MGMT 2115 - HR Project

HR Project Instructions

MGMT 2115 - HR Project Guidelines

You own a HR consulting firm.  You have been asked to prepare a hiring plan for the Top Management Team of a successful Fortune 500 company offering a large selection of services that you can offer their organization.  You will need to use your best marketing and sales techniques to entice this client to select your firm as their primary human resources consultant. 

Pick one of the following Management Positions:

• Accounting Manager
• Human Resources Manager
• Logistics Manager
• Production Manager
• Quality Manager

Research the position you choose to find measurable and specific job duties/ responsibilities for the management position.  Once you have the information you need on your management position, you will complete the following tasks: 

Job Analysis:  Using the information from your research, write a job description including the job specifications for one of the positions.  Use Microsoft Office to complete this task, and please use professional formatting to make this a quality document for your presentation samples.  You may also find information in the text from the chapter on Job Analysis.

External & Internal Recruitment Ads:  Using the guidelines from the chapter on Personnel Planning and Recruiting, develop an effective newspaper advertisement (external job posting) to recruit qualified candidates for the position you have chosen.  Also, you should develop an internal job posting (for those already working for the company) for the position.  Be sure to use the AIDA guidelines for successful advertising. 

Structured Interview Questions:  Please write a minimum of 10 sample interview questions specifically for the position that you have chosen for this project. 

Testing & Selection:  Expanding on the same management position, write a testing plan. The chapter on Employee Testing and Selection provides numerous examples to aid you in your research. You may also explore methods from other sources such as your textbooks from other Management classes as long as you site your sources.  Be sure to include the following: 

1. How it will be used and testor instructions?  2. What kind of test are you creating include at least 10 sample questions and provide an answer key on a separate page?  3. What will be measured? How? 

Training Sheet:  Create a job training sheet for the position you have chosen. You can focus on one of the training methods described in the chapter on Training and Developing Employees.  List the 10 most important functions of the job you feel will need training and development for your management position. 

Performance Appraisal:  Now that you analyzed, advertised, interviewed, tested, and trained for your position, how will you measure performance? Choose one of the methods described in the chapter on Performance Management and Appraisal, and create a performance appraisal that measures at least 10 competencies for your management position.

Once you have completed the tasks above, please format them into one document that can be used for presentation handouts during your meeting with the top management team.  Please put together a PPT presentation as well to keep your meeting on track.  The Final Project will include all tasks above plus a PPT presentation with a minimum of 8 -10 content slides plus your introduction and conclusion.