Assignment 2: Business Expansion and SustainabilityIn order to complete this assignment, refer to the scenario that you chose in Assignment 1. Note: You may create and / or make all necessary assumptions needed for the completion of these assignments.Using the scenario from Assignment 1, write a six to seven (6-7) page paper in which you:Identify three (3) job requirements (e.g., needed certifications, previous work experience, external influences, etc.) that could apply to your chosen scenario. Determine two (2) ways these requirements could impact staffing at your organization. Next, suggest one (1) strategy that you could utilize to ensure that all applicants meet the identified job requirements for your organization. Justify your response.Outline a long-term recruitment plan that contains at least four (4) components, is aligned with your company’s recruitment strategy, but also addresses possible job skill or credential shortages. Note: Consider concepts such as succession planning and hiring retirees. Describe three (3) branding strategies that you would employ to attract qualified applicants to your organization. Next, suggest three (3) communication methods that you would utilize to reach out to applicants. Predict the outcome of integrating your branding strategies and communication methods at your organization. Provide a rationale for your response.Determine two (2) selection processes for recruiting new employees that could apply to your chosen scenario and then identify five (5) selection criteria that you could use when hiring new employees. Next, analyze the effect of the five (5) identified selection criteria on long-term employee retention and preservation of organizational knowledge. Justify your response.Suggest two (2) assessment methods that you could employ to select new employees for your organization and then analyze the validity and reliability of each method in regards to the job your organization is offering. Next, identify four (4) job predictors that you believe can assess candidates’ knowledge, skills, abilities, and other skills and experiences (KSAO’s). Provide support for your rationale. Use at least three (3) quality resources in this assignment.Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required page length.I HAVE ATTACHED THE SCENARIO THAT I CHOSE IN ASSIGNMENT 1Assignment 5: CapstoneSelect a publicly traded corporation for which you would like to work or are currently working.Research the corporation on its own Website, the public filings on the Securities and Exchange Commission EDGAR database (http://www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml), in the University’s online databases, and any other sources you can find. The annual report will often provide insights that can help address some of these questions.Write an eight to ten (8-10) page paper in which you:Determine the impact of the company’s mission, vision, and primary stakeholders on its overall success.Analyze the five (5) forces of competition to determine how they impact the company.Create a SWOT analysis for the company to determine its major strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats.Based on the SWOT analysis, outline a strategy for the company to capitalize on its strengths and opportunities, and minimize its weaknesses and threats.Discuss the various levels and types of strategies the firm may use to maximize its competitiveness and profitability.Outline a communications plan the company could use to make the strategies you recommend above known to all stakeholders.Select two (2) corporate governance mechanisms used by this corporation and evaluate how effective they are at controlling managerial actions.Evaluate the effectiveness of leadership within this corporation and make at least one (1) recommendation for improvement.Assess efforts by this corporation to be a responsible (ethical) corporate citizen and determine the impact these efforts (or lack thereof) have on the company’s bottom line. Provide specific examples to support your response.Use at least five (5) quality references. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not quality as academic resources.Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required page length.
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Staffing Plan for a Growing Business
Staffing Plan for a Growing Business
Scenario 1
Kimberly A Jeter
Professor Fening
BUS 335 (Staffing Organizations)
August 15, 2016
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Due to the increase in the demographic population, there will be needed to make changes
in order to expand the business effectively. Among the changes that are expected is staffing.
Staffing refers to the action of providing employees to a particular organization. Staffing
involves a lot of things however. If it is not done properly, there could be a crisis in the
organization. If it is done properly, efficiency could be maximized and meet the critical business
needs at the appropriate times (Begin, 2008). To ensure success in the staffing process, different
models could be used. An example of the staffing models my day care can use is staffing
quantity model. Using this model, the organization will be attempting to match its staffing level
to its work requirements. This means that the organization will attempt to match the projected
staffing requirements with projected staffing available. Another example of the staffing models
that my day care could apply is staffing quality. This will involve the organization matching the
employee personality and talents with the needs of the specific jobs.
The best suited model for the organization is the staffing quality. The reason for this is
because this kind of staffing ensures that a person is matched with a particular job and this will
mean that there will be no cases of overstaffing or understaffing. This will therefore save money
for the organization because there will be no cases of overstaffing and it will ensure efficiency in
the organization because there will be no cases of understaffing (Plunkett, Allen, and Attner, 2013).
The organization will therefore be more productive because it will only spend money according
to the job done and this will save money that could have been used as salaries for the workers
and this makes the organization more productive. If another job comes up in the future, the
organization could still go ahead and get a qualified person who will best match the job. This
model, therefore does not bar future growth.
