punctuation, tone, formality or word choice.	Communicates in a manner that is professional and consistent with expectations for human resource professionals and master’s level programs.	Communicates in a manner that is professional and consistent with expectations for human resource professionals and master’s level programs. May contain minor errors. Any errors that are present do not interfere with meaning. Writing is clear and well organized.