OL 600 Milestone Three Guidelines and Rubric
Global HR, Diversity, Risk Management, and Social Responsibility
Overview
For this milestone, due in Module Seven, you will analyze HR strategic ini a ves of managing HR globally, diversity and inclusion, risk management, and social corporate responsibility that impact an organiza on’s strategic goals.
Scenario
For this milestone, consider the following scenario: Assume the role of a human resources director at a U.S.-based call center that is currently based in the Midwest. The organiza on plans to expand their call center loca ons in the states of South Carolina and Tennessee and the country of India and needs to hire 100 employees. Your organiza on has been primarily hiring “local” talent, many of whom have been rela ves of current employees. However, as the organiza on looks to expand, there is a need to address new issues in diversity and inclusion, assess risks that may occur because of expansion, define the organiza on’s role to communi es in new states and abroad, and consider if current members of human resources or senior leaders might need overseas assignments in order to get the India loca on staffed and opera ng. As the human resources director, you will create a strategic HR plan that addresses goals related to your organiza on’s growth. The plan should have an influence across the organiza on to be successful.
Prompt
Refer to the chapter readings and module resources to support your responses to each of the four cri cal elements below. Carefully read and address each cri cal element as wri en, using detailed and informa ve analysis that conveys cri cal thinking. The four cri cal elements are aligned to the workplace technical competency within the HR knowledge domain.
Specifically, the following cri cal elements must be addressed:
Diversity and Inclusion: Explain differences within the workplace and describe appropriate strategies for managing a diverse workforce.
Risk Management: Determine appropriate proac ve HR ac vi es and policies for mi ga ng risk and explain how these strategies can be used within the organiza on.
Corporate Social Responsibility: Describe HR’s role in crea ng a culture of social responsibility within the organiza on and the organiza on’s community.
HR in the Global Context: Determine appropriate strategies for properly preparing employees for an expatriate assignment and explain how these approaches ensure ongoing
engagement.
Be sure to incorporate instructor feedback on this milestone into your final submission.
What to Submit
This milestone must be submi ed as a 3- to 4-page Word document with double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, and one-inch margins. Use the latest edi on of the APA manual for forma ng and cita ons.
Note that the grading rubric for this milestone submission is not iden cal to that of the final project. The Final Project Rubric will include an addi onal “Exemplary” category that provides
guidance as to how you can go above and beyond “Proficient” in your final submission.
Milestone Three Rubric
Criteria
Proficient (100%)
Needs Improvement (70%)
Not Evident (0%)
Value
Diversity and Inclusion
Explains differences within the workplace and describes appropriate strategies for managing a diverse workforce, using specific examples
Explains differences within the workplace and describes appropriate strategies for managing a diverse workforce, using specific examples, but descrip on is cursory or contains inaccuracies, or examples are inappropriate
Does not explain differences within the workplace
22
Risk Management
Determines appropriate proac ve HR ac vi es and policies for mi ga ng risk and explains how these can be used within the organiza on, using specific examples
Determines appropriate proac ve HR ac vi es and policies for mi ga ng risk and explains how these can be used within the organiza on, using specific examples, but explana on is cursory or contains inaccuracies, or examples are inappropriate
Does not determine appropriate proac ve HR ac vi es and policies for mi ga ng risk
22
Corporate Social
Responsibility
Describes HR’s role in crea ng a culture of social responsibility within the organiza on and the organiza on’s community, using specific examples
Describes HR’s role in crea ng a culture of social responsibility within the organiza on and the organiza on’s community, using specific examples, but descrip on is cursory or contains inaccuracies, or examples are inappropriate
Does not describe HR’s role in crea ng a culture of social responsibility within the organiza on and the organiza on’s community
22
HR in the Global Context
Determines appropriate strategies for properly preparing employees for an expatriate assignment and explains how these approaches ensure ongoing engagement, using specific examples
Determines appropriate strategies for properly preparing employees for an expatriate assignment and explains how these approaches ensure ongoing engagement, using specific examples, but explana on is cursory or contains inaccuracies, or examples are inappropriate
Does not determine appropriate strategies for properly preparing employees for an expatriate assignment
22
Ar cula on of Response
Submission has no major errors related to cita ons, grammar, spelling, syntax, or
organiza on
Submission has major errors related to cita ons, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organiza on that nega vely impact readability and ar cula on of main ideas
Submission has cri cal errors related to cita ons, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organiza on that prevent understanding of ideas
12
Criteria
Proficient (100%)
Needs Improvement (70%)
Not Evident (0%)
Value
Total:
100%