Assignments

Introduction

There is no examination for this course. However, each student should complete the following assignments either individually or within a group. Course grade will be given based on the accomplishment of each of the assignments. Specifically, there are four minor assignments and two major assignments. The names and the percentages of all the assignments are listed below:
 * Major assignment 60%
 * Mid-term project report 25%: Process analysis report (Writing 20% + Class presentation 5%)
 * Final project report 35%: Job analysis report (Writing 30% + Class presentation 5%)
 * Minor assignment 35%
 * HPT models presentation (10%)
 * HPT case analysis report (10%)
 * Job announcement report (10%)
 * Course reflection paper (5%)

Minor Assignments

__Description__
For this assignment, two groups of students will work on HPT diagnosis models and process models respectively. The instructor will provide 5-8 models in each category: diagnosis and process. And each group will analyze selected models and prepare a PPT presentation to be shown in the class. The purpose of the presentation will be teaching the class their selected models.

__Requirements__
Each PPT presentation should cover the following content but each team can add whatever they consider as important in the presentation:
 * Explain what the specific model is
 * Describe each model's strengths and weaknesses
 * Envision a situation where a specific model can be modified and applied
 * There should be a Q & A session in the presentation
 * Presentation should be between 20-30 minutes

__Due Date__
3-14-2012

__Description__
For this assignment, each student should select 3-5 cases from a pool of cases that describe real HPT practice in real organizations. The instructor will provide the cases for selection. This assignment will be completed by students **individually**. As as result, each student will submit a report summarizing the selected cases based on several categories. The purpose of this assignment is to give students an opportunity to have an understanding with regard to how performance initiatives have been undertaken in real organizations and what performance situations can be addressed by applying performance improvement thinking and techniques.

这项作业为个人作业. 最后提交的作业形式为Word文档. 作业内容应涵盖但不局限于以下内容：
作业内容分为两大部分：1、 案例实施的实际情况； 2、案例启示 两部分的具体内容如下：

**__案例实施的实际情况：__**
1、绩效改进项目的背景 2、绩效改进项目的开展：
 * 是要解决什么问题？绩效问题、新的挑战、组织自身的提高？
 * 所处什么行业？
 * 组织规模有多大？
 * 哪些人参与了绩效改进项目？是单个咨询顾问？多个？咨询团队？
 * 绩效模型：是否遵循了绩效模型？
 * ADDIE：涉及了ADDIE的哪些阶段？各阶段之间是否有关联？如何关联的？
 * 分析：
 * 绩效分析过程是怎样的？
 * 采用了哪些数据收集方法？从哪里／哪些人收集了数据？
 * 采用哪些数据分析方法？
 * 分析后得出的绩效问题产生的原因或绩效提高的关键环节是什么？
 * 设计与发展：
 * 针对绩效分析结果，采用了哪些绩效改进的干预措施？
 * 干预措施是如何设计制定的？
 * 有没有存在明显的绩效干预措施的设计与发展阶段？
 * 实施
 * 绩效干预措施是如何得到实施的？
 * 谁参与了实施的过程？
 * 在实施中是否遇到什么困难？如果有，是如何解决的？
 * 评价：
 * 采用了哪些方法来评价绩效干预措施实施后的效果？
 * 评价标准是什么？标准是如何得来的？
 * 最后评价的结果是什么？

**__案例启示：__**
1、单个案例： 2、联系3－5个案例：
 * 案例中有哪些内容是可以复制的？
 * 案例之间有什么相似性？
 * 案例之间有什么不同点？
 * 哪些内容是重复出现在了3－5个案例之间？是否能总结出一定的规律？

The report should be written in single space and between 3-5 pages. After each case summary, there should be a section comparing and contrasting these 3－5 cases to look for commonalities and differences among cases.

