Case studies are an essential learning strategy in business classes; they provide an opportunity for you to critically analyze events that have taken place in real-life businesses. This develops your critical thinking and research skills as you research the competition and industry in which your business resides with an end goal of formulating a recommendation for the challenges faced by the company. The case studies in this course are aligned with The Society for Human Resource Management Body of Competency and Knowledge (SHRM BoCK). They address the key functional areas of human resources and human capital management. For this assignment, you will review the following case study: PAC Resources, Inc.: A Case Study in HR Practices. To access this document, navigate to the Terms of Use for Students webpage, and click on the button at the bottom of the page to agree to the terms and conditions. Once you are on the Student Workbooks webpage, scroll down to the Strategy section, and select the following link: “PAC Resources, Inc.: A Case Study in HR Practices.” To access the case study, select the “student workbook” link. Evaluate this case, and respond to each of the following prompts using both theory and practical managerial thinking as well as supporting research.
Identify the human capital problems that PAC Resources is facing specific to its functional area, as classified by the SHRM BoCK.
Generate solutions to the problems you identified, and apply HR best practices.