...------------------------------------------------- University of Phoenix Material New Hire Communication Worksheet Select a company you are familiar with. Imagine that you work for the HR department of the company. You are tasked to develop a message to orient new hires to the company culture, process, procedures, and general information. Compose a message for new hires using the three-step process outlined in Ch. 5 of Business Communication. I have deleted Step 1, 2, 3 from his work sheet since the same sent to me by my instruct showed that it was voluntary work and not mandatory work. My New Hire Communication is on the next page and I chose to present as though I worked for Wal-Mart (a company I have worked for in the past). I also don’t see word limit for this assignment so I kept it short and sweet since, as a new hire at Wal-Mart, most of the company history is detailed in a view that you would see during the training. I have written this message aimed more towards newly hired Assistant Managers who would most likely receive a greetings e-mail from the HR department or directly from the Store Manage themselves. Step 3b: Final Message for Submission Provide the final copy of your message here. Save the document and submit it as your assignment. Hello John, My name is Jane Doe and I am the Store Manager of the Wal-Mart you have been recently hired to through our coporate office. I just wanted to give you a warm welcome and just tell you...
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...Strategic Alignment Worksheet: Human Resources NAME: Overview Use this Strategic Alignment Worksheet (SAW) to help you complete the sections listed below. As you progress through the course, you will be instructed to complete and submit section(s) of the SAW. Once you have all of the sections completed, you are to incorporate the sections into the larger Atha Execution Plan, which is your final project deliverable (to be submitted in Unit 5). Sections of the SAW * Goals and Activities (Unit 2) * Interview Questions (Unit 3) * Department Purpose Statements (Unit 4) * Performance Standards (Unit 4) Checklist for Human Resources Area Mary Atha, CEO, has provided this checklist of overall organization goals for the human resources area. Read the checklist and use it as a point of reference for your development of this SAW. 1. Ensure staffing requirements are met. 2. Retain existing staff. 3. Hire and train new staff. 4. Plan, organize, lead, and direct the human resources of the company to meet the goal of growing the business by 100%. 1.0 Goals and Activities. Develop goals and activities for the human resources Area. Submit this section in Unit 2. Goals | Activities to support this goal (add more rows if needed) | 1.1 Retain existing employees. | What are the supporting activities? | How will this activity achieve the goal? | What is the achievement deadline? | Create a welcoming atmosphere to discuss employee...
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...University of Phoenix Material New Hire Communication Worksheet Select a company you are familiar with. Imagine that you work for the HR department of the company. You are tasked to develop a message to orient new hires to the company culture, process, procedures, and general information. Compose a message for new hires using the three-step process outlined in Ch. 5 of Business Communication. Step 1: Prewriting Review the AIM planning process in Ch. 5 of Business Communication including the “Chapter Takeaway for Creating Effective Messages.” Analyze the situation described above by answering each of the following questions with 1 to 2 paragraphs: 1. Review the assignment directions above. What is the purpose of the message the HR employee is tasked to write? The purpose of this message is to provide a kindly welcome to new employees and anwer any general questions they might be wondering. Also to provide them with helpful information and insight about the company and it’s procedures 2. Who is the audience? What are characteristics shared by the audience that the HR employee should consider when writing the message? What do they already know? The audience is the employees or new employees who work for the company. HR should consider the audience needs, priorites, and feelings. 3. Which communication channel(s) would you choose to deliver the message and why? The best channel of communication would be email because they can always...
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...Communication Strategy Worksheet Name: Evan Hill, | Assignment: Team Project | | Please type your responses in this column. It will lengthen as needed. Proofread the form carefully. | PurposeWhat is the general purpose of your message?What is the specific purpose? | Inform Persuade CollaborateMotivate New Hires at Delta | Audience ProfileWho is your primary audience?Provide relevant details about the audience and the audience’s place of employment. List his or her professional position, demographic characteristics, beliefs, culture, attitude, motivating forces, and stressors. Describe the mission, market, and challenges of the business/organization the person works for, focusing on the areas that are relevant to your purpose. What current events significantly affect the company or organization? | New Hires at Delta Delta Airlines is a major American airliner based out of Atlanta Georgia. Delta operates over 5,000 domestic and international flights per day, serving 6 continents throughout the world. Delta is one of the oldest operating airlines within the commercial flight industry and holds the title of the oldest airline still operating in America. In 2011 Delta was named the world’s largest airline in terms of fleet size and passenger traffic. Their main hub is located at Hartsfield-Jackson International airport, but they also have many smaller hubs located throughout the world including: Amsterdam, Paris, Salt-Lake city, New York city, and...
