Your Learning Team must select from the following list or select another company with facilitator approval. In all cases, the company must be public and have public information. If a company has more than one division, select one division to develop the strategic plan. Lower bandwidth links are noted with an asterisk. The purpose of a strategic plan is to define and focus resources to meet a company's needs and enable superior performance. The strategic HRM plan must focus on how, as a business partner, HRM helps ensure the leadership and workforce are prepared for creating a successful future

List of Approved Companies

Microsoft® Intel® Roche Pharmaceutical® Raytheon®

General Electric® Pearson® Toyota® Citigroup®

Boeing* ® Target® Pepsi-Co® Texaco®

Hewlett-Packard® Dell® Starbucks*® Honeywell®

Alcon® Nike® Ford® EDC Publishing®

American Express® ARCO® BEA Systems® Cisco®

DuPont*® McDonalds*® UPS® Glaxo Smith Kline®

Home Depot*® KPMG® Monsanto® Kroger*®

· Select a company from the above list that interests you. Each team member must research onecompany as a prospective focus for the final project.

· Research the company's HR Web site for internally and externally disseminated documents, mission and vision statements, and the company's core competencies.

· Review each member's organizational research and core competencies, and choose your company.

· Prepare a 200- to 350-word paper that provides an overview of your selected company. Provide the company's name, core competencies (primary business objectives and product lines) it's mission or vision , and an explanation of why your team selected this company for its project.

· Write your paper in 3rd person. (See Writing Tips posted in Main Forum on how to write in 3rd person).

· Use References: from your research. Use at least two separate sources.

· Cite your references. If you used an electronic source, include the link. Make sure you use in-text citations in the body of the paper to identify any work that relies upon information from another source. Even if you have re-written researched work in your own words (paraphrased) you must cite your source. See our Free Tips posted in the Main Forum for tips on how to format your references.