For this assessment, used the scenario below.

 You are the new HR manager for Java Corp, a domestic cold coffee and tea company. Java Corp has had trouble retaining valuable employees, and the termination of a number of employees for performance and conduct has resulted in lawsuits. Prepare a memo to organizational management, analyzing best practices in approaches and procedures addressing each of these issues.  

Prepare a memo to organizational management. In your memo:

• Apply best practices in employee engagement to the selected organization.
  • Include two best practices by HR professionals that would benefit the organization.
• Apply retention strategies to the selected organization.
  • Include two strategies by HR professionals that would benefit the organization.
• Explain the significance of voluntary and involuntary turnover for the selected organization.
  • Describe how turnover can have a financial impact on an organization.
  • Describe how turnover can impact existing employees.
• Analyze how progressive discipline can be beneficial to the organization as well as the employees.
  • Include two benefits of this process. For example, explain how the progressive discipline process could reduce turnover or how it is important for documentation purposes.
• Analyze practical considerations in terminations.
  • Describe legal and ethical factors that should be considered when a termination decision is made.
  • Include recommendations of how an organization can protect themselves from specific types of litigation.

Additional Requirements

Your assessment should also meet the following requirements:

• Length: Three typed, double-spaced pages.
• Written communication: Communicate in a manner that is scholarly and professional. Your writing should be:
  • Concise and logically organized.
  • Free of errors in grammar and mechanics.
• Validation and support: Use a minimum of two relevant and credible scholarly or professional resources such as the Wall Street Journal to support your work.