Essay Instructions: Continue on with the same reference organization chosen in Module 1. (Wegman Food Markets.)
For the Module 2 SLP, please address the following questions, using **background materials and referencing specific HRM terminology and definitions as they apply to your analysis:
What types of retention strategies do organizations use today that might also be useful to your chosen SLP organization?
Which retention strategies used by other employers do you recommend that your chosen SLP organization NOT utilize?
What impact, if any, do recruitment and selection practices have on the retention of employees? Might this differ from organization to organization? Why, or why not?
Please write 2 to 3 pages (not counting the cover and reference pages) and send your paper to CourseNet by the module due date.
Assignment Expectations:
As you research the organization you selected from the four on the Fortune List, if you cannot find the information you need on the specific organization, instead discuss information from other private-sector organizations. Apply HRM terminology, HRM background readings, research, and business examples of HRM policies, practices, and procedures as they might compare or contrast to your chosen organization. Bring in other private-sector employers' HRM activities, systems, practices and procedures as examples that fit into your assignment dicussion.
Prepare a paper that is professionally presented (including a cover page, a "List of References," headings/subheadings, and a strong introduction and conclusion). Proofread your paper carefully for grammar, spelling and word-usage errors.
Address all aspects of the assignment as stated above.
Complement your Internet searching with library searches and be sure to bring in information from the background readings. Evaluate resources and select only library/web-based resources that provide reliable, substantiated information.
Give sources of borrowed information in the body of your text as footnotes, numbered end notes or APA style of referencing.
**Module 2?Recruitment, Selection and Retention Background Information
Note: Some of these readings date back several years, but still provide excellent information for our use in 2011.
Required Materials
Abrams, M. N. (2004, July/Aug). Employee retention strategies: Lessons from the best. Healthcare Executive, 19(4), 18-22.
Brannick, J. (2001, July/Aug). Seven strategies for retaining top talent. Journal of Business Strategy, 22(4), 28-32.
Capperella, J. (2010, April 5). Creative Ways to Fight Talent Wars. Computerworld, 44(7), 35.
Clark, T. (2008, April). Engaging the disengaged. HR Magazine, 53(4), 109-112.
Optional Materials
Brand-building basics. (2008, July). HR Focus, 85(7), S2.
Employment Brands: It's Time to Take a New Look. (2009, December). HR Focus, 86(12), 3-4.
How to learn more from exit interviews. (2008, July). HR Focus, 85(7), 3-6.
HRM Guide Network. (n.d.). Recruitment and selection. Retrieved August 19, 2011 , from