Homework
Southwest Airlines is a well-known company featured in our textbook. Throughout the course, you will take on the fictional role of an intern at Southwest Airlines Human Resources. You will utilize the textbook and other professional resources to complete your assessments.
Your first weeks on the job are filled with learning the ins and outs of Human Resources and the industry. Your manager informs you that one of your projects is to assist with a new HR strategy for the company. This strategy is broken down into 3 parts that you'll work on throughout the course. They are:
i. Examining current practices
ii. Talent recruitment and selection
iii. Strategy recommendation
Your first task for this competency assessment is to examine Southwest's current HR practices, as reported in public sources.
Assessment Directions
Examine Southwest's current HR practices, as reported in public sources. Download the HR Design Decisions worksheet. Complete the worksheet with your review and rationale of the elements listed below to decide where Southwest Airlines' HR practices fall.
i. Employees as expenses vs. employees as assets
ii. Compensation below market, above market, or competitive
iii. Spontaneous training and development or planned training and development
iv. Specific job descriptions or general job descriptions
v. External or internal recruitment, or both
vi. Limited socialization of new employees or extensive socialization
vii. Collective bargaining or individual bargaining
Support the analysis with evidence from sources on the web. Possible sources for information include but are not limited to:
i. Organization website and associated websites
ii. Vault Campus includes detailed reviews and survey information about what it's like to work at Southwest. To access Vault Campus, visit eCampus and click PhoenixLink.
Format your homework according to the following formatting requirements:
i) The answer should be typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, with one-inch margins on all sides.
ii) The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the homework, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
iii) Also include a reference page. The Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.