Assignment #5 - Plan an implementation strategy for the adoption of a total rewards framework (35%)

This assignment relates to the following Course Learning Requirements:

CLR's - ALL

Objective of this Assignment: To demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the process of putting a compensation model into action by applying the process of implementing a strategic rewards framework.

For this assignment, read the following scenario:

For more than 15 years you have been a human resources manager at a regional health centre that employs a combination of unionized and non-unionized workers. Your company is home to more than 300 employees, ranging from doctors and to nurses, to caretakers, clerks and administrators.

The hospital has been affected deeply by government cutbacks in funding and rising costs of carrying out core business, leading to a reduction in employee morale and a rise in burnout-related stress leave and employee attrition. The result is a skills shortage and an inability to recruit employees when compared to competitor firms. You have already rationalized your approach to demonstrating the need for a new total rewards system, and built on that work. You have also prepared a communication to the stakeholder group outlining your intentions. Your team has adopted a new job evaluation process aligned to your new rewards system and has shared the individual assessment framework with the employee team.

Your final step in this intricate process is the implementation of your plan. You will outline the steps that you will take to put all of the tools and plans into practice, including fully integrating key projects from past assignments in the course. You will also highlight a number of elements of your plan including the metrics that you will use to evaluate your system, the frequency of evaluation and how success will be measured.

Note that a total rewards system is not a piece of software. You are not implementing new technology. Please refer to the definition from our course material. Make sure to fully apply the course concepts to the case. Personalize your plan. Make sure to add case details and take into account the case context when formulating your plan.

For Preparation:

1. Create a 250 word executive summary of the goals of your new total rewards system, explaining what it is to achieve.
2. Create an additional 1000-1500 word written rationale that outlines the critical path of how you will roll-out your plan. Include benchmarks, timelines, action items and who will be responsible for each step.
3. Create a set of 8-10 metrics that your team will use to ensure that the chosen system is achieving the goals that you set out to realize. Explain how each metric links directly to a goal of your plan.
4. The assignment detailsshould be captured in 8-10pages in a format as described, with information that presents the key considerations of implementing your planned total rewards system.

Guidelines:

1. Your assignment is to be submitted in MS WORD format. It should be submitted with the following guidelines:
2. Include a cover page with the course code and course name, the assignment number, the title of your assignment, your student ID, your name, the instructor's name, and the date the assignment is created.
3. Ensure the first page of your assignment has the title at the top of the page and the sections of your report have headings and subheadings to chunk your paper into sections for each of the topics you are writing about.
4. Font should be either Calibri or Arial, 11pt. Text must be double spaced but table may be single spaced.
5. Use existing literature and conduct online research to help support your recommendations and apply to your case.
6. Create a separate reference page that lists all of your sources that you have cited in text. Sources include software used. Also, personal communications from a professional in the field count as a reference source. For citation and referencing examples, seehttps://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/

Assignment Grading Rubric (35%)

Criteria	Excellent 80-100%	Good 50-79%	Requires Improvement <50%	Points
Assignment Quality	The assignment content demonstrates an exceptional understanding of the concepts and themes regarding the implementation of a total rewards system. At least 5 key course topics are woven into the submission as examples, references or supporting information	The assignment content demonstrates a good understanding of theconcepts and themes regardingthe implementation of a total rewards system. At least 3 key course topics are woven into the submission as examples, references or supporting information	The assignment content demonstrates some understanding of theconcepts and themes regardingthe implementation of a total rewards system. The submission includes 1 or less of the required components:	/15
Comments
Assignment Knowledge and Skills Demonstration	Clear, concise application of course content to demonstrate understanding of topic(s) All ideas are clearly developed, organized logically, and connected with effective transitions Explores ideas, supports points fully using a balance of evidence, Uses effective reasoning to make useful distinctions Links are made to course content to demonstrate understanding	Evidence of some applied understanding of course content to demonstrate understanding of topic(s) Some unified and coherent ideas are developed with effective transitions Supports most ideas with effective examples, and/or references, and details, makes key distinctions Some links to course content are made, demonstrating limited moderate understanding	Lack of evidence or weakness in the application of course content to demonstrate understanding of topic(s) Develops and organizes ideas that are not necessarily connected. Some ideas seem illogical and/or unrelated Presents ideas in general terms, Most ideas are inconsistent or unsupported, and reasoning is flawed or unclear Few or no relevant course and topic links are made	/15
Comments
Assignment Structure	Formatted as per assignment details Structure and format enhances delivery of the information Clear language is used which leads to easy readability Correct grammar and spelling is consistently used No issues with APA using citations or references.	Formatted as per assignment details in most components Structure and format fits well with the delivery of the information Mostly clear language is used with minor readability issues Few or no spelling and/or grammatical errors Minor issues with APA citations or references	Formatting has not been followed Structure and format is unclear and impedes delivery of the information Language used is often unclear which impedes readability Many spelling and grammatical errors Incorrect use of APA formatting for citations and references[1]	/5
Comments
Total Points				/35

[1] If there is evidence of missing citations or references, this could constitute plagiarism and will receive a grade of '0'. The regulations of academic dishonesty will apply.