Change management in HR profession.

Assignment: Change management has gained critical importance in HR profession. John Austin states that according to SHRM survey (2007), most common changes in the workplace involve human resource information systems and IT systems. Technology has become a necessary component of HR paradigm. HR processes are being transformed from traditional/manual to online and the HR professionals are taking advantage of the technology tools e.g. e-HRM, HRIS, ERPs etc. HR professionals are required to stay one step ahead from others by driving their organizations towards maximizing their revenues. Each student is required to choose an industry and answer the following questions. Q-1: Identify the way technological changes occurring in your selected industry are affecting organizations’ HR practices. Q-2: Explore HR applications (HR Apps) used by Canadian companies in your selected industry and analyze their advantages for the workforce/employees. Q-3: Identify the recruitment and retention challenges in Canadian companies and analyze that how these challenges can be addressed by the HR professionals using IT and other specialty software/applications? Instructions: • The report will be 500-800 words in length about 3-4 pages in length (not including the executive summary and references). Students are required to follow APA formatting and citations style with doubled spaced 12-point font with standard margins in MSWORD (one inch). Note: For further details please see the assignment rubric Objectives: This assignment is intended to assess students’ ability to understand the pros and cons of early retirement along with its impact on succession management practices in today’s world. Criteria: Unacceptable/Fail <50% (<3) Minimal 50% < 65% (3-5) Good 75% < 85% (6-8) Excellent 85% -100% (9-10) TOTAL POINTS: 30 POINTS AWARDED Instructor Identify the way technological changes occurring in your selected industry are affecting organizations’ HR practices 1. Current state of technological changes occurring in your selected industry with regard / 10 to their possible impact on organizations’ HR practices. 0-5 A simple illustration of the various technological changes occurring in in general and in the selected industry following the assignment’s instructions was provided. 6-8 Explanation of the ways technological changes affecting organizations’ HR practices in the selected industry was provided along with citations/references in the required format. 9-10 All of the above plus students’ own analysis. 2. Explore HR applications (HR Apps) used by Canadian companies in your selected / 10 industry and analyze their advantages for the workforce/employees. 0-5 A simple illustration of HR applications (HR Apps) used by Canadian companies in the selected industry was provided in the required format. 6-8 Explanation/Analysis with regard to the potential or actual advantages and disadvantages of the selected/common/best HR applications for the workforce/employees in the selected industry was provided along with citations/references in the required format. 9-10 All of the above plus students’ own analysis. 3. Identify the recruitment and retention challenges in Canadian companies and analyze / 10 that how these challenges can be addressed by the HR professionals using IT and other specialty software/applications? 0-5 A simple illustration of recruitment and retention challenges in Canadian companies was provided in the required format. 6-8 Explanation/Analysis of IT and other specialty software/applications contributing towards dealing with the recruitment and retention challenges in the selected industry was provided along with citations/references in the required format. 9-10 All of the above plus students’ own analysis.