Overview Using Lucta USA
Your capstone project is to create a human resources (HR) strategy proposal that seeks to reposition the HR division from a simple administrative function to a key strategic role within the organization and focus on advancing the organization’s global competitiveness.
In this milestone, you will submit a comprehensive HR proposal, highlighting how the HR division, under your leadership, will effectively partner with senior leadership to support organizational objectives and goals through identified HR initiatives based on your proposal strategies. You will receive feedback from your instructor regarding your proposal content. Implement this feedback into your final version of the HR strategy proposal.
Directions
For Milestone Three, you will submit a draft of your detailed human resources strategy proposal. Your proposal should include a detailed breakdown of how you will advance the organization’s vision and mission through effective leadership strategies that foster collaboration, promote consensus, and guide the organization through adversity and change with resilience and agility. Your analysis should highlight how the HR division will participate and lead as an effective business partner to the workforce. The HR strategy proposal should include a synthesis of the themes and ideas that you have learned during your time in the program. Support your ideas and strategy with outside resources to provide a summary of viewpoints on this matter and explain how your strategy is the best choice.
Specifically, you must address the following rubric criteria:
- Vision and Mission: Introduce methods of advancing the organization’s vision and mission through effective leadership and critical evaluation and decision making.
- Outlook and Approach: Include a global outlook and cross-cultural approach for HR professionals to improve cultural responsiveness and capitalize on the commonalities, values, and individual uniqueness of organizational members.
- Analysis and Decision Making: Include real-world examples and best practices that demonstrate how HR can leverage data analytics to enhance HR strategies and foster a culture of informed decision making that supports the goals, vision, and mission of the organization.
- Risk Management: Include an evaluation of how the HR division will continue protecting the integrity of the workplace and its policies and procedures through appropriate risk management and legal and ethical practices.
- Customer Service and Negotiations: Describe how to effectively leverage customer service and negotiation strategies that build engaging relationships with stakeholders through trust, teamwork, and direct communication.
- Data Analysis: Provide data analysis to further support the proposal and include opposing viewpoints on this issue while explaining how your chosen strategy is preferable.
- Include HR metrics (qualitative or quantitative) that assess the efficiency and effectiveness of your HR proposal and provide insights that help define your strategic leadership decisions that support organizational performance.
- Briefly discuss how utilizing various metrics may negatively impact HR’s ability to execute important actions and activities identified in your proposal.
What to Submit
The proposal should be submitted as a Microsoft Word document. The document should be 7–10 pages in length, not including the title, table of contents, or reference pages, and use double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, and one-inch margins. Sources should be cited according to the latest edition of APA style.
Milestone Three Rubric
| Criteria | Meets Expectations (100%) | Does Not Meet Expectations (0%) | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Timeliness | Submits detailed draft of project proposal by deadline | Does not submit detailed draft of project proposal by deadline | 5 |
| Vision and Mission | Introduces methods of advancing the organization’s vision and mission through effective leadership and critical evaluation and decision making | Does not introduce methods of advancing the organization’s vision or mission through effective leadership or critical evaluation and decision making | 15 |
| Outlook and Approach | Includes a global outlook and cross-cultural approach for HR professionals to improve cultural responsiveness and capitalize on the commonalities, values, and individual uniqueness of organizational members | Does not include a global outlook or cross-cultural approach for HR professionals to improve cultural responsiveness and capitalize on the commonalities, values, and individual uniqueness of organizational members | 15 |
| Analysis and Decision Making | Includes real-world examples and best practices that demonstrate how HR can leverage data analytics to enhance HR strategies and foster a culture of informed decision making that supports the goals, vision, and mission of the organization | Does not include real-world examples and best practices that demonstrate how HR can leverage data analytics to enhance HR strategies and foster a culture of informed decision making that supports the goals, vision, and mission of the organization | 15 |
| Risk Management | Includes an evaluation of how the HR division will continue protecting the integrity of the workplace and its policies and procedures through appropriate risk management and legal and ethical practices | Does not include an evaluation of how the HR division will continue protecting the integrity of the workplace and its policies and procedures through appropriate risk management or legal and ethical practices | 15 |
| Customer Service and Negotiations | Describes how to effectively leverage customer service and negotiation strategies that build engaging relationships with stakeholders through trust, teamwork, and direct communication | Does not describe how to effectively leverage customer service or negotiation strategies that build engaging relationships with stakeholders through trust, teamwork, or direct communication | 15 |
| Data Analysis | Provides data analysis to further support the proposal and includes opposing viewpoints on this issue while explaining how chosen strategy is preferable | Does not provide data analysis to further support the proposal or include opposing viewpoints on this issue while explaining how chosen strategy is preferable | 15 |
| Clear Communication | Consistently and effectively communicates in an organized way to a specific audience | Shows no evidence of consistent, effective, or organized communication | 2.5 |
| Citations and Attributions | Uses citations for ideas requiring attribution, with consistent minor errors | Does not use citations for ideas requiring attribution | 2.5 |
| Total: | 100% |