Assessment 2
Human Resource Management and Talent Development

Instructions: Prepare an executive summary that analyzes strategies and techniques that will help guide an organization to develop best practices in recruitment, retention, and talent development.

Introduction

This assessment requires you to explore and analyze best practices in recruitment, retention, and talent development and develop an executive summary for Villa Health's senior leadership that conveys the results of your analysis.

Overview

Complete the Performance Appraisal Types and Evaluation formative before completing this assessment.

Vila Health is working to engage all medical staff to move into a healthcare outcomes framework that seeks to support long-term wellness for all clients. This goal requires a restructuring of current recruitment, retention, and talent development systems.

Vila Health's leadership has decided to get assistance from you, working as an external contractor, to help guide the organization to develop best practices in recruitment, retention, and talent development. Analyze strategies and techniques and prepare an executive summary for Villa Health's senior leadership that conveys the results of your analysis for best practices for talent development. You may use the Executive Summary Topics [DOCX]document as a guide.

Instructions

Based on your analysis with Vila Health, write your executive summary in which you:

• Analyze evidence-based best practices for human resource management used in creating an employee-centered organization as those best practices relate to the organization's vision, mission, culture, and strategy.
• Analyze best practices and expectations for accountability in human resource management and talent development in healthcare organizations.
• Propose leadership strategies to achieve organizational human resources goals and challenge the status quo.
• Propose interventions to promote collaboration and goal attainment.
• Describe how performance appraisals can be used to impact effective talent development and employee retention.

Additional Requirements

The deliverable for this assessment applies professional skills in HRM to workplace situations that you will likely encounter in your day-to-day work. As part of your learning, focus on the development of effective professional communication skills for the workplace. Your assessment should meet the following additional requirements:

• Length: Your executive summary should be 2–3 pages plus a reference page.
• Organization: Make sure that your writing is well organized, using headings and subheadings to organize content for the reader.
• Font and font size: Use Times New Roman, 12 point.
• Resources: Include provided scenario information and references that support your analysis.
  • References are to provide insight into the relationships between the scenario's common competencies and objectives.
• Evidence: Support your assertions with data and in-text citations. See Health Administration Master's Program (MHA) Library Guide for initial searching ideas.
• APA formatting: Format resources and in-text citations according to current Evidence and APA citation standards.
• Written communication:
  • Convey purpose in an appropriate tone and style, incorporating supporting evidence and adhering to organizational, professional, and scholarly writing standards.
  • Use spell-check and other tools to ensure correct spelling and grammar.

Competencies Measured

By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and scoring guide criteria:

• Competency 1: Analyze organizational vision, mission, culture, and strategy relative to the external environment.
  • Analyze evidence-based best practices for human resource management used in creating an employee-centered organization as those best practices relate to the organization's vision, mission, culture, and strategy.
  • Analyze best practices and expectations for accountability in human resource management and talent development in healthcare organizations.
  • Propose leadership strategies to achieve organizational human resources goals and challenge the status quo.
  • Describe how performance appraisals can be used to impact effective talent development and employee retention.
• Competency 3: Analyze characteristics of effective team dynamics and leadership.
  • Propose interventions to promote collaboration and goal attainment.
• Competency 5: Communicate effectively using professional standards embracing diversity, equity, and inclusion.
  • Demonstrate effective communication through writing and proper use of APA style with no significant errors, and support analysis and recommendations with appropriate current literature.

Use the resources linked below to help complete this assessment.

Resources

Leadership Responsibility

• Ledlow, G. R., Bosworth, M., & Maryon, T. (2024). Leadership for health professionals: Theories, skills, and applications (4th ed.). Jones & Bartlett.
  • Read Chapter 15, "Leading Nonperforming Employees: Leadership Responsibility," pages 387–408.
  • Read Chapter 17, "Responsibilities of Mentorship and Succession Planning," pages 459–478.

Managing Performance

The resources in this reading list cover employee performance and strategies on how to support your workforce.

• Assessment 2: Managing Performance.

Employee Development

The resources in this reading list cover employee performance and strategies on how to support your workforce.

• Assessment 2: Employee Development.
• Click Talent Flow to view the multimedia piece. Here you examine the flow of employees through an organization in today's fluid environments.

Employment Law

This resource provides articles and insights into current events and legal issues affecting the workplace.

• Assessment 2: Employment Law.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

The resources in this list lay out best practices for improving DEI recruitment and building frameworks for inclusion in health services research.

• Assessment 2: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.

Star Format Competency Rating

Once you have completed the Healthcare Leadership Competencies activity, click the link to open the Star Format Competency Rating Table [DOCX]. Follow the directions and fill out the table to see where your competencies align, where your strengths are, and where you may need to focus.