UArizona Global Informational Interview with A Human Resource Leader Analysis

  

Description

Write a 4-5 page paper that analyzes your informational interview with a human resource leader.

Introduction

Human resource leaders have the unique title and role in an organization. One important way to learn about leadership is to learn from conversations with, and observations of, practicing leaders. This balances academic theory with the practical applications of experienced human resource leaders.

Note: You are not required to complete this assessment before Assessment 3, however insights gained from this assessment are expected to inform Assessment 3. Therefore, it is recommended you complete this assessment before Assessment 3.

Introduction

Learning from others is a key tool in the development of leaders. While textbooks and publications can advise you, they cannot replace the experiential information from others. The focus of this assessment is understanding leadership from the human resource perspective. In this assessment, you will conduct an informational interview with a human resource professional and write a paper discussing your findings from that interview. The assessment focuses on understanding their perspectives on the human resource leadership role and evaluating the information obtained from this interview as you consider your approach to human resource leadership.

Scenario

You work in the Human Resources department and your goal is to be promoted to higher levels of leadership in the human resource profession. In order to understand how you need to develop your skills for advanced leadership positions, you decide to conduct an informational interview with a human resource leader.

Leadership Development Challenge

For this leadership development challenge, you will conduct an informational interview that focuses on a human resource leader whose primary role is being a strategic partner to people and organizations from a human resource capacity. This interview will balance the academic theories addressed in Assessment 1 with the practical applications of experienced human resource leaders.

Your quest for the practical side of human resource leadership should include the following elements:

Learn about a human resource leader’s role and the challenges and opportunities they face as a leader and as a manager. Analyze the ways in which a leader influences people and organizations as a strategic partner.

After conducting your interview, you will summarize your findings and incorporate ideas from your interview into your personal understanding of leadership.

