Strategic Analysis

Final Project Milestone 6

Running Head: FINAL PROJECT MILESTONE

Final Project Milestone

Your Name

Southern New Hampshire University

Executive Summary

Strategic Analysis

(Should include executive summary and strategic analysis. In other words why did you arrive at the plan you chose and how will this drive the business strategically)

External Environment

Industry profile.

Competition.

Foreign demand.

Long-Term Industry Prospects.

Labor-market assessment.

Internal Capabilities

Functional capabilities.

Human resources capabilities.

Job Descriptions

Job Structures

Point Evaluation Method

Benchmark Jobs

Compensable Facotrs

Factor Degree Statements

Determining Proper Weights for compensable factors

Determining Appropriate Pay-Policy Mix

Pay Policy Level Decisions

Compensation Survey

Competitors

Benchmark Jobs

Reconciling Differences

External Competitiveness

Compensation Survey

Implementation

Interpretation of Results

Summary of Decision of Job Structure Placement

Appropriate Contributions Policy

Historical Perspective

Summary

References

Please remember you need at least five references per milestone or a min. of 15 for the final project

Appendix 1

Appendix 2

What is contained in the Appendix…

Job Descriptions
Job Structures
Job evaluation worksheet

Other pointers:
Remember to avoid first person in APA
Remember to avoid personification (companies are not living things so they cannot perform living actions)
Remember to avoid starting sentences with pronouns
Remember that college-level writing is formal and informal grammar should be avoided
Remember this is a milestone paper and the guide I have provided here is what your final paper will look like. You need to review the rubrics for each milestone to determine what must be contained in each. You will have three different milestones, each building on the one prior. Then you will take all three and combine to turn in for your final project grade. You will need to make the suggested changes in each milestone. If you do not make the change the secondary deduction will be higher than the first since you were provided feedback.
Each milestone is 5-7 pages, including the body of the paper only. Your title page, reference page and appendix do not count towards the 5-7 page requirement. That means the final project you turn in will be between 15-21 pages in the body of the paper, plus your title page, reference page and appendix.
Each headings needs to be supported with evidence and contain in-text citations

Grading

Exemplary: I would assign this mark if you meet the page length requirement, cover all of the required topics under the heading, and use proper APA formatting, grammar and citation. You must use a citation in every heading and section in order to receive this marking.

Proficient: I would assign this mark if you were missing one of the elements listed under the exemplary, but met all the other requirements.

Needs Improvement: I would assign this mark if you were missing two or more of the elements listed under the exemplary, but met all the other requirements.

Not Evident: I would assign this mark if you do not cover the required section.

Finding the Project Information

From the course homepage find the “MyManagementLab” tab on the left-hand side of the course.
Sign on to the “Pearson” page. I do not have your password info, so if you do not have your info you will need to contact the help desk.
Click on your course. ID: martin21384
There are also directions in the announcements on how to access this information
Once you are in the course, click on “Building Strategic Compensation Project”
You will see both a TXT file and an Excel Spreadsheet. You will need the Spreadsheet later in the project. All of the project info and directions are in the TXT file. Also please remember to review the four rubrics for the project.

Websites that may be helpful

http://www.occupationalinfo.org/
This one is for point evaluation method: http://www.hr-guide.com/data/G414.htm
This one is for factor statements: http://www.weaonline.org/wea_membership/wea_membership_factor.pdf
NAICS code: http://siccode.com/en/codes/naics/512230/music-publishers (I would use the same code as companies like iTunes)
http://www.hr.ucsb.edu/different-job-families-and-functions-there-are-categories-jobs-and-career-levels-new-job-structure
https://www.shrm.org/ResourcesAndTools/tools-and-samples/toolkits/Documents/designing%20a%20pay%20structure_im_9.08.pdf
https://hr.lehigh.edu/benchmark-vs-non-benchmark-jobs

Here is a site you may need for help with APA.

http://libguides.snhu.edu/c.php?g=92369&p=596377