Human Resource Planning

Assignment 2: LASA 1—Human Resource Planning

Writing Assignment

Review Juanita’s World Parts 1-5, which are found in the Weeks 1 and 2 lectures, and write a 5-7 page paper. Pretend you are Juanita and develop a human resource plan to share with your boss. Develop a scenario which analyzes and summarizes the current situation for the employer. You are to create details that make this scenario more realistic and support your response to the issues and questions presented below.
Your paper should include the following:
Evaluate the cultural issues that need to be addressed
Analyze the ethical considerations that apply
Describe the organization’s current hiring needs and projected hiring needs for the coming year
Develop a recruitment plan for fulfilling the company’s current and future hiring needs
Explain the plan the company should follow to manage employee performance
Identify at least 4 laws or regulations that apply to the company. Explain the actions Juanita’s company has to take to ensure they are conforming to the requirements of these identified laws and regulations.
Provide a recommendation for the organization on how they can motivate employees while adhering to the legal and regulatory requirement and maintain a safe and healthy work environment.
Write a 5 to 7-page paper in Word format. Use at least 6 resources to justify your responses. Apply current APA standards for writing style to your work.
Use the following file naming convention: LastnameFirstInitial_M3_A2.doc. For example, if your name is John Smith, your document will be named SmithJ_M3_A2. doc.
By the due date assigned, deliver your assignment to the Submissions Area.
Assignment 2 Grading Criteria
Maximum Points
Cultural issues are identified and addressed.
16
Ethical considerations are identified.
20
Current and future hiring needs are addressed.
20
Recruitment plan is defined.
20
Suggestions for managing employee performance are described in detail.
20
Identified and explained at least 4 laws or regulations that apply.
20
Identified and explained in detail the actions Juanita’s employer can take to ensure they conform to the identified laws and regulations.
20
Provided a recommendation for how the organization can motivate employees, while adhering to legal and regulatory requirement and maintaining safety and health in the workplace.
20
Style: Tone, audience, and word choice (4 points)
Organization: Introduction, transitions, and conclusion (12 points)
Usage and Mechanics: Grammar, spelling, sentence structure, 3-7 pages (12 points)
APA Elements: In text citations and the inclusion of at least three references, paraphrasing, and appropriate use of quotations and other elements of style (16 points)
44
Total:
200

LASA 1- Human Resource Planning

Evaluation of Cultural Issues

With the rapid increase in globalization of business operations, most local and international companies are required to embrace the cultural, ethnic, and religious diversity in order to enhance efficiency and productivity (Armstrong & Taylor, 2014). In the case of Juanita, she is struggling with issues related to the employee motivation, retention, pay, work styles, values and attitudes, education, language, and training. In order to overcome these crises and avoid the closure of the branch, Juanita needs to come up with a management plan that defines roles and responsibilities of each employee, develop organization charts and staffing plan that defines how human resources will be hired and retained, define timeline for projects, create training and performance review strategies, and set reliable recognition and reward system.

Ethical Considerations

As a HR manager, Juanita is entitled with the responsibility of playing a leadership role to establish, encourage, and ensure ongoing ethical behaviors within the organization. The evaluation of the cultural issues that she needs to address relates to increased awareness of the cultural differences in both the local and the international workplace. Therefore, the cultural condition of the organization remains a critical component of the cultural understanding, especially when it comes to acquisition of the organization’s culture and behavior (Sparrow, Brewster & Chung, 2016). The process of hiring and retaining motivated and dedicated employees would involve selecting individuals based on their work experience instead of their culture, religion, beliefs, o……………….……….