HRM Leadership Interview Guide
Who to Interview
The focus of this interview is on the experiential aspects of human resource leadership as a
strategic partner to people and organizations.
As you consider who you will interview, ensure the individual has relevant experience. While
titles may help, consider the roles and responsibilities of the individual to ensure they work
strategically with individuals or teams outside the human resource department. Titles may
include human resource generalist, human resource manager, human resource director, or human
resource vice president. Here are suggestions on finding someone for your interview:
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Contact a human resource professional you know from a current or past employer.
Ask a friend or colleague who knows someone to introduce you to.
Contact your local SHRM chapter to identify a member from that organization.
Contact your instructor for this course if you are unsure of who to contact or how to
identify this person.
Questions to Explore
Prepare the interview questions. Some interview suggestions are provided below. Add others that
are important to you and relevant to your particular interview:
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What is your current human resource role? What does this role entail?
How did you get to this role?
Have changes in business needs impacted your role as a leader? How? What has
changed?
How do you define leadership?
How do you define management?
What is your philosophy about leadership and management?
What leadership challenges and/or opportunities have you faced as a human resource
leader?
In what ways have you worked strategically with people and organizations?
What strategies have worked well for you as a strategic partner?
What actions have you taken to develop as a leader?
What advice do you have on being an effective leader?
Making Connections
Be sure you are thinking about the questions you want to ask the leader in the context of what
you are learning about human resource leadership in this course.
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Assessment 2 Instructions: HR Leadership Development: Human Resource Informational
Interview
Write a 4-5 page paper that analyzes your informational interview with a human resource leader.
Introduction
Human resource leaders have the unique title and role in an organization. One important way to learn about leadership is to learn from conversations with,
and observations of, practicing leaders. This balances academic theory with the practical applications of experienced human resource leaders.
Note: You are not required to complete this assessment before Assessment 3, however insights gained from this assessment are expected to inform
Assessment 3. Therefore, it is recommended you complete this assessment before Assessment 3.
Introduction
Learning from others is a key tool in the development of leaders. While textbooks and publications can advise you, they cannot replace the experiential
information from others. The focus of this assessment is understanding leadership from the human resource perspective. In this assessment, you will conduct
an informational interview with a human resource professional and write a paper discussing your findings from that interview. The assessment focuses on
understanding their perspectives on the human resource leadership role and evaluating the information obtained from this interview as you consider your
approach to human resource leadership.
Scenario
You work in the Human Resources department and your goal is to be promoted to higher levels of leadership in the human resource profession. In order to
understand how you need to develop your skills for advanced leadership positions, you decide to conduct an informational interview with a human resource
leader.
Leadership Development Challenge
For this leadership development challenge, you will conduct an informational interview that focuses on a human resource leader whose primary role is being a
strategic partner to people and organizations from a human resource capacity. This interview will balance the academic theories addressed in Assessment 1
with the practical applications of experienced human resource leaders.
Your quest for the practical side of human resource leadership should include the following elements:
Learn about a human resource leader’s role and the challenges and opportunities they face as a leader and as a manager.
Analyze the ways in which a leader influences people and organizations as a strategic partner.
After conducting your interview, you will summarize your findings and incorporate ideas from your interview into your personal understanding of leadership.
Instructions
Conduct an informational interview with a human resource professional in which you explore the leadership side of human resources.
Write a 4–5 page paper that outlines your informational interview with a human resource leader. Explain the leader’s role and unique perspectives of human
resource leadership. You will also analyze how this advises you on your own perspectives of being an effective human resource leader. Your paper should be
well organized and cover the following elements.
Introduction.
Describe the leader’s position and role in the human resource function.
Examine the leader’s philosophy and approach for being an effective leader and strategic partner. Be sure your interview covers the following facets of
leadership and management:
The challenges and opportunities of the interviewee as a human resource leader and how that differs from their role as a human resource
manager.
The leader’s approach to influencing people and organizations as a strategic partner.
The leader’s advice for being an effective leader.
Analyze how the leader applies leadership theories to support human resource outcomes. Be sure to cover the following elements:
How theories of leadership did or could apply to the interviewee’s role and responsibilities.
How theories of leadership resonate with you after the interview.
Analyze how key interview findings inform your own personal philosophy of human resource leadership.
How do insights from the interview connect to your own leadership behavior?
How do insights from the interview impact your leadership development journey?
Conclusion.
Additional Requirements
Length: 4–5 typed, double-spaced pages, plus the cover and resources pages.
The first page should be a cover sheet with your name, the course number, assessment title, and date. No other information is required on this
page.
The last page should be the reference list.
Organization: Make sure your assessment writing is well organized, using headings and subheadings to organize content for the reader.
Resources: Use 2–3 references and include both trade publications and peer-reviewed articles to support your assertions with data and/or in-text
citations.
APA formatting: Resources and in-text citations are formatted according to current APA style and formatting.
Written communication:
Develop flow with organizational tactics which recognize relationship between the main topic and subtopics.
Review the HR Leadership Development: Human Resource Informational Interview Scoring Guide prior to submitting to ensure you have met the
requirements of the assessment.
Competencies Measured
By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies through corresponding scoring guide
criteria:
Competency 1: Apply leadership and management theories and models to inform human resource leadership practices.
Analyze how a leader applies leadership theories to support human resource outcomes.
Competency 2: Assess strengths and personal leadership capabilities to inform development as a human resource leader.
Analyze how key interview findings inform your personal philosophy of human resource leadership.
Competency 3: Analyze ways in which human resource leaders build trust and relationships to create influence in the workplace.
Describe the leader’s position and role in the human resource function.
Examine the leader’s philosophy and approach for being an effective leader and strategic partner.
Competency 4: Communicate professionally through writing that is organized and supported and that clearly conveys intended information.
Develop flow with organizational tactics that recognize relationship between the main topic and subtopics.
SCORING GUIDE
Use the scoring guide to understand how your assessment will be evaluated.
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HR Leadership Development: Human Resource Informational Interview Scoring Guide
CRITERIA
NON-PERFORMANCE
BASIC
PROFICIENT
DISTINGUISHED
Describe a leader’s position
and role in a human
resource function.
Does not describe a
leader’s position or role in
a human resource
function.
Describes a leader’s position,
Describes a leader’s
but does not articulate their role position and role in a
in a human resource function.
human resource
function.
Explains the significance of a leader’s
position and role in a human resource
function.
Examine a leader’s
philosophy and approach
for being an effective leader
and strategic partner.
Does not examine a
leader’s philosophy or
approach for being an
effective leader and
strategic partner.
Describes a leader’s
philosophy or approach, but not
its relationship to being an
effective leader and strategic
partner.
Examines a leader’s
philosophy and
approach for being an
effective leader and
strategic partner.
Analyzes a leader’s philosophy and
approach for being an effective leader
and strategic and provides clear and
relevant support for conclusions.
Analyze how key interview
findings inform your
personal philosophy of
human resource leadership.
Does not analyze how key
interview findings inform
the learner’s personal
philosophy of human
resource leadership.
Describes key interview
findings, but does not articulate
how they inform the learner’s
personal philosophy of human
resource leadership.
Analyzes how key
interview findings inform
the learner’s personal
philosophy of human
resource leadership.
Analyzes how key interview findings
inform the learner’s personal
philosophy of human resource
leadership and provides relevant
support for assertions and conclusions.
Analyze how a leader
applies leadership theories
to support human resource
outcomes.
Does not analyze how a
leader applies leadership
theories to support human
resource outcomes.
Describes how a leader applies
leadership theories, but does
not articulate their relationship
to supporting human resource
outcomes.
Analyzes how a leader
applies leadership
theories to support
human resource
outcomes.
Analyzes how a leader applies
leadership theories to support human
resource outcomes with clear and
relevant support for relationships
identified and conclusions made.
Develop flow with
organizational tactics that
recognize the relationship
between the main topic and
subtopics.
Organizes ideas
inappropriately for the
assessment.
Ideas are interspersed or
disconnected with unclear
paragraph breaks.
Develops flow in text
through paragraphing,
transitional words, and
key phrases.
Develops flow in text through
paragraphing, transitional words, and
key phrases, with an evident main idea
in each paragraph.

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