Your workforce, which was initially comprised of yourself and three workers, has evolved to a workplace of 15
employees. The company that your business has recently acquired employs 49 workers (18 of whom are close
to retirement). You know the following:
You need to hire HR personnel.
You need to revisit your organization’s strategic vision.
You need to communicate your organization’s culture to the new employees and onboard/orient these
employees into the organizational culture.
You need to foster a sense of teamwork among employees.
You need to plan for the integrated workforce’s training and development needs.
You need to determine succession plan processes.
The six points provided above are important to consider. Since an acquisition is often difficult, there is much
that you need to expand upon, thereby ensuring individual, team, and organizational success.
Provide a detailed overview of what your organization’s strategy will be, for the next year, five years, and ten
years. This strategy will be different than what is presented in your Portfolio Project Milestone #1, specifically
since an acquisition is taking place. Compare and contrast how these strategic goals are different than those
initially created before your organization acquired this new company.
Identify your vision and goals for the HR Department. Determine the functions of your HR Department. What
functions will be internal? What functions will be outsourced? Explain your rationale for your decisions.
Additionally, determine how many HR personnel you would like to hire. Briefly describe the functions and
responsibilities of these HR employees and elaborate about other important HR information that you see fit.
Note that not all HR functions can be outsourced. Also, you do not need to outsource functions unless you
believe it is necessary.
Explain how you will orient/onboard employees into your workforce. Think about what programs might be
offered. What information should be covered? Why? Also, will all employees need to attend orientation or are
just new employees required to attend?
Develop training goals for your workforce