Assignment 5: Creating Your Dream Job

Assignment 5: Creating Your Dream Job

Due Week 10 and worth 300 points

In this assignment, you get the chance to create your dream job and to build its compensation plan and appraisal performance.

Write a eight (8) page paper in which you:

1. Create a job description and specifications for your dream job.

2. Design a compensation and benefits package related to your dream job.

3. Rationalize your compensation and benefits package. Be sure to indicate the research and considerations that went into the design of the compensation and benefits package.

4. Imagine this is the only position of its kind in the organization. From this perspective, design a performance appraisal program to assess your job performance.

5. Rationalize your performance appraisal program. Be sure to indicate the research and considerations that went into the design of the performance appraisal program.

6. Use at least three (3) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar websites do not qualify as quality resources.

7. Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:

a. Typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.

b. Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, your name, your professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.

c. 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:

· Discuss job analysis, job descriptions, and specifications.

· Analyze various techniques, considerations, and designs of employee compensation programs.

· Analyze various techniques, considerations, and designs of performance appraisal programs.

· Use technology and information resources to research issues in human resource management.

· Write clearly and concisely about human resource management using proper writing mechanics.

Click here to view the grading rubric for this assignment.

Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic / organization of the paper, and language and writing skills, using the following rubric.

Points: 300	Assignment 5: Creating Your Dream Job
Criteria	UnacceptableBelow 60% F	Meets Minimum Expectations60-69% D	Fair70-79% C	Proficient80-89% B	Exemplary90-100% A
1. Create a job description and specifications for your dream job.Weight: 10%	Did not submit or incompletely created a job description and specifications for your dream job.	Insufficiently created a job description and specifications for your dream job.	Partially created a job description and specifications for your dream job.	Satisfactorily created a job description and specifications for your dream job.	Thoroughly created a job description and specifications for your dream job.
2. Design a compensation and benefits package related to your dream job. Weight: 15%	Did not submit or incompletely designed a compensation and benefits package related to your dream job.	Insufficiently designed a compensation and benefits package related to your dream job.	Partially designed a compensation and benefits package related to your dream job.	Satisfactorily designed a compensation and benefits package related to your dream job.	Thoroughly designed a compensation and benefits package related to your dream job.
3. Rationalize your compensation and benefits package. Be sure to indicate the research and considerations that went into the design of the compensation and benefits package.Weight: 20%	Did not submit or incompletely rationalized your compensation and benefits package; did not submit or incompletely indicated the research and considerations that went into the design of the compensation and benefits package.	Insufficiently rationalized your compensation and benefits package; insufficiently indicated the research and considerations that went into the design of the compensation and benefits package.	Partially rationalized your compensation and benefits package; partially indicated the research and considerations that went into the design of the compensation and benefits package.	Satisfactorily rationalized your compensation and benefits package; satisfactorily indicated the research and considerations that went into the design of the compensation and benefits package.	Thoroughly rationalized your compensation and benefits package; thoroughly indicated the research and considerations that went into the design of the compensation and benefits package.
4. Imagine this is the only position of its kind in the organization. From this perspective, design a performance appraisal program to assess your job performance.Weight: 20%	Did not submit or incompletely imagined this is the only position of its kind in the organization; did not submit or incompletely designed a performance appraisal program to assess your job performance.	Insufficiently imagined this is the only position of its kind in the organization; insufficiently designed a performance appraisal program to assess your job performance.	Partially imagined this is the only position of its kind in the organization; partially designed a performance appraisal program to assess your job performance.	Satisfactorily imagined this is the only position of its kind in the organization; satisfactorily designed a performance appraisal program to assess your job performance.	Thoroughly imagined this is the only position of its kind in the organization; thoroughly designed a performance appraisal program to assess your job performance.
5. Rationalize your performance appraisal program. Be sure to indicate the research and considerations that went into the design of the performance appraisal program.Weight: 20%	Did not submit or incompletely rationalized your performance appraisal program; did not submit or incompletely indicated the research and considerations that went into the design of the performance appraisal program.	Insufficiently rationalized your performance appraisal program; insufficiently indicated the research and considerations that went into the design of the performance appraisal program.	Partially rationalized your performance appraisal program; partially indicated the research and considerations that went into the design of the performance appraisal program.	Satisfactorily rationalized your performance appraisal program; satisfactorily indicated the research and considerations that went into the design of the performance appraisal program.	Thoroughly rationalized your performance appraisal program; thoroughly indicated the research and considerations that went into the design of the performance appraisal program.
6. 3 referencesWeight: 5%	No references provided	Does not meet the required number of references; all references poor quality choices.	Does not meet the required number of references; some references poor quality choices.	Meets number of required references; some references high quality choices.	Meets number of required references; all references high quality choices.
7. Clarity, writing mechanics, and formatting requirementsWeight: 10%	More than 8 errors present	7-8 errors present	5-6 errors present	3-4 errors present	0-2 errors present