JWI 522: Strategic Partnering with the C-Suite
Assignment 1
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Assignment 1: HR Scorecard
The View from the Top
Due: Sunday, Midnight of Week 2 (Weight: 10%)
Overview
You cannot expect to earn a seat at the table if you do not understand what matters to the other leaders
who are already at the table. Elevating HR to a strategic partnership with the C-Suite requires a deep
knowledge of the business. This includes the competitive landscape, how the business makes money,
and the threats and opportunities the business faces. It also requires that the very essence of the
company – its mission and values – forms the foundation for every hiring, firing, compensation and talent
development initiative that HR and the business leaders undertake.
In this assignment, you are given the opportunity to develop a brief “snapshot” document to be used as a
visual support for an initial meeting a between a newly hired, or recently promoted, CHRO and the CEO
and CFO. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss how well current talent-development efforts and the
HR function as a whole support the Mission, Values and Strategy of the organization. In other words, are
the things that HR is spending its time on the same things the C-Suite actually cares about?
Instructions
For this assignment, you will use your own organization and place yourself in the role of the senior-most
HR leader. Because this is a meeting with C-Suite executives, you know that presenting a lengthy
document is not the right way to support the discussion or to demonstrate your executive presence.
You decide to create an executive brief that does two things: (1) demonstrates your knowledge of the
business and (2) presents a snapshot of how the HR role is currently functioning. Follow the steps below
to complete this assignment.
1. Use the Assignment 1 template provided in the course as a guide. You may modify the template
document to create a more visually interesting layout if it supports your synopsis, as long as your
submission addresses all required components.
• Page 1 is a snapshot of the business and includes brief summaries of your assessment
of the top priorities in elevating the HR function in ways that will improve the profitability
of the company.
• Page 2 is a scorecard using the 7 Principles from The Talent Masters as a way to
summarize your observations of the corporate culture and practices in your organization
that impact HR and talent development.
2. Type your notes – in brief – into each of the cells in the template. You may expand as needed but
your entire submission must be no more than 3 pages in length.
JWI 522: Strategic Partnering with the C-Suite
Assignment 1
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Formatting Requirements
• The template provided is used as a guide to create the executive brief
• All required components are included for both the snapshot and the scorecard
• The scorecard is based upon the 7 Principles from The Talent Masters
• The submitted document must not exceed 3 pages in length
• The notes in the document are well written, without errors in spelling and grammar
JWI 522: Strategic Partnering with the C-Suite
Assignment 1
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RUBRIC: Assignment 1
CRITERIA
Honors
High Pass
Pass
Low Pass
Unsatisfactory
1. HR Snapshot
Weight: 45%
Template
demonstrated
excellent
understanding of
topics and provided
deep insights into
HR issues and
opportunities.
Very good
summaries of each
topic demonstrating
research and
understanding of HR
issues and
opportunities.
Met basic
requirements but
lacked detailed
content
demonstrating
understanding of key
issues.
All sections were
completed but
content
demonstrated only
superficial
understanding of
issues and research
into competitive
environment.
Template was
missing or had
multiple sections left
blank and/or content
was off topic.
2. Scorecard
Weight: 35%
Scorecard was
exceptionally well
thought out and
provided an
excellent synopsis of
the situation relating
current practices to
Talent Masters
principles.
Scorecard content
was very well
organized and
provided very good
synopses of the
situation relating
current practices to
Talent Masters
principles.
Al Scorecard fields
were completed with
good synopses and
rankings were
complete. Content
showed basic
understanding of
issues and
principles.
Scorecard presented
basic assessment of
Talent Masters
principles but was
confusing and/or
rankings were
missing.
Scorecard was
incomplete or
contained irrelevant
content that
demonstrated lack of
understanding of the
Talent Masters
principles.
3. Writing and
Mechanics
Weight: 20%
Document was error-
free and well written
with outstanding
summaries of
content.
Document was error-
free and well written
with very good
summaries of
content.
Document was free
from major errors in
spelling and
grammar mistakes
and made good use
of summary to
highlight main
points.
Document had minor
spelling and
mechanical errors.
Structure and
summary were
adequate but lacked
refinement.
Document contained
numerous spelling
and mechanical
errors. Summaries
were unclear or
poorly structured.
