Talent and Workforce Management

Talent and Workforce Management
Write 3-5 pages on talent and workforce management as it relates to your topic of research,
organization, and problem or opportunity in your capstone project, an effectiveness improvement plan.
How do you find the right people for the right positions in an organization? Which strategies should be
used for retaining high-achieving and necessary employees? In the next component of your capstone
project, you will reflect on what you have learned about recruitment and retention. Make certain to
consider the effect of technology and the Internet on the planning, staffing, and recruiting process, as
well as on measuring strategy effectiveness.
The adept HRM professional will successfully implement strategies to meet the staffing needs of an
organization and find qualified applicants for each position while integrating legal and ethical guidelines
for hiring. The process may include internal and external processes. Additionally, the successful HRM
professional will use various strategies to retain necessary and high-achieving employees. Recall your
work in this program on the seven components of strategic staffing:
1. Workforce planning.
2. Sourcing talent.
3. Recruiting.
4. Selecting talent.
5. Acquiring talent.
6. Developing talent.
7. Retaining talent.
Keep in mind the big picture, including the organizational mission, approaches, and benefits to a diverse
workforce, as well as legal compliance and ethical decision making as you complete the next project
component of your capstone project.
Introduction
For this assessment, your focus is on how HRM practices support talent and workforce management
strategies. This is the third component of your capstone project. Each assessment should be completed in
order so that you can use the feedback received to improve your work and build upon to complete your
project.
Instructions
For this assessment, complete the following:
• Research and analyze current articles that do the following:
o Link HRM practices to talent and workforce management strategies.
o Consider HRM’s role in thinking critically about solutions in the context of strategic
management.

• Evaluate your chosen organization’s strategic management capabilities in order to develop a
strategy to improve talent and workforce management.
• Analyze approaches to total rewards that may affect performance.
• Analyze both the ethical and the legal responsibilities that relate to talent and workforce
management, both in the organization and in society as a whole.
Additional Requirements
The deliverable for this assessment applies professional skills in HRM to workplace situations that you
will likely encounter in your day-to-day work in human resources. As part of your learning, focus on the
development of effective professional communication skills for the workplace. Your assessment should
meet the following additional requirements:
• Length: 3–5 typed, double-spaced pages, plus the cover and resources pages.
o The first page should be a cover sheet with your name, the course number, assessment
title, and date. No other information is required on this page.
o The last page should be the reference list.
• Organization: Make sure that your assessment writing is well organized, using headings and
subheadings to organize content for the reader.
• Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point.
• Resources: Use at least 3–5 references and include both trade publications and peer-reviewed
articles.
• Evidence: Support your assertions with data and/or in-text citations.
• APA formatting: Resources and in-text citations are formatted according to current APA style
and formatting.
• Written communication:
o Support main points, assertions, and conclusions, or recommendations with relevant
and credible evidence.
o Use spell-check and other tools to ensure correct spelling and grammar.
Review the Talent and Workforce Management scoring guide and the HRM Effectiveness Improvement
Plan course project description before submitting to ensure that you have met the expectations of this
assessment.
Note: Faculty may use the Writing Feedback Tool when grading this assessment. The Writing Feedback
Tool is designed to provide you with guidance and resources to develop your writing based on five core
skills. You will find writing feedback in the Scoring Guide for the assessment, once your work has been
evaluated.

Portfolio Prompt: You should consider adding this assessment to your personal ePortfolio. This
assessment demonstrates your ability to research and write about talent and workforce management,
as it relates to your organization, and problem or opportunity. This skill is necessary in a professional
setting when you are trying to make recommendations. You will want to organize your assessments to
easily support future reflection and to showcase your knowledge with employers after graduation. For
more information on ePortfolio, visit the Campus ePortfolio page.
Competencies Measured
By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following
course competencies:
• Competency 1: Apply a strategic perspective to Human Resource Management that guides and
influences organizational effectiveness.
o Analyze HRM’s role in thinking critically about solutions in the context of strategic
management.
o Evaluate an organization’s strategic management capabilities in order to develop a
strategy to improve talent and workforce management.
o Analyze approaches to total rewards that may impact performance.
• Competency 2: Develop skills to lead, build relationships, partner, influence others, and navigate
the organization.
o Analyze the link between HRM practices and talent and workforce management
strategies.
• Competency 3: Apply and interpret the law and the legal responsibilities of a human resource
professional.
o Evaluate legal responsibilities that relate to talent and workforce management.
• Competency 4: Use evidence-based decision making to inform and support Human Resource
Management practices.
o Evaluate ethical responsibilities that relate to talent and workforce management.
• Competency 6: Communicate clearly, accurately, and professionally for the HR field.
o Support main points, assertions, and conclusions, or recommendations with relevant
and credible evidence.