Ethical Issues in Hrm Strategy

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Ethical Issues in HRM Strategy Assignment #1 – Ethical Issues in HRM Strategy 1. Identify the areas of overlap in the new client organization with others that you have had as clients. If you have limited experience with these types of problems, be sure to research common issues to complete this question. For this client, the overlapping HR issues will be the following situations; talent acquisition, retention, morale, and training (Cohen, 2009). Each area will be specifically addressed as part of the consult to allow the client to view the identified issues and the strategic plan to improve these conditions as I proceed with the work ahead. The first area of concern for the client is talent acquisition (Cohen, 2009). From organizational data and analysis, it is clear that the client's management team is having a significant amount of trouble trying to staff some of their key areas of employment in the organization. This issue is occurring at both the exempt and non-exempt levels (Cohen, 2009). The root causes of these vacancies can be attributed to natural attrition through retirements, however, it is the employees who have left for different reasons that I am focused on. In order to better understand why these vacancies are not being replenished with fresh talent, I have to carefully evaluate the clients hiring strategy and help them develop a more proactive solution that will give them a competitive advantage over their competition (Cohen, 2009). The next area of concern and focus will be on employee retention. One of the chief complaints of the client when retaining my services is the company’s issues with retention of top talent (Wright, 2011). For unclear reasons, an unusually high number of talented employees are leaving and stating their discontent with the workplace as a key reason (Wright, 2011). The other issue for my client is their

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