A growing small business, writing homework help

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Select an existing small company in an industry you are familiar with to be
the basis of the small business in this case. Review the company’s structure,
culture, business strategy, mission, and vision.

Write a five to six (5-6) page paper in which you:

  1. Provide a brief summary, in your own words, of your selected company’s
    overall business strategy. Next, determine the direction you visualize the
    company growing within the next five (5) to ten (10) years.
    Hint: Review the common business strategies of Cost
    Leadership, Differentiation     and Focus or Niche on p. 50
    of your text.
  2. Design a human resource management strategy to support your selected
    company’s business strategy. Explain the competitive advantage of your HRM
    strategy. Hint: Review the following common human resource
    management strategies of Loyal Soldier, Bargain Laborer, Committed
    Expert     and Free Agent from previous courses.
  3. Develop an HR Scorecard table for your selected
    company. Include the four (4) dimensions (i.e., financial, customer service,
    internal process, and learning / growth / sustainability). Next, assess the
    value of your proposal to the small business in each of these dimensions.
    Hint: Review the video titled “Building the
    Human Resources Performance Measurement Scorecard    ” (4 min 1 s) located at
    for additional guidance in creating an HR Scorecard.
  4. Use at least three (3) quality academic resources in this assignment from
    within the past five (5) years. Note: Wikipedia does not
    qualify as an academic resource.
  5. Format your assignment according to these formatting requirements:
  • Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch
    margins on all sides; references must follow APA or school-specific format.
    Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
  • Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s
    name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is
    not included in the required page length.
  • Include a reference page. Citations and references must follow APA format.
    The reference page is not included in the required page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment
are:

  • Assess the strategic role of human resource management and the components
    that provide a competitive advantage to the organization.
  • Determine the human resource management function of human resource planning
    and its importance to business strategy.
  • Develop work designs that support the human resources strategy.
  • Use technology and information resources to research issues in human
    resource management.
  • Write clearly and concisely about human resource management using proper
    writing mechanics