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The staffing quantity model may affect a lot of processes in the organization. For
example it may increase chances of outsourcing if there is a case of understaffing. The reason for
this is because there will be no enough people to handle the needs of the business. This model
may increase a chance of having contingent workers if for example there is overstaffing. The
staffing quality model will also have different effects on the different processes in the
organization (Chandra, 2005). This model will decrease chances of outsourcing because the
organization will have exactly what it needs. It will also decrease the chances of contingent
workers in the organization because the organization has already matched every job requirement
with the right person to take care of it.
In order to establish equal employment chances and diversity for all people in a work
place, companies face different challenges. One example of such legal issues is the affirmative
action policy. This must be observed in that the underutilized minorities must be considered in
the organization. Failure of observing the affirmative action policy may lead to legal issues in the
organization. Another example of such issues is with regard to uniform guidelines. Any
employee selection device that does not lead to proportionate number of women or minority
applicants is unlawful. This may be an issue because of the fact that the needed people in this
organization must have some qualifications and so what happens if the minorities applying are
not qualified for the job. The result would be that the organization may sideline them and this
might be an issue in the future (Griffin, and Moorhead, 2014).
The best staffing method that would bring about transparency is use of staffing software.
This software will be able to keep track of how the employees are performing their duties and
what activities they spend their time on. The reason why this is be best method of transparency
with regard to staffing is because it shows whether an employee is best marched with what they
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are doing because of the way they perform the tasks and this software will also be useful in
showing what the employees spend most of their time doing. This will therefore be a good
method even for decision making purposes because it will show what employees need to be
replaced.
One of the tasks that a person needs to do in order to discover, analyze and develop job
requirements and task statements is to describe the duties of the incumbent. Another task is
describing the nature or work and the conditions of the same. Another task is describing the
qualifications needed. As the company progresses there is need to review and adjust the job
descriptions in order to meet the needs that come up in the course of operations. For my
organization the frequency of reviewing should be annually (Marchington, and Wilkinson,
2006). The reason for this is because every year, in the day care business many things are bound
to change and even the number of children coming to the day care will increase.
High employee turnover is very expensive for an organization. It is wise for a company to
come up with ways of dealing with this issue before it becomes too costly for the organization to
handle. There are different effective methods that can be applied in dealing with high employee
turnover. One of such methods is building good relationships with the staff members. This will
involve getting to know the needs of the staff and the problems that they are going through.
Having good relationships with the staff will ensure that they speak up whenever they have a
problem because they already consider the leaders of an organization as friends. Good
relationships will also ensure that the leaders will not treat the employees in a bad way, a way
that has the potential of making the employees to leave the organization to another one.
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Another effective method that would deal with the issue of high employee turnover is
offering reasonable pay to the staff going by the kind of work they are supposed to do. The major
reason that leads to high employee turnover is when the employees feel that they work more than
they get paid. This means that they feel that their efforts are not considered in their salaries.
Offering reasonable salaries would therefore ensure that the employees feel that their efforts are
recognized and they will continue work in the organization.
Another effective method of dealing with high employee turnover is offering incentives.
When an employee works extra or does their job to perfection, it is only fair to offer them
incentives in order to increase their morale. This will bring about a sense of employee motivation
to work harder and also a sense of organizational commitment that will ensure that the
employees will continue working for the organization in the long run.
These methods will be beneficial for the organization because they will encourage the
employees to keep working for the organization. The reason why this is beneficial is because
employing of new employees is very expensive for any organization and therefore coming up
with ways of retaining the employee’s saves money for the organization that would have been
used in things like recruitment, training and the likes. This makes the company to increase
profitability.
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References
Begin, J. P. (2008). Dynamic human resource systems: Cross national comparisons. Berlin ;
New York: de Gruyter.
Chandra, P. (2005). Projects planning, analysis, financing, implementation and review. New
Delhi: Tata McGraw-Hill publishing company limited.
Griffin, R. W., & Moorhead, G. (2014).Organizational behavior: Managing people and
organizations. Mason, OH: South-Western/Cengage Learning.
Marchington, M., & Wilkinson, A. (2006). Human resource management at work: People
management and development. London: Chartered Institute of Personnel and
Development.
Plunkett, W. R., Allen, G. S., & Attner, R. F. (2013). Management: Meeting and exceeding
customer expectations (10th ed.). Mason, OH: South-Western Cengage Learning.
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