Prepare: HR Challenge: Selecting the Right Candidate (Internal - External)

In the HR Challenge: Selecting the Right Candidate (Internal - External) assignment for Week 3, you will analyze possible courses of action you could take as the VP of HR in a sales division that has had high turnover. To prepare, take some time to review the assignment description and instructions. In addition, review the rubric to see the criteria by which your assignment will be evaluated.

Preparing now will result in a clearer and more powerful assignment. Begin by completing the following preparation tasks:

• Review the Stages of Writing section on the Developing and Deepening Your Writing PracticeLinks to an external site. page.
• Begin to outline your paper by addressing the rubric criteria:
  • Analyze options available for addressing issues with employee turnover, product development and the sales process, rise in product prices, and operational morale.
    • Weigh the pros and cons of taking each action.
    • Determine whether you would take each action.
  • Explain how available options could be executed.
    • Explain briefly what steps you would take to accomplish any of the actions you would choose to take.
  • Provide the rationale for each decision to either take or not take a course of action.
    • Describe key factors that influenced your decision.
    • Include material from your references to support your conclusions.
• Search the library for scholarly or peer-reviewed journal articles to support your ideas. The assignment requires a minimum of two references. Refer to the Human Resource Management (Master's) Program Library GuideLinks to an external site. as needed.