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I need 15  page paper APA format, excluding cover page, reference list, and appendices. at least ten references must be included.

The paper is a synthesis of learning from the analytic frameworks in our readings on strategic human resource management. The purpose of this assignment is to bring together, in one document, your insights and expertise in making SHRM a reality in your selected organization(APPLE, INC). You become the expert who will envision, formulate, design and measure, and plan for implementation of this project. You will develop a step-by-step plan to steer change from the support role of HR departments to an integrated strategic role to enhance the effectiveness of the organization.

Using the tools, models, and conceptual frames that you have learned during this course, develop a detailed plan, using an SHRM audit for determining where your HR department is now. Then, develop (and defend) a vision for how the department will become a strategic one, central rather than marginal to the strategic process in the organization. The details will be tied to the specific organization you select.

In order to accomplish this assignment, you will need to address the following:

1. Overview. Briefly describe the organization, the department, the situation or context that is the subject of the proposed plan, and the specific areas of performance the change to SHRM is intended to enhance. The paper you write in Week One is a good example of what is being asked for in this opening section.

2. SHRM audit. Include an SHRM Audit and Analysis to determine the current status of the HR department and its role in the organization.

3. Vision. Use the insights from selected case studies and articles from the recommended readings to develop a vision of how this department should "be" and perform.

4. Models. Bring in models from the research literature in order to address facets of collaboration, communication, diversity, and trust. I recommend that you narrow the SHRM audit (and therefore the Plan) to just a few areas (four or five) in order to keep the project manageable. You might focus on diversity, training and development, legal compliance, and employee relations, for example. Imagine that you are the change agent, and you are empowered to plan positively for enhanced HR performance and enhanced employee trust and aspiration. Perhaps your work will be the basis for change within your organization. Or perhaps you see this as a career direction.

5. Barriers. There are barriers to achieving SHRM at an organization. How will you meet one or two selected barriers? Make your plan "realistic" by describing how these barriers can be overcome or avoided.

6. Strategy. In any plan, the strategic view is important to success in "selling" the plan to the powers-that-be. What is your strategic vision? What is the purpose of the plan? How do you propose to tactically carry it out? These questions can help to focus your thinking.

7. Justification. Be sure to justify your proposals, and support them persuasively. A plan is NOT a series of bullets. A plan is a dynamic document that specifies important and desired changes.