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Module 3 – Case

DEVELOPING AND REWARDING EMPLOYEES

Assignment Overview

After a Hard Day’s Work at ACME

In this Module 3 Case, you have the opportunity to delve further into
the talent management function and HR’s role in it. As you may
recall from the video on talent management, performance
management, learning and motivating, compensation, career
development, and succession planning all are contributors to
building a strong talent pool.

You will learn more about two employees who have been with
ACME, Inc. for two years. Andy is working as a quality assurance
specialist in the plant and Ismal is an IT robotics specialist. These
employees are friends and often meet outside of work with a few
other ACME employees, including Henry, a new employee recently
hired as an HR Staffing Specialist.

Ismal caught some movement out of the corner of his eye. It was a
video on the overhead TV screen:

Seven Dimensions (2021). 4 Essentials for Compassionate
Leadership. Insights and Strategies: Workplace Skills. 10:49
minute video. Available in the Trident Online Library, Films on
Demand.

“Quiet….Listen to this,” pleaded Ismal. The table of
acquaintances turned to the screen. “That’s it–I make
good money at ACME, but lately I feel something is
missing.”

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“Something is missing? Ismal, you are lucky. Many things
are missing for me, ever since I got my new manager…”
said Andy.

“Yep, more than one thing for me too,” said Ismal, thinking
about his own lousy boss.

Your Role: You are Henry, the HR staffing specialist. Henry wants to
impress his HR boss and thought “what an opportunity….I’m going to
prepare a detailed plan to save ACME from losing these and other ACME
star employees as well.”

Case Assignment

Prepare a 3- to 4-page actionable strategy addressing HR’s role
(ACME-wide) related to employee retention. Pull in as many good
HR practices as possible that Henry could employ to help in
employee performance, motivation, and retention. The strategic
plan that you develop for Henry to use should cover recommended
actions for the organization during the next 12 months.

In addition to the background readings, find at least two high-quality
additional sources from the Trident Online Library and/or from web
sources to augment your plan, such as, for example, academic or
industry magazine/journal articles.

Submit your Case 3 paper by the Module 3 due date.

Note: This assignment requires a 3- to 4-page Word document (not
counting the cover page or the reference page).

Case Assignment Expectations

Your submission will be assessed on the criteria found in the
grading rubric for this assignment:

Context and purpose for writing

FIRST

Create or find a healthy snack recipe

• Choose which age group your snack is for:
  • Toddlers, Preschool, Grades K-1 or Grade 2-3
• Your recipe should have a main ingredient group from My Plate. https://www.myplate.gov/eat-healthy/what-is-myplateLinks to an external site. (grains, vegetables, fruits, protein, dairy)
• Create a Power Point for the age group chosen that is 8-10 slides in length and uses age-appropriate language, length of text on slides meets best-practice standards and uses age-appropriate images and photos that are engaging and effectively teaches children health, safety and nutrition. (Standard 6c).
  • Included photos, documenting the step by step process of making the recipe and how to practice or ensure health and safety tips
  • Use one or more photos or images on the ingredients’ slide(s)
• Think healthy!  Choose snacks with ingredients that are healthy. Do not include unhealthy items (that are predominantly made of  sugar or high in saturated fat) or nuts (due to allergy issues) Explain how the ingredients are healthy and how these healthy ingredients impact children’s development
  • There are many alternatives out there- if you find a recipe that includes chocolate or something unhealthy- be creative!  Use a healthy alternative!  Points are deducted if the snack is not healthy.
  • Do not choose a snack that includes any type of nuts, including peanuts or peanut butter due to allergies
• The first slide of your presentation will include your name, the recipe name, and the age group
• Demonstrate your understanding of the content knowledge and resources in the academic disciplines of science, health, and safety (Standard 5a) by including the following in your presentation:
  • Include one safety tip that is relevant to the recipe (for example: safety in cutting food or using skewers or toothpicks; how to avoid choking hazards)
  • Include information or a slide that includes how you kept the preparation area healthy to prepare food (for example: clean surfaces or clean hands) and explained the science behind why this is important.
  • Explain how your recipe is nutritious and how these healthy ingredients impact children’s development. (for example: Does your recipe include carrots?  How are carrots nutritious?  How are they beneficial?)

Make the recipe and take photos to show the steps. 

• Through understanding positive relationships and supportive interactions as the foundation of your work with young children, make the recipe with a young child and include photos of the experience (the child’s face does not need to be in the photos.) (Standard 4a). (Photo release form attached)
• In your Power Point, include photos, documenting step by step the process of making the recipe and shows how to practice or ensure health and safety tips
• Use one or more photos or images on the ingredients’ slide(s)

4/2/24, 9:49 PM SLP – HRM402 Training and Development (2024MAR04FT-1)

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Module 3 – SLP

TRAINING METHODS; IMPLEMENTATION OF
TRAINING

SLP Assignment

You were introduced to several training methods on the Background
page in this Module, some you perhaps opted to use in your course
project:

Technical

Quality

Skills

Soft skills

Professional and Legal

Team

Managerial

Safety

You also learned about training delivery methods of:

On-the-job coaching

Mentoring

Brown bag lunch

Web-based

For this SLP assignment, you will put these two concepts together.
Begin by selecting two of the eight training methods and match

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them to two different training delivery methods, utilizing all four
delivery methods. You will address the following questions in a 2- to
3-page paper about training and training delivery methods for your
final course project:

Why did you select the training delivery methods for each of the two
training methods?

What are the pros and cons of the training methods for the matched
delivery methods?

Bring in at least two valid and reliable sources found outside of your
course materials. (Be sure to cite sources within the text of your
paper as well as list each in the Reference section.) These two
high-quality sources should come from peer-reviewed academic
journals found in the Trident Online Library. Organize your paper
with the following five headings: assignment title, training and
delivery methods, pros and cons, conclusion, and references. Note
that headings are in bold text. Also note that there is no heading of
“Introduction”. The first paragraph is always the introduction to a
paper.

As you select two outside sources for SLP 3, you may find the
following helpful to determine which sources to include:

Herring, J. E. (2011). Chapter 3: Evaluating websites, Figure 3.1, p.
38. In Improving students’ web use and information literacy: a guide
for teachers and teacher librarians. Facet Publishing. Available in
the Trident Online Library, EBSCO eBook Collection.

Lack, C. W., & Rousseau, J. (2016). Chapter 4: What is critical
thinking? In Critical thinking, science, and pseudoscience: Why we
can’t trust our brains. Springer Publishing Company. Available in
the Trident Online Library, EBSCO eBook Collection.

See the following for citation and reference style instructions:

Purdue University (n.d.). Purdue Writing Lab.
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/10/

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Also see the Trident guide to APA Style, 7th edition.

SLP Assignment Expectations

This SLP submission will be evaluated using the criteria as stated in
the SLP rubric. The following is a review of the rubric criteria:

Assignment Requirements

Critical Thinking

Writing and Assignment Organization

Use of Sources and Mechanics

Timeliness

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