__Due Date__
4-20-2012

__评分标准：__
1、内容的完整： 25分 标准：是否完整地展现了案例的实际操作内容 2、总结的深度： 30分 标准： 3、书写的准确及整洁： 25分 标准：
 * 纵向：是否结合已学内容挖掘出了每个案例操作的可取点 （15分）
 * 横向：是否结合已学内容总结出了案例之间的可重复内容及规律性的内容 （15分）
 * 句子通顺（5分）
 * 文章结构严谨（5分）
 * 无明显的语法错误（5分）
 * 图、表的合理使用 （5分）
 * 页面设计体现专业性（5分）

__Description__
For this assignment, each student should select a job title of his or her preference and search online or offline for 10-12 recruiting announcements for that job. With these announcements, each student needs to write a report summarizing what is required by this job title regarding basic demographics information, education, experience, knowledge, and so on. Within the report, each student needs also to identify potentials voids that are not mentioned in this selection of job announcements.

__Requirements__
This assignment is an INDIVIDUAL work. No group work is allowed.

Each summary report should contain the following information:
 * Industry
 * Job title
 * Educational requirement for this job
 * Experience requirement for this job
 * Knowledge requirement for this job
 * What should be included but is not included in the job announcement
 * Other content of the student's choice

The write-up should be written in single space and between 3-5 pages.

__Due Date__
5-11-2012 = = 每位学生挑选一个自己感兴趣的职业并通过网络或纸质媒体的方式搜集10－12个有关该职位招聘的信息. 以收集到的职位招聘信息为例：
 * 1) 总结有关该职位的相关信息：
 * 2) 哪些行业需要这个职位
 * 3) 职位名称
 * 4) 应聘人员教育背景要求
 * 5) 应聘人员工作经历要求
 * 6) 其他要求
 * 7) 评价每项招聘信息：
 * 8) 内容是否完整
 * 9) 是否说明的应聘人员的要求
 * 10) 其他适用的标准
 * 11) 总结评价哪些是该职位招聘信息应该纳入而被忽视了的内容
 * 12) 撰写报告

__评分标准：__
1、评估的深度： 45分 标准： 2、修改意见：20分 标准：是否提出了修改意见 3、书写的准确及整洁： 15分 标准：
 * 评价标准：是否提出了评估招聘信息的标准并说明采用此标准的原因 （15分）
 * 整体评估：是否对所有采集的招聘信息有整体性的总结和评价 （15分）
 * 逐条评价：是否对每条信息进行评估 （15分）
 * 句子通顺、结构严谨、无明显的语法错误（5分）
 * 图、表的合理使用 （5分）
 * 报告的板式清晰、全面、易懂（5分）

该项作业为学生独立完成的作业. 报告内容不超过5页（单行），并以Word文档的形式撰写.

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__Description__
For this assignment, each student should reflect and summarize what they have learned, in terms of both content knowledge and project experience, from this class. Students can also refer to the learning goals they have set up at the beginning of the semester and summarized which goals were accomplished and which goals were not.

This assignment is an informal writing and should be within 2-3 pages, single-spaced.

__Due Date__
7-4-2012

Major Assignments (To Be Updated)

__Description__
这项作业由小组完成，每个小组成员不超过3人，由学生自行组合. 作业主要内容如下： 每个小组成员在自己熟悉的学习或工作领域中挑选一项工作流程进行记录、分析并改进. 这项工作流程的具体步骤不能少于20步，且必须为真实的工作流程.

__Requirements__
作业以Word文档的形式提供，内容包括以下四个方面： 1、文字说明部分 2、现有的工作流程是什么样的 3、分析现有工作流程的利弊 4、改进后的工作流程图
 * 解释工作流程背景
 * 数据收集的方法（如何记录工作流程的）
 * 工作流程整体介绍
 * 工作流程图
 * 在现有工作流程图上标注不合理的位置
 * 文字说明为什么不合理
 * 改进后的工作流程图

__Due Date__
4月27日前： 把选定的工作流程以口头描述的方式报告给任课老师以获得批准 4月27日－5月25日：完成工作流程的记录、分析及改进 6月1日：课堂演示并提交书面报告