To receive credit, you must complete the competency assessment. PLEASE read the assessment rubric carefully to ensure that you have completed all competency criteria. If you wish to receive an A, you must carefully review the rubric and complete the required number of mastery criteria. PLEASE NOTE: If you receive a passing (B) grade on a competency assessment, you will not be allowed to resubmit your assessment to improve your grade.
This competency assessment (CA) assesses your level of performance on the specific Outcome(s) that are the focus of this module. The CA requires you to demonstrate your knowledge, understanding, and proficiency of the Outcome(s). Be sure to use the other activities in this module prior to attempting the CA. You can attempt the CA multiple times within the term; however, the CA must be completed successfully by the end of the term to earn credit. Refer to your Syllabus for additional information regarding the number of attempts permitted.
Be sure to review the Competency Assessment Rubric to understand the criteria on which you will be evaluated.
Instructors will provide feedback on the CA after each submission. If you expect to receive feedback, revise, and resubmit this CA near the end of the term, follow the guidelines and deadlines for submission in your Syllabus.
Please refer to your Syllabus for additional competency assessment requirements.
You may contact your instructor if you have any questions.
This competency assessment assesses the following Outcome(s):
HA255-1: Explain the competencies, structure, quality standards, and challenges of evidence-based strategic human resources management.
Foundations of Human Resources in Health Care Organizations
During the module, you learned about some of the roles and responsibilities of human resources professionals, as well as some of the challenges they face. For this Assignment, imagine you are being interviewed by a reporter who wants to know a little about human resources in a healthcare setting. Answer each of the questions as if you are responding to the reporter. You may copy and paste the questions into a Word document and provide your answers. Your answer to each question should be a minimum of 100 words.
Q: What are the skills, knowledge, and abilities required to be an effective human resource professional?
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Q: How is the human resources department structured? Who is responsible for the different functions of the department and what are some of their responsibilities?
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Q: What is your role in managing and enforcing health care quality standards, such as those put in place by The Joint Commission or the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services? Are there other quality standard organizations you interact with?
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Q: What are some of the challenges the organization faces in regard to human resources? How important is having a positive organizational culture and advocating for employees when it comes to challenges?
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Q: How can you address these human resources challenges using strategic human resources management?
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Minimum Submission Requirements
Proper notification of any resubmission, repurposing, or reworking of prior work per the Purdue Global Student Coursework Resubmission, Repurposing, and Reworking Policy Resource.
This assessment should be a Microsoft Word (minimum 500 words) document, in addition to the title and reference pages.
Respond to the questions in a thorough manner, providing specific examples of concepts, topics, definitions, and other elements asked for in the questions. Your submission should be highly organized, logical, and focused.
Your submission should provide a clearly established and sustained viewpoint and purpose.
Your writing should be well ordered, logical, and unified, as well as original and insightful.
Your submission must be written in Standard English and demonstrate exceptional content, organization, style, and grammar and mechanics.
A separate page at the end of your submission should contain a list of references in APA format. Use your textbook, the Library, and the internet for research.
Be sure to include references for all sources and to cite them using in-text citations where appropriate. Your sources and content should follow current APA citation style. Review the writing resources for APA formatting and citation found in Academic Tools. Additional writing resources can be found within the Academic Success Center.
Your submission should include the following:
title page;
be double-spaced;
be typed in Times New Roman, 12 -point font; and
be free of spelling or punctuation errors.
Explains the knowledge they should have to be effective
Describes the structure of a healthcare human resources department and the responsibilities of different positions. Includes supporting details from sources for all of the following:
Human resources leadership.
Common positions within human resources departments.
Responsibilities of those working in a health care human resources department, including HR metrics and performance measures
Explains how challenges can be addressed using evidence-based strategic human resource management.
If the work submitted for this competency assessment does not meet the minimum submission requirements, it will be returned for revision. If the work submitted does not meet the minimum submission requirements by the end of the term, you will receive a failing score.
Plagiarism
Plagiarism is an act of academic dishonesty. It violates the University’s Code of Student Conduct, and the offense is subject to disciplinary action. You are expected to be the sole author of your work. Use of another person’s work or ideas must be accompanied by specific citations and references. Whether the action is intentional or not, it still constitutes plagiarism.
For more information on plagiarism and the University’s Code of Student Conduct, refer to the current University Catalog.