HR plan Organizational

Final Project: Final Paper Submission

Throughout this course, you have explored a number of concepts, trends, and foundational theories in the field of human resources related to strategy development and organizational agility. As you compile, edit, and finalize the three main sections of your paper, identify the processes you might recommend to organizational leaders for critiquing and improving business practices.

Resources

Be sure to review the Learning Resources before completing this activity.

Click the weekly resources link to access the resources.

To prepare for this Assignment, do the following:

• Use the Hoovers Company Records database in the Walden Library to find and select an organization, or choose one with which you are familiar and about which you have enough available information and access to complete this Final Project. Important Note: A public organization will also have a 10-K form on its website that could provide you with information regarding organizational strategic plans and goals.
• Review the organization’s mission and vision statements, as well as any other pertinent, publicly available information about its business strategy and direction.
• Review and complete the Gap Analysis Matrix (located in the Learning Resources for this 3-week unit) for your selected organization. You will include the completed matrix (or table) in your paper.
• Review and complete the SWOT Analysis Matrix (located in the Learning Resources for this 3-week unit) for your selected organization. You will include the completed matrix (or table) in your paper.

You will use all of the information gathered to create an HR operating plan for your selected organization.

By Day 7 of Week 10

Submit a 6- to 7-page synthesis (excluding the title page and References section) of the operating plan you have created for your selected organization. Your paper must include the following three sections and address all items contained within each section:

Business Summary (2 pages)

• Summarize the mission and vision statements and other public information about the organization and its business direction.
• In your summary, include the organization’s key business objectives and strategies.
• Explain how this information would drive and inform an HR operating plan.

SWOT Analysis and Gap Analysis (23 pages)

• Analyze the organization’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats.
• Include your completed 4-cell SWOT analysis for your selected organization to accompany your narrative. (Use the template provided in the Learning Resources for this 3-week unit and insert the completed table as a figure into your paper.)
• Analyze the key organizational strategies and key HR strategies for your organization and any gaps that currently exist in the HR Department.
• Include your completed 3-column HR gap analysis to accompany your narrative. (Use the template provided in the Learning Resources for this 3-week unit and insert the completed table as a figure into your paper.)

Strategy Development and Implementation (23 pages)

• Based on the results of your SWOT and gap analyses, propose 23 strategies you recommend the HR Department implement in the year ahead to support the organization’s strategic business direction.
• Include a minimum of 35 action steps for each strategy to ensure its attainment.
• Create a mini-communication plan for the implementation stage that briefly outlines the following:
• Key information that needs to be communicated
• Timeline for communicating that information (e.g., at what times/stages the information should be shared)
• How you will communicate the information (i.e., through what meansverbally, via email, in groups/individually, etc.)
• Key stakeholders and/or groups who should receive the information
• Note: You may present your plan in a table or other graphical format, as long as you include sufficient detail, or you may write about it in standard paragraph format.
• Identify potential internal and external obstacles and/or organizational pushbacks HR might expect as well as tentative steps to address those obstacles/pushbacks proactively (i.e., in anticipation of the obstacles/pushbacks rather than waiting for them to occur).

Be sure to review the Weeks 810 Assignment 2 Rubric to ensure you fully understand the requirements for this Assignment. Use the APA Course Paper Template, located in the Learning Resources for this 3-week unit. Please Note: For each page of your paper, you must include APA-formatted, peer-reviewed, scholarly citations.

submission information

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