Six short weeks ago, you stepped into CapraTek to begin an assessment of the organization and some of its current HRM strategies in order to make recommendations for strengthening alignment. In just three weeks, your report is due, and the owners of your consulting firm have asked to see a preliminary report of your findings.
Refer to the assignment description and scoring guide to review the criteria that will be used to grade your work.
Remember, this is the halfway point in the contract so it will be important to demonstrate your ability to analyze the organization using appropriate data and assessing current HRM practices. Synthesize your wealth of knowledge about organizational effectiveness, quality management, moral and legal implications of HRM strategies, recruiting and diversity, and so on into a sophisticated preliminary report of findings.
Please prepare a one-page executive summary of your preliminary report and present it as the first page of the full report. The 4–6-page count will not include the executive summary.
Assignment Requirements
- Written communication: Written communication is free of errors that detract from the overall message.
- APA formatting: Resources and citations are formatted according to APA (6th Edition) style and formatting.
- Number of resources: 3–5 resources.
- Font and font size: Times New Roman 12-point.
Scoring Guide Due Date: End of Unit 6.
Percentage of Course Grade: 20%.
Course Project – Preliminary Findings Report Scoring Guide Grading Rubric
NonCriteria
Basic
Proficient
Distinguished
performance Describe
methodology for
evaluating how
HRM strategies
are aligned to firm
strategies.
16% Does not describe
methodology for
evaluating how
HRM strategies
are aligned to firm
strategies. Identifies, rather
than describes,
methodology for
evaluating how
HRM strategies
are aligned to
firm strategies. Describes
methodology
for evaluating
how HRM
strategies are
aligned to firm
strategies. Describes methodology
for evaluating how HRM
strategies are aligned to
firm strategies and
provides justification for
selecting that
methodology, supported
by current academic
research. Evaluate how
HRM strategies
are linked to firm
strategy in a
global
environment.
16% Does not evaluate
how HRM
strategies are
linked to firm
strategy in a
global
environment. Outlines, but does
not evaluate, how
HRM strategies
are linked to firm
strategy in a
global
environment. Evaluates how
HRM strategies
are linked to
firm strategy in
a global
environment. Evaluates how HRM
strategies are linked to
firm strategy in a global
environment; cites
current academic
research to support the
evaluation. Evaluate the
impact of HRM
strategies on
organizational
effectiveness
trends and
outcomes.
17%
Evaluate the
impact of strategic
HRM practices on
organizational
ethics and
diversity. Describes, rather
Does not evaluate
than evaluates,
the impact of
the impact of
HRM strategies
HRM strategies
on organizational
on organizational
effectiveness
effectiveness
trends and
trends and
outcomes.
outcomes. Evaluates the impact of
Evaluates the
HRM strategies on
impact of HRM organizational
strategies on
effectiveness trends and
organizational outcomes and offers a
effectiveness
possible explanation as
trends and
to why current HRM
outcomes.
strategies were
implemented. Does not evaluate
the impact of
strategic HRM
practices on
organizational
ethics and Evaluates the
impact of
strategic HRM
practices on
organizational
ethics and Discusses, but
does not evaluate,
the impact of
strategic HRM
practices on
organizational Evaluates the impact of
strategic HRM practices
on organizational ethics
and diversity and a
possible explanation as
to why current HRM Criteria 17% Nonperformance
diversity. Basic
ethics and
diversity. Proficient diversity. Describes
Describe HRM Does not describe Lists, but does not
HRM strategies
strategies that will HRM strategies
describe, HRM
that will
potentially
that will
strategies that will
potentially
advance firm
potentially
potentially
advance firm
competiveness. advance firm
advance firm
competitivenes
17%
competitiveness. competitiveness.
s. Communicate
professionally
with all
stakeholders.
17% Does not
communicate
professionally
with all
stakeholders. Communication
efforts are
inconsistent and
do not employ
proper use of
grammar and
mechanics. Communicates
professionally
with all
stakeholders. Distinguished
strategies were
implemented.
Describes HRM
strategies that will
potentially advance firm
competitiveness and
offers a rationale for
identifying those
strategies, supported by
current academic
research.
Communicates
professionally with all
stakeholders;
consistently employs
proper grammar and
mechanics throughout
the paper;
communication efforts
are appropriate to the
select audience.