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...MMPBL/530 Human Capital Concepts Worksheet Assignment Week 1 The first week’s assignment focuses on creating a worksheet you can use in planning to gain knowledge about key course concepts and to recognize application of those concepts in the real world. The assignment has three purposes: (A) identify at least five key theoretical concepts from this week’s readings, (B) relate each key concept to its application in an organizational setting, and (C) communicate well-researched information clearly, concisely, and in an organized manner. Read the InterClean, Inc. scenario to identify examples of five or more key course concepts. Remember that the mind map is a source of these concepts. Then, read the assigned text materials to develop knowledge about the concepts. You may also wish to research these concepts through database searches in the University Library. This additional research will help expand your understanding of the text materials. By completing the worksheet following the title page, you can begin to develop your research and written communication skills. The example below is from the MBA/500 course using the USAuto scenario. This example can be useful to understanding the assignment’s requirements. Please note that in describing the application of the concept, the worksheet should not contain simple one-word or even one-sentence answers; it should adequately demonstrate, in short paragraphs, careful study of the situations presented in the scenario...
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...Associate Level Material Communication Process Worksheet Think about a misunderstanding you have experienced with another person at work, school, or in a health care environment. Write your answers in paragraph form. 1. Briefly describe the misunderstanding, including the setting and the people involved. At my previous employment, I was a cashier and a server at a buffet style restaurant. I was a new hire and was still going through the process of being trained. A large group of people came in. The individual training me said that since there were more than ten people in the group, I could add the gratuity to the check, instead of letting them leave it on the table, if the customers agreed to this. Shortly after completing my training, another group of people came in. These individuals had reserved a room for a party. I handled the situation as I had been shown during my training by asking if gratuity was going to be added to the check. I was informed that the individual who had reserved the room would see the servers personally for their gratuity. However, the servers received no gratuity and held it against me for not doing what I was supposed to. They were not aware that I had not been told that, in a case such as this, groups coming in for parties are automatically to be charge gratuity. 2. Complete the following table with information from your described misunderstanding. |Question |Answer ...
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...Traditional Format Contents Of This File 1. Performance Appraisal Information and Instructions 2. Supervisor’s Performance Planning Worksheet 3. Employee’s Performance Planning Worksheet 4. Report of Performance Appraisal 5. Employee’s Job Duties, Goals and Development Plan and Overall Rating Form For Next Appraisal Period 6. Supplemental Factors for Supervisory Staff Members Performance Appraisal Information Sheet Appraising the performance of staff is the single most important job duty associated with the role of supervision, and one of the most complex in terms of skill. Competent appraisal involves the supervisor in setting goals and standards, clearly communicating performance expectations, assisting staff in accomplishing the job to be done, and evaluating the results. This is performance management, accomplished day-by-day, and in response to changing needs, assignments and the requirements of the job. This formal review process is designed to work with and encourage the informal day to day practice of performance management, while providing a framework in support of salary adjustments, promotion and employment decisions. The University of Arizona requires that employees receive a formal performance appraisal once a year (typically on the anniversary date of hire into the position), with new employees receiving reviews at three months and six months as part of the probationary process. Training and coaching for both employees...
