Assignment: Strategic Alignment Worksheet: Human ResourcesFunctional Area
Overview
Use this strategic alignment worksheet (SAW) to complete your management activities in planning, organizing, leading, and controlling for the Atha Corporation scenario. Refer to each course assessment for further instructions.
Checklist for the Human Resources Area SAW
Mary Atha, CEO, has provided this checklistof overall organization goals for the human resources area. Read the checklist and use it as a point of reference for your development of this SAW.
1. Ensure staffing requirements are met.
2. Retain existing staff.
3. Hire and train new staff.
4. Plan, organize, lead, and direct the human resources of the company to meet the goal of growing the business by 100%.
Section 1: Goals and Activities
Develop goals forthis functional area and create supporting activities for achieving each goal. (Add more rows if needed.)
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Goals:
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Supporting activities:
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1. Retain existing employees.
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What are the supporting activities?
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How will this activity achieve the goal?
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What is the achievement deadline?
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2. Add two human resources generalists.
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What are the supporting activities?
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How will this activity achieve the goal?
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What is the achievement deadline?
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3. Assist department managers in the hiring of new employees.
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What are the supporting activities?
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How will this activity achieve the goal?
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What is the achievement deadline?
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4. Assist department managers with the improvement of employee performance.
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What are the supporting activities?
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How will this activity achieve the goal?
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What is the achievement deadline?
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5. Create a new organizational chart for the human resources functional area.
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What are the supporting activities?
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How will this activity achieve the goal?
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What is the achievement deadline?
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6. [Insert new goal here.]
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What are the supporting activities?
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How will this activity achieve the goal?
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What is the achievement deadline?
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7. [Insert new goal here.]
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What are the supporting activities?
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How will this activity achieve the goal?
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What is the achievement deadline?
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8. [Insert new goal here.]
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How will this activity achieve the goal?
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Section 2: Purpose Statement
Write a purpose statement for thisfunctional area of the organization.
Most of us are aware of the term purpose statement, but we may be unsure of what its real meaning is within an organization. It is a statement describing the organization or functional team's purpose, or the reason for its existence. The purpose of an organization reflects a desired position in the marketplace. It should be a written summary that accurately answers the four questions outlined in the table below. The most effective purpose statements are short, concise, and direct. A good purpose statement should be between 2-3 sentences in length.
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Purpose Statement
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Who are we?
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What do we do?
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For whom do we do this?
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How do we know when we are getting it done?
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Compile your answers to the four questions above into a concise (2-3 sentence) summary statement. This is your purpose statement.
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[Insert your purpose statement here.]
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Section 3: Performance Standards
Identify performance standards for measuring thisfunctional area team's performance.(Add more rows if needed.)
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Performance standard:
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Rationale for including this performance standard:
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