Assignment 1: Health Care Human Resources Management
Imagine that you have applied for the position of Manager of Human Resources at an acute care hospital in your community. The hospital is planning to expand its services to meet the needs of a growing community. As part of the application screening process, you have been asked to write a document that outlines the steps you would take, as the manager of HR, to improve the effectiveness of HRM in this organization.
Write a three to four (3-4) page paper in which you:
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic / organization of the paper, and language and writing skills, using the following rubric.
Assignment 1: Health Care Human Resources Management |
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Criteria |
Unacceptable Below 70% F |
Fair 70-79% C |
Proficient 80-89% B |
Exemplary 90-100% A |
1.Analyze two (2) current trends in health care that are affecting human resources management that may likely impact your hiring decision as HR manager. Provide support for your analysis. Weight: 15% |
Did not submit or incompletely analyzed two (2) current trends in health care that are affecting human resources management that may likely impact your hiring decision as HR manager.Did not submit or incompletely provided support for your analysis. |
Partially analyzed two (2) current trends in health care that are affecting human resources management that may likely impact your hiring decision as HR manager.Partially provided support for your analysis. |
Satisfactorily analyzed two (2) current trends in health care that are affecting human resources management that may likely impact your hiring decision as HR manager.Satisfactorily provided support for your analysis. |
Thoroughly analyzed two (2) current trends in health care that are affecting human resources management that may likely impact your hiring decision as HR manager.Thoroughly provided support for your analysis. |
2.Suggest a significant opportunity for HR to become more of a strategic partner within an organization. Justify your response. |
Did not submit or incompletely suggested a significant opportunity for HR to become more of a strategic partner within an organization. Did not submit or incompletely justified your response. |
Partially suggested a significant opportunity for HR to become more of a strategic partner within an organization. Partially justified your response. |
Satisfactorily suggested a significant opportunity for HR to become more of a strategic partner within an organization. Satisfactorily justified your response. |
Thoroughly suggested a significant opportunity for HR to become more of a strategic partner within an organization. Thoroughly justified your response. |
3.Recommend a model of human resources management that would be the most appropriate for this organization in question. Provide support for your recommendation. Weight: 15% |
Did not submit or incompletely recommended a model of human resources management that would be the most appropriate for this organization in question. Did not submit or incompletely provided support for your recommendation. |
Partially recommended a model of human resources management that would be the most appropriate for this organization in question. Partially provided support for your recommendation. |
Satisfactorily recommended a model of human resources management that would be the most appropriate for this organization in question. Satisfactorily provided support for your recommendation. |
Thoroughly recommended a model of human resources management that would be the most appropriate for this organization in question. Thoroughly provided support for your recommendation. |
4.Recommend a strategy that HR could implement in order to develop more effective relationships between Human Resources and the organization’s managers and senior executives, indicating how each strategy will achieve the desired goal. Weight: 25% |
Did not submit or incompletely recommended a strategy that HR could implement in order to develop more effective relationships between Human Resources and the organization’s managers and senior executives, indicating how each strategy will achieve the desired goal. |
Partially recommended a strategy that HR could implement in order to develop more effective relationships between Human Resources and the organization’s managers and senior executives, indicating how each strategy will achieve the desired goal. |
Satisfactorily recommended a strategy that HR could implement in order to develop more effective relationships between Human Resources and the organization’s managers and senior executives, indicating how each strategy will achieve the desired goal. |
Thoroughly recommended a strategy that HR could implement in order to develop more effective relationships between Human Resources and the organization’s managers and senior executives, indicating how each strategy will achieve the desired goal. |
5.Determine a specific employment law that may affect the hiring and selection process at the acute hospital in your community. Provide support for your rationale. Weight: 15% |
Did not submit or incompletely determined a specific employment law that may affect the hiring and selection process at the acute hospital in your community. Did not submit or incompletely provided support for your rationale. |
Partially determined a specific employment law that may affect the hiring and selection process at the acute hospital in your community. Partially provided support for your rationale. |
Satisfactorily determined a specific employment law that may affect the hiring and selection process at the acute hospital in your community. Satisfactorily provided support for your rationale. |
Thoroughly determined a specific employment law that may affect the hiring and selection process at the acute hospital in your community. Thoroughly provided support for your rationale. |
6. 3 references Weight: 5% |
No references provided |
Does not meet the required number of references; some or all references poor quality choices. |
Meets number of required references; all references high quality choices. |
Exceeds number of required references; all references high quality choices. |
7. Clarity, writing mechanics, and formatting requirements Weight: 10% |
More than 6 errors present |
5-6 errors present |
3-4 errors present |
0-2 errors present |