Human Resource Management

Course Project

Content
Project Module 1: Basic information about the company
Project Module 2: Legal issues
Project Module 3: Org chart & strategy of the HR department
Project Module 4: Job descriptions & job specifications
Project Module 5: Selection techniques
Project Module 6: Job instruction sheet & orientation program
Project Module 7: Rating scale
Project Module 8: Retention & engagement
Project Module 9: Compensation policies & pay rates
Project Module 10: Incentive plans
Project Module 11: Benefits package
Project Module 12: Unions
Project Module 13: International assignees
Conclusions
Final Task
Assessment criteria
Project Module 1
 Project Module 2

Research the Web and other sources to find legal issues

related to non-compliance with labor laws that your chosen
company had.
1. Give a short account of the case
2. Identify the preventive actions the firm should have
done in the first place to avoid the legal incident

Project Module 3

1. Obtain the organizational structure of the HR

department
2. Design a strategy map for the company, according to
what was found in Module 1
3. If the company has a high-performance work system,
describe the general aspects of it. If it does not have
one or it is difficult to obtain the information, suggest
the general lines of one.
4. Design the HR strategy of the firm.

Project Module 4
1. Write a job description and a job specification for two
different positions within the company
2. Look for employment ads the firm has issued (media,
job boards), and analyze if the communication is free
from biases, if it is family friendly, and should appeal
to women and minorities.
 Project Module 5

1. Develop a list of specific selection techniques that you

would suggest the firm use to hire the next Chief
Human Resource Officer of the firm.

2. Prepare an interview (including a sequence of at least

20 questions) you’ll use to interview candidates for the
CHRO job

Project Module 6

1. Develop a job instruction sheet for one position within

the company
2. Develop an orientation program for university
graduates entering the firm as entry-level employees

Project Module 7

1. Develop a graphic rating scale for the following jobs:

secretary, sales person, finance manager
2. Describe the advantages and disadvantages of using
the forced distribution appraisal method for marketing
personnel.
 Project Module 8

1. What is the firm doing to support retention and

engagement?
2. Choose two occupations (such as marketing manager,
HR manager, or salesperson) and use sources such as
O*NET to size up the future demand for this
occupation in the next 10 years or so. Does this seem
like a good occupation to pursue? Why or why not?

Project Module 9

1. Develop compensation policies for the secretary

position at the firm. The compensation policies should
address the following: appraisals, raises, holidays,
vacation pay, overtime pay, method of pay,
garnishments, and time cards.
2. Access relevant Web sites to determine what equitable
pay ranges are for these jobs: finance analyst,
marketing assistant, and HR analyst, all with a
bachelor’s degree and 5 years’ experience. Do so for
the following cities: New York, New York; San
Francisco, California; Houston, Texas; and Lima,
Peru.
 Project Module 10
1. Create incentive plans for the positions mentioned in
the previous module: finance analyst, marketing
assistant, and HR analyst

Project Module 11

1. Create a benefits package in keeping with the size

and requirements of this firm
2. Compare your package with the actual firm’s
3. Analyze and criticize the ethics code of the firm

Project Module 12

1. Comment about unions in the company

2. Indicate the major hazards for employees at the firm’s
facilities

Project Module 13

1. Choose three traits useful for selecting international

assignees, and create a straightforward test to screen
candidates for these traits
2. Use a library or Internet source to determine the
relative cost of living in five countries as of this year,
and explain the implications of such differences for
 drafting a pay plan for managers being sent to each
country.

Conclusions

Indicate if the current HR management strategies work for

the firm, and provide suggestions for improvement.

Final task

Prepare a case study about the company, which involves a

HRM related issue or situation to be solved. Also, provide
the solution to the case. Two pages for the case, at most;
two more pages for the analysis and the solution.
 Assessment criteria

Non compliant with

Needs improvement Compliant Exceed expectations
expectations
0-3 4-5 5-6 7
Does not provide Provides part of the Provides all of the
Provides all of the
Information the requested requested requested
requested
requested information (less information (more information plus
information
than 50%) than 50%) personal insights
0-3 3-4 4-6 6-7
Answers correctly
Does not answer Does not answer all of the questions
Quality of Answers correctly
the questions or correctly some and provides
answers all of the questions
does it poorly questions background or
support
0-2 2-3 4-5 5-6
Follows procedures
Does not follow Does not follow
Procedures Follows procedures and suggests
procedures procedures partially
improvements
Total 0-8 9 - 12 13 - 17 18 - 20