course material

1. Proposed New Structure for the HR Department of Comfort Assisted
Living
IntroductionAssume you are an HR Consultant that has been hired to help Comfort Assisted
Living with a recent grievance that was filed by one of its employees. You will not be
working on the legal aspects of the case, but you will help the company determine if the
employee’ s job classification is correct. Comfort Assisted Living has an HR Department but
would like to obtain an outside opinion.The employee, Gregory Williams, is currently
working as a Senior HR Specialist for Comfort Assisted Living. His current job duties are
provided in the Supplemental Information document posted in our classroom. Mr. Williams
has been in the position for 5 years and had consistently received “ outstanding” ratings on
his performance evaluations until this year when he received a “ meets expectations”
rating. A month ago, he saw a job announcement that Comfort Assisted Living placed on
Monster.com for a Deputy VP of HR. Mr. Williams was angered by the job announcement
because he felt he was already performing the duties stated in the announcement. When he
asked his supervisor about the job, he was told that the Deputy position was a new one that
was being created and that he would have to apply for the job just like everyone else. Mr.
Williams disagreed and felt his current position should be reclassified to that of a Deputy VP
of HR. He has filed a grievance with Comfort Assisted Living and you have been hired to
determine if Mr. William’ s current job is equivalent to the new Deputy position. You have
been told upfront that it has been years since the company conducted a job analysis for its
HR positions so you might have to begin there before making your determination. Also, you
have heard from employees that work with Mr. Williams that he has been slacking on the
job lately. According to them, he routinely comes in late, takes extra long lunches, and does
not submit all of his work on time. At least one of his coworkers said Mr. Williams was
having health issues and that he might have to undergo chemotherapy. Another coworker
said the health issues weren’ t with Mr. Williams, they were with his young daughter, who
has a mysterious illness that doctors are having difficulty diagnosing. You’ ve checked his
leave records and nothing is on file regarding an FMLA request and there is no
documentation regarding possible medical issues.In completing this assignment, you will
showcase that you can conduct a job analysis and use the results to develop a job
description, which will help address organizational needs/concerns. You will also
demonstrate that you have an understanding of the ethical issues involved with job
analyses, job evaluation, and job design. Additionally, you will show that you understand the

2. HR context and have mastery of the fundamental student competencies identified by
UMUC’ s Graduate School including: communication and critical thinking.Steps to
Completion1. Review the information in the Supplemental Information file and relevant
course material regarding the nature of a job analysis and its relationship to job
descriptions and job classifications.2. Determine what additional information you will need
in order to determine if Mr. Williams is justified in his claim.3. Decide which of the four
most commonly used methods of job analysis (observation, interviews, questionnaires,
functional) you will use and be prepared to defend your choice.4. Determine how you will
overcome some of the most common problems in performing a job analysis. Our course
material discusses several of them.5. Review and understand the key ethical considerations
when conducting a job analysis and designing a job description.6. Conduct an internet
search to find job typical job descriptions for Senior HR Specialists. Compare and contrast
the components in those descriptions with the information given regarding Mr. Williams’ s
current job duties.Resources:* O*Net – http://www.onetonline.org* UMUC’ s Online
Library Databases* Course material* YouTube videos on job analysis such as, but not
limited to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMThqle0mqYDeliverablesThere are two
(2) separate deliverables for this assignment.1. Prepare a 5-7 page description of how you
will conduct the job analysis and include a projected timeline for completion, including all of
the interim steps. Assume this report will be given to the Legal Department of Comfort
Assisted Living and will be a key piece of evidence if Mr. Williams’ s grievance goes to court.
With that in mind, your document must include sufficient support for your plan, and include
a discussion of the ethical issues that might exist in this case and how you would overcome
them. Your write-up must include appropriate references and citations.The final document
must be formatted according to APA guidelines.2. Given the information you have in the
supplemental document and from the additional resources you found, develop a possible
job description for Mr. Williams. You will have to make some assumptions regarding the
nature of his work. That is fine, just be sure to highlight and explain where any major gaps
exist.