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HR GAP ANALYSIS

Here is what is required for the HR Gap Analysis, specifically to be used as a graphic in your Week 2 Paper and your Annual HR Operating Plan (AHROP).

The HR Gap analysis needs to include 3 columns only, exactly as written below:

Directions to complete HR Gap Analysis:

1. Key Organization Strategies(2 - 5) - (big) organization-wide strategies for the companythat are part of the organizational strategic plan (you can make assumptions about this based on your knowledge of the company you chose).

2. KeyHR Strategies (2 - 5) - These are the strategies that HR currently has in placeto support the organization's strategic plan.

3. Gaps Between HR & Organizational Strategies - Identify gaps that currently exist in HR and that need to be addressed by the Human Resources Departmentin the year ahead to help the company achieve their organizational strategies and general business objectives.

4. The gaps, when coupled with the HR SWOT analysis, will serve as the basis for the HR strategies that need to be developed in your Annual HR Operating Plan (AHROP).

5. Notes:

- Write these strategiesas strategies, i.e., as one sentence showing movement one way or another (e.g., improve or decrease, grow or decrease, etc.) and that are specific and measurable (see the Haines text for help writing them, because they must contain verb, be in the form of a forward moving statement, and be measureable). You may need to assume what these are from information you have read about your company. Very few organizations publish any planning documents, so make assumptions - but they must be informed and intelligent.
- Include this table or matrix as either a figure in the body of the paper or as an Appendix, making proper reference to it in your plan. For the AHROP, it must be in the Appendix, as directed.

Application: Identifying Gaps

To complete this Assignment, write a 3- to 4-page paper addressing the following:

- First, using the required template, conduct a SWOT analysis for your organization's HR, the organization is Wal-Mart identifying their internal strengths and weaknesses, along with the external opportunities and threats (Note: Assumptions may need to be made based on company background available).

- Next, identify your organization's top 3-5 business strategies (assumptions and critical thinking will need to be used).

- Conduct an HR Gap Analysis and identify what HR strategies are in place to support the key 3-5 strategies of your chosen organization. In contrasting current HR strategies against the key strategies of that organization, gaps will likely be identified.

- Since strategies are rarely made public, since competitors would find that very helpful to them, you will need to make assumptions about what they are, and you can do this based on the company's website and their 10-k Form

Note: To find a particular company's Form 10-K filings, use the Company Search for the SEC's EDGAR database. On the returned listing of filings for the company, enter "10-K" in the Filing Type box near the top of the page to filter for only Forms 10-K that have been filed.

- These gaps in HR strategies are needed to support the company's planned direction as depicted in their key strategies, and will, together with the findings of the SWOT analysis, become the new HR strategies in the next HR Operating Plan.
- Discuss the HR SWOT and Gap analyses and present each as a Matrix in the Appendix:

o Appendix A: 1-page Gap Analysis Matrix as a Table with 3 columns (Organizational Strategies written as strategies, HR Strategies also written as strategies, and HR Gaps). within that discussion which you refer to. *A strategy is written as a single sentence with an action verb showing movement (e.g., to improve, to increase, to implement, etc.). Discussion occurs only in the paper, not in the Matrix.

o Appendix B: 1-page 4-Quadrant HR SWOT Analysis using the provided Template addressing Internal HR strengths and weaknesses, and external opportunities and threats. * Discussion occurs only in the paper, not in the Matrix. This Gap Analysis Matrix will become an Appendix (Appendix A) in your final Human Resources Operating Plan.

Attachment:- Week SWOT Matrix Worksheet.zip