HR Organizational Analysis

Option #1: HR Organizational Analysis

You have been asked to serve as an HR Consultant and conduct an organizational analysis of HRM practices in an organization of your choice:

• Choose an organization that you are interested in learning more about.
• Make arrangements to conduct a 30-minute interview with the HR Manager/Director/VP of that organization by phone, in person, or via email.
• Prepare a list of 10-15 questions for the interview that are related to the primary functional areas of HR, such as recruiting, legal/EEO compliance, compensation, benefits, performance management, reward systems, training, and development.
• As part of your preparations for the interview, research best practices in each of those functional areas and how they align with organizational strategy and success.
• Be prepared to ask follow-up questions based on the answers provided by your interviewee. If you are conducting your interview via email, you should ask at least 5 to 7 follow-up questions in order to engage more fully in a dialogue with your interviewee. Carefully consider how your initial list of questions might create these opportunities for further discussion.

Upon the completion of your interview, write a consulting report to the CEO that compares the existing state of the organization to best practices in HRM. Include your interview questions in your report. As part of the consulting report to the CEO, develop and present recommendations for necessary changes and/or additions to current practices in the organization.

Requirements:

• Conduct a 30-minute interview with a Human Resources Manager, Director, or VP at an organization of your choice.
• Write a 12-15 page consulting report, or about 5000 words, not including the title and reference pages, or the interview questions/responses, which are required.
• Include your interview and follow-up questions in your report.
• Your paper must be properly cited and formatted according to the CSU Global Guide to Writing & APA (Links to an external site.).
• Include a formal reference page. This is an individual paper, however, you should reflect on our discussion forums and incorporate ideas from there, as appropriate.
• You must support your analysis with at least five scholarly references, and can include resources from this course.
• The CSU Global Library (Links to an external site.) is a good place to find these sources. You cannot use Wikipedia or any CSU Global assignment. For this assignment, a credible source is defined as:
  • A scholarly or peer-reviewed journal article
  • A government-based website or publication
  • A trade or industry journal article, publication, or website, including those from trade organizations such as SHRM.org and TD.org.