Redesign our Performance Management Process

As our organization continues to grow, it is important for us to stay up to date with our tools and processes for employee management. We have a desire to focus specifically on our performance management suite of processes. The goal is to understand best practices and benchmarks for performance management and use those to propose updates to our processes. Through this collaboration, we would like to develop a plan that addresses three key areas: The needs and challenges of effective performance management/evaluation Research and identify performance management options available that might suit the needs of our team A rollout/pilot plan that identifying what our team needs to consider in adopting a process

Effective Onboarding in a Remote Workplace

We want to ensure that our new employees are completely prepared to tackle the world of consulting work for our customers. In the new world of fully remote or hybrid workplaces, how do we ensure our new team members have the tools and training they need to be successful and ensure long-term success? What do we need to change in our current onboarding process to account for knowledge transfer? Technical questions? On the job training? Remote working set-up and ergonomics? Ideally, our hybrid/remote onboarding process will uphold our company culture, accelerate the learning curve, and increase retention. Students should be prepared to: Research our existing onboarding practices to determine their effectiveness and opportunities for improvement. Research the hybrid working / remote onboarding practices of competitors. Research what hybrid working / remote onboarding components are most impactful for new employees. Develop a standardized onboarding plan that achieves our goals.

Sandalwood Engineering & Ergonomics Market Research Project

We would like to continue our growth and expansion with an investigation into offering a fully remote ergonomics service offering. We would like to understand what would be involved in implementing this new service offering for our customers, including researching and providing recommendations on the following: Structure of Program · What is needed to have in place i.e. software, hardware, skillset of those providing service · Process for assessment that outlines the benefits in time and cost not only for the steps related to the assessment but those related to completion of the assessments -- software use as a knowledge transfer tool to get the idea across and be more affective · Services need to be easy and less administrative to work with our current structure (i.e. use it to fill gaps in requests) Current Competitors · Subscription services – who is already currently offering these (competition), what is the price point Potential Pilot · Pilot capabilities – time to get in place – can we do this without software and what would process be with and without o Industry 4.0 tech should be our differentiator but not sure how to use it to engage new clients that do not have tech as part of regular activities Obstacles · Obstacles - cost of remote assistance software may not lend itself to a multicompany cost structure

SEO and Social Media Strategy

Our team is looking for a social media marketing wizard who can help us drive more traffic and improve our SEO positioning. The primary project requirements include: 1. Keyword analysis to determine relevant search terms to our organization 2. A strategy document to outline: Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) requirements to ensure our organization appears on the first page of Google for relevant keywords Social media requirements to increase the number of followers/likes and share 3. Content Calendar Execution: Timely deployment of all our social media content to drive maximum traffic to our site 4. Providing ideas for engaging content for prominent media websites including video This is a great project for students to prove their digital marketing expertise to future employers, as the impact of their work on this project can be easily measured and communicated.