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...Questions 10 Human Resource Generalist 10 Accounting and Finance Analyst 11 Performance Standards 12 Human Resource 12 Accounting and Finance 13 Conclusion 14 References 15 Appendix I 16 a. Strategic Alignment Worksheet: Human Resource 16 1.0 Goals and Activities: 16 2.0 Interview Questions: 17 3.0 Purpose Statement: 18 4.0 Performance Standards: 18 b. Strategic Alignment Worksheet: Accounting and Finance 19 1.0 Goals and Activities 19 2.0 Interview Questions: 20 3.0 Purpose Statement: 20 4.0 Performance Standards: 20 Appendix II 22 a. Human Resource Organizational Chart: 22 b. Accounting and Finance Organizational Chart 23 Executive Summary The project is an executive plan prepare for Atha Corporation owner Mary Atha whose goal is to double the company’s sales in the next year. There is an overview of the Human Resource, Accounting, and Finance functional areas purpose statement and how each promotes trust, motivates, and supports collaboration. Incorporated in the plan is the evaluation of how the purpose, relevance, planning, decision-making and organizing influences the role of a manager. In addition, the plan reflects the chain of command and supports the organizational functions for Human Resource, Accounting, and Finance areas. The Strategic Alignment Worksheets (SAW) illustrates the organizational goal setting and achievement from the executive level to the operational level. This will be done by simulating the organization-wide strategy of...
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...Interview Questions……………………………………………………………………………………………….. 6 Performance Standards………………………………………………………………………………………….. 6 Conclusion of Personal Insight………………………………………………………………………………… 7 Appendices…………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 7 Human Resources SAW…………………………………………………………………………………………...7 Operations and Production SAW……………………………………………………………………………..12 Human Resources Organizational Chart…………………………………………………………………..17 Operations and Production Organizational Chart…………………………………………………….18 Executive summary: This project was organizing, planning, and developing both the HR functional area as well as the Operations and Production functional area. This consisted of revamping the Org chart to add the new employees, creating important interview questions for hiring new employees, and setting standards for each department. Along with these tasks, there was also creating a purpose for the department which is one of the most vital tasks of this project, without a purpose what is the department there to do? Description of the functional area and purpose statement. Human Resource As the Human Resource Department we strive to ensure that the Atha Corporation is run at the highest integrity while serving to develop standards and guidelines in order to keep the highest company and employee satisfaction. This purpose statement shows the drive and capabilities of our department by giving a brief description while promoting our high ethical standards and our strive to reach...
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...is constantly changing at a rapid pace that requires organizations to adapt to the process of newly managed care. The hiring process is vital to an organization’s growth and development, so during the interviewing process, employers should be able to notice if the job is right for a new hire or not. Money, energy and time spent properly hiring, orientating and training a new employee doubles in order to do so. Organizations depend on their existing and new employees’ production and longevity to enhance their mission statement, character and capitol, in order to be successful. “Every organization wants to attract, motivate, and retain the most qualified employees and match them to jobs for which they are best suited” (BLS, 2010-2011). Organizations go through all of these steps to fill positions, but still fail to place the new hire in the right fit that will benefit them as well as the company. To prevent the issue, the hiring department has to understand new hires strengths and where to place them in the organization. It is not an easy task making hiring decisions, but good training (various seminars, coaching and educational literature) can improve organization’s potential skills to hire the right employees and place them in a position that suits their strengths, and in turn will make a very profitable experience for the corporation. Organization’s investments has an impact by staff training, skill development and learning capacities; and the American Society for Training...
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...1. Introduction Succession planning is not an issue that many organizations address in any systematic way. Because many nonprofits are small (with fewer than 10 employees) and because they may be facing other organizational challenges, thinking about who the next executive director might be or what would happen if the director of finance suddenly left is not high on their priority list. There are many reasons why organizations need to be thinking about succession planning. The most important reason, of course, is that we rely on staff to carry out our missions, provide services and meet our organization's goals. We need to think about what would happen to those services or our ability to fulfill our mission if a key staff member left. Another reason to focus on succession planning is the changing realities of workplaces. The impending retirement of the baby boomers is expected to have a major impact on workforce capacity. Teresa Howe in "Succession Planning and Management" identified other emerging realities about the workforce in Canada: • Vacancies in senior or key positions are occurring in numerous organizations simultaneously and demographics indicate there are statistically fewer people available to fill them • Baby boomer retirements are on the rise just at the time when the economy is growing and increasing the demand for senior management expertise • There is no emerging group of potential employees on the horizon as in past generations (i.e. baby boomers...
