#3 Personnel Organization and Policy

Individual Project Part I 5- 7 pages

 

You are the Process Improvement Manager at your organization. You have been assigned the project of identifying the current performance levels of the establishment as well as a introducing various process improvement strategies, such as Six Sigma, Lean Manufacturing, etc., to improve the overall productivity of the employees and the organization.

After reviewing the results of the employee survey, the senior leadership team identified several areas for improvement. One of the issues is the quality and safety in the production department.

The department managers meet with you to discuss implementing a safety and quality process improvement process (PIP) within their departments. You have expertise and experience in using quality processes as part of organizational change and development. However, you want to use the most current and effective methods, so you tell them you want to benchmark state-of-the-art organizational process improvements.

 

• Write a 5-7 page report that you can bring to the next department-level meeting outlining what steps you will take to complete this project.
• Research current methodologies and tools for improving organizational performance through quality improvement processes.
• Prepare a high-level overview of methods, options, and recommendations for the types of methods and tools that you believe will be best suited to the situation.
• Tie your recommendations to the organizational change effort being undertaken in the organization.
• Use APA style.
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•         Individual Projet Part II 800- 1000 words

             Scenario: You are the Human Resources Specialist whose function within the company is to design and conduct performance appraisals of the different employees. However, recently, there has been concern that the appraisals being conducted are not a true objective measure of the employee, and as such, bonus determination is being adversely affected on some of the employees.

 

Appraisals of an employees’ job performance are used to provide feedback to the employee as to how well or poorly they are conducting their job requirements. Sometimes, appraisals can be used to determine if the person in the position is properly qualified to complete the tasks and assignments of the position.

Research 2 to 3 Fortune 500 companies and their performance appraisal policies:

1. Identify at least 2 different types of evaluation techniques utilized by companies and identify the purpose of or measure of each technique.
2. Describe whether the techniques identified  measure employee performance in a subjective manner, and if not, why you have come to that conclusion._______________________________________________
3. _______________________________________________________________________________________

Discussion Board  500- 700 words 

 

Employee training, management development, enhancement of employee abilities and knowledge can all be very expensive to companies. We find that in hard times, many companies forego training programs and opportunities as a way to cut back on expenses. It is important that when developing training programs that the needs be accurately assessed so as not to waste precious resources. Many professions actually require members of the profession to complete so many hours of continuing education to maintain their professional qualifications.

 

• Discuss at least 2 different forms of training
• Discuss the benefits of each.