Imagine you are the vice president of HR for a real or fictitious organization of more than 500 employees. To support the organization's growth, you have been asked to create a comprehensive proposal plan to present to the board of directors that addresses staffing, performance appraisal, training and development, total rewards, and organizational behavior and processes.

Create the proposal plan, which has four parts. Each part is developed in a different week. When deciding on an organization, choose one you will stay with for the duration of the project.

Begin by designing the staffing component. In a no more than 1,050-word paper, address the following:

• Provide a brief background on the organization and its objectives.

• Explain how organizational behavior has influenced the organization's effectiveness over the last 5 years.

• Identify best practices that will support the organization's effort toward workforce diversity, including effective ways to implement diversity, formal staffing, employee relations, and employee retention plans.

• Consider whether outsourcing must be an option for this organization's workforce planning. Explain why.

• Explain how these practices and your plan would support and link staffing to key organizational objectives.