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...Technology Offshore Outsourcing Plan for Riordan Harry Alston, Jason Breedlove, Habeeb Rahman CIS/568 July 29, 2012 James Linn Riordan manufacturing has placed a service request for all manufacturing locations to gain an overview about all existing software applications in finance and accounting, sales and marketing, human resources, operations, legal and information technology. All the subjects within the organization are using various business systems of which each of them represents change in process. The organization is in a rush to identify what is needed to make effective improvements in those subjects. This plan is going to serve as a turning point to improve systems in the various departments. Sales and Marketing The finance/accounting and sales/ marketing team at Riordan Manufacturing has both hard copy and electronic copies of paperwork from various ages. They also have many databases as well. The plan is to consolidate everything into a better streamlined electronic storage system. The systems that the company plans to consolidate and track are past sales files of marketing research, marketing plans, design awards, database production records, gain and loss statements by item, group marketing, budget marketing and budget anticipated results. Riordan also has a two year plan setup to reach the $50 million in revenue mark. This is slated...
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...products on it every day. Gaurav is scheduled to meet the Board of Directors back on Earth in 3 days to present the first year report. For this meeting, Gaurav has decided to focus on operations, and on how different verticals within operations are helping raise the bar on customer experience. Gaurav enlisted four of his team members to share their stories. As Gaurav prepares for the meeting, he has asked you to take a look at the reports that his team has put together and help him answer some open questions and come up with fresh ideas on how to solve the problems. Scenario 1: Like on Earth, Amazon’s goal is to offer Enceladus’ largest selection on Amazon.en. Deonn, who recently joined Amazon.en wants to accelerate the addition of new products in the catalogue. While Amazon already provides tools for vendors to submit their items in the catalogue, the error rate remains high. On an average, vendors fail to create 15 products for every 100 products submitted. This is a huge opportunity miss for Amazon, especially since the plan is to add ~20 million items by the end of next year. Assume that each item generates ENC₹ 15 in revenue each year. Deonn wants to launch a service offering for Amazon’s premium vendors and her goal is to reduce the error rate to 2%. Additional benefit due to...
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...Introduction Riordan Manufacturing has placed a service request for all manufacturing locations to gain an overview about all existing software applications in Finance & Accounting, Sales & Marketing, Human Resources, Operations, Legal and Information Technology. All the listed areas within the organization are using various business systems of which each of them represents challenges. The organization is in an urgent need to identify what is needed to improve effectiveness in those areas. This summary is going to serve as a platform to implement systems in the various departments. Finance and Accounting Sales and Marketing The Sales and Marketing team at Riordan Manufacturing has both hard copy and electronic copies of paperwork from various ages. They also have many databases as well. The plan is to consolidate everything into a more convenient electronic storage system. The systems that the company plans to consolidate and track are: Historic Sales Files of Past Marketing Research, Marketing Plans and design awards Sales Database Production Records Profit and Loss Statements by Item and Group Marketing Budget Marketing Budget Anticipated Results Riordan also has a 2-year plan setup to reach the $50 Million in revenue mark. This is slated to occur by the 2006 year. This program is setup in three parts: Strategic sales objectives with corresponding financial goals and roll-out schedules Tactics by marketing mix, timing, and relationship to strategic sales objectives Customer...
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...Foundations Schools Generic Benchmarking Worksheet Team A University of Phoenix The Foundation Schools Generic Benchmarking Worksheet Task A: Problem/Opportunity Statement | Response to Task A: Problem Statement – The problem faced by Foundation Schools is the lack of committed board members to the set vision and goals. This could depict that there are too many programs in the objectives. The board of directors needs to analyze the program management to determine the viability of the projects. This way Nancy could select specific programs to run that will quickly realized the company’s vision, using what resource is availableProblem Statement – The board of Foundation School lacks the commitment to the mission and vision, to achieve their goals of growing enrollment and increasing revenue the school must embrace program management. Through the use of effective program management, Foundation management can prioritize the projects and staff with the appropriate resources to accomplish each task.Problem Statement – Foundations School major problem is the lack of follow- through necessary to achieve their goals and objectives. Everyone on the board has different plans on how to achieve increase in revenue and the resources to use that the communication surrounding the implementation has been unclear. The board’s strategic plan has to be clear, concise, provide strict guidelines and direction to achieve their objectives in the next two years.Problem Statement – Foundation...
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