Identifying Gaps: Google, INC.

HR GAP ANALYSIS

Here is what is required for the HR Gap Analysis, specifically to be used as a graphic in your Week 2 Paper and your Annual HR Operating Plan (AHROP).

The HR Gap analysis needs to include 3 columns only, exactly as written below:

HR Gap Analysis for <Insert Your Company Name>

Key Organization Strategies	Key HR Strategies	Gaps Between HR & Org Strategies

Directions to complete HR Gap Analysis:

1. Key Organization Strategies (2 – 5) - (big) organization-wide strategies for the company that are part of the organizational strategic plan (you can make assumptions about this based on your knowledge of the company you chose).

2. Key HR Strategies (2 – 5) - These are the strategies that HR currently has in place to support the organization’s strategic plan.

3. Gaps Between HR & Organizational Strategies - Identify gaps that currently exist in HR and that need to be addressed by the Human Resources Department in the year ahead to help the company achieve their organizational strategies and general business objectives.

4. The gaps, when coupled with the HR SWOT analysis, will serve as the basis for the HR strategies that need to be developed in your Annual HR Operating Plan (AHROP).

5. Notes:

· Write these strategies as strategies, i.e., as one sentence showing movement one way or another (e.g., improve or decrease, grow or decrease, etc.) and that are specific and measurable (see the Haines text for help writing them, because they must contain verb, be in the form of a forward moving statement, and be measureable). You may need to assume what these are from information you have read about your company. Very few organizations publish any planning documents, so make assumptions – but they must be informed and intelligent.

· Include this table or matrix as either a figure in the body of the paper or as an Appendix, making proper reference to it in your plan. For the AHROP, it must be in the Appendix, as directed.