This assignment will continue to build on the scenario that was set up in the Module Two HR Inbox assignment, this time exploring how technology can support HR’s role in supporting various stages of the employee life cycle. For example, in the type of hybrid work environment that you explored in Module Three, a human resources instant messaging tool can enable HR to communicate with employees and create meaningful discussions regardless of physical location.

Imagine you are an HR professional at ABC company. One of your major duties is to monitor the HR instant messaging channel. The HR Inbox chat channel allows HR to communicate and support employees throughout their life cycle with the organization. While monitoring the HR channel, you receive the following chat messages from employees:

1. Dear HR: With so many of us working remotely now, I sometimes feel disconnected from the team. Are there any tools we could use to promote informal communication and build internal connections?
2. Dear HR: I’m struggling to keep my daily tasks, duties, and goals organized. Can you suggest any tools that could help?
3. Dear HR: Are there any tools we could use to recognize fellow employees and highlight their valuable accomplishments?

Directions

To complete this assignment, write a response to each of the three employee chat messages above as if you are the HR professional responding through instant messages. You must recommend types of technologies or specific tools that would help solve the employees’ problems, explaining why your recommendations are appropriate solutions and assessing the impact that these tools would have on the organization. Just as you did in the Module Two HR Inbox assignment, your overall writing style must have a tone and format appropriate for instant message communication in a business environment.

Specifically, your responses must address the following rubric criteria:

1. Distributed Workforce: Recommend a technology or specific tool that could promote connections in a distributed workforce. Be sure to include the following as part of your recommendation:
   1. Explain why your recommendation would be an appropriate solution for building connections in a distributed workforce.
   2. Assess how the recommended technology or tool might impact the organization.
2. Daily Tasks: Recommend a technology or specific tool to help employees organize daily tasks, duties, and goals. Be sure to include the following as part of your recommendation:
   1. Explain why your recommendations would be an appropriate solution for keeping daily tasks, duties, and goals organized.
   2. Assess how the recommended technology or tool might impact the organization.
3. Employee Recognition: Recommend a technology or specific tool to recognize and highlight employee accomplishments. Be sure to include the following as part of your recommendation:
   1. Explain why your recommendation would be an appropriate solution for recognizing and highlighting accomplishments.
   2. Assess how the recommended technology or tool might impact the organization.

Additionally, be sure that overall, your general writing style aligns with the following:

1. Tone: Discuss human resource tools and technologies using an engaging tone and encouraging questions.
2. Format: Communicate in a clear and concise writing style, offering information in high-level, small pieces.

What to Submit

Your assignment must be submitted as a Microsoft Word document, three paragraphs in length (one paragraph per question), with 12-point type, Times New Roman font, and one-inch margins.