Tasks and Duties
Task Objective: Develop a comprehensive strategic plan for implementing SAP Success Factors in the context of the Beauty & Wellness industry. This plan should outline key objectives, target processes, potential challenges, and a roadmap for implementation, while incorporating best practices from SAP Success Factors courses.
Expected Deliverable: A detailed DOC file that presents your strategic plan. The document should include an executive summary, a detailed analysis of current industry challenges in beauty and wellness HR domains, and an implementation roadmap that covers planning, risk management, and budget estimation.
Key Steps:
- Conduct a thorough industry analysis using publicly available data and academic resources to understand the specific challenges in the beauty and wellness sector.
- Define the goals and objectives for the SAP Success Factors implementation, including areas such as talent management, performance management, and employee engagement.
- Create a detailed project timeline highlighting key milestones, resource allocation, and critical success factors.
- Outline potential risks and formulate a risk mitigation plan with clear escalation procedures.
- Ensure that your final document is well-structured and cites relevant SAP Success Factors course learnings.
Evaluation Criteria: Your DOC submission will be evaluated on clarity, depth of analysis, feasibility of the strategy, alignment with SAP Success Factors best practices, and overall presentation. Type and formatting quality as prescribed in the guidelines are also critical.
Total work is expected to take approximately 30 to 35 hours.
Task Objective: Demonstrate the practical application of SAP Success Factors modules through a simulation that involves configuring and testing specific functional areas relevant to the Beauty & Wellness arena. This task focuses on module customization and integration planning.
Expected Deliverable: Submit a DOC file that details your simulation of the configuration process. The document should include configuration strategies, step-by-step processes, anticipated outcomes, integration challenges, and proposed solutions, all tailored towards improving HR functionalities in a beauty and wellness context.
Key Steps:
- Identify and select two to three SAP Success Factors modules (such as Performance & Goals, Compensation, or Learning) that are most relevant to the Beauty & Wellness industry.
- Research and outline a configuration strategy based on SAP Success Factors course material and public resources.
- Detail each step of the configuration process, including screenshots, flow-charts, or diagrams that illustrate how the modules interact.
- Discuss potential integration challenges with existing workflows and propose practical solutions.
- Draft clear testing strategies to ensure module functionality and data integrity.
Evaluation Criteria: The DOC file will be assessed based on the depth of elaboration, practical application of configuration concepts, clarity of technical explanations, detail in process documentation, and the robustness of testing and integration solutions provided. Work should be comprehensive and reflective of approximately 30 to 35 hours.
Task Objective: Design a performance monitoring and evaluation framework for the implemented SAP Success Factors modules. This framework should be focused on continuously tracking KPIs related to talent management, employee engagement, and overall HR performance within the Beauty & Wellness sector.
Expected Deliverable: Create a DOC file that comprehensively outlines your performance evaluation plan. This plan should include a set of KPIs, performance metrics, evaluation schedule, and methodologies for both quantitative and qualitative assessment, ensuring alignment with SAP Success Factors principles.
Key Steps:
- Review relevant SAP Success Factors course materials and publicly available resources to identify common KPI’s and performance metrics used in HR management.
- Develop a tailored set of KPIs specific to the Beauty & Wellness context, with justification for each metric chosen.
- Design a monitoring schedule and data collection methods for periodic evaluation.
- Create process diagrams or flowcharts to illustrate how the performance data will be analyzed and reported.
- Detail strategies for iterating on the process based on evaluation outcomes to drive continuous improvement.
Evaluation Criteria: Your submission will be judged on the comprehensiveness, clarity, and practicality of your performance evaluation framework. The plan must detail actionable insights and include thorough explanations demonstrating around 30 to 35 hours of research and planning work.
Task Objective: Develop a change management strategy that addresses the challenges during and after the SAP Success Factors implementation for a virtual Beauty & Wellness organization. This task emphasizes aligning technological changes with organizational culture and workforce dynamics based on SAP Success Factors best practices.
Expected Deliverable: Submit a DOC file detailing your change management strategy. The document should encompass a detailed analysis of change drivers, stakeholder engagement plans, training initiatives, communication strategies, and post-implementation review processes.
Key Steps:
- Conduct a literature review to understand the key drivers of change in HR technology adoption, referencing publicly available resources and SAP Success Factors academic material.
- Identify barriers and enablers in the Beauty & Wellness industry that might affect the adoption of SAP Success Factors.
- Formulate a comprehensive stakeholder engagement plan that addresses the needs of various groups impacted by the changes.
- Describe training programs and communication plans designed to support the transition, including timelines and feedback mechanisms.
- Develop a continuous improvement process with metrics for measuring post-implementation success and areas for future enhancements.
Evaluation Criteria: Your DOC submission will be evaluated on its depth of analysis, clarity in articulation of change management concepts, feasibility of the proposed strategy, alignment with SAP Success Factors practices, and overall quality of documentation. The task is designed to require approximately 30 to 35 hours of dedicated work.