In the final project on forensic scientists, you will be conveying your own ideas for human resource tools...

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Final Project for Forensic Scientists; develop documentation for human resource professional's to manage the position. The materials would assist HR professionals in four functions of job analysis, selection, orientation, and training, all towards helping the company meet its goals.

In the final project on forensic scientists, you will be conveying your own ideas for human resource tools. However, it is important that you base your decisions on the literature in the field of forensic. In addition, you should have references from at least two human resources journals and at least one reputable Website for human resources professionals. Format references according to APA guidelines.

The five project deliverables will all focus on forensic scientists. The deliverables are as follows:

1. Executive Summary

Staffing is a process of recruiting, selecting and hiring new employees. The policy must be to attract best of the talent across the globe. The organization has to use right recruitment, selection, orientation and training strategy to develop a talented pool of human resources. . According to the summit -nation.com effective staffing system consists of five steps:
1. Painting a picture of the ideal candidate
2. Developing a cadre of qualified candidates
3. Screening the candidates
4. Interviewing and checking references
5. Making the hiring decision
http://www.summit-national.com/pdfs/creating_a_staffing_system.pdf.

The staffing plan is necessary so that the HR department fully understands the requirements for the team needed to meet this projects' agreed deliverables. The staffing plan will detail the criteria, selection and hiring process for the new resources. HR must be provided the necessary information to staff the project team with appropriate individuals at an acceptable cost.

The goals of the staffing plan are to meet specific time, cost and quality objectives; the result must be a qualified and appropriately skilled project team in place for the start of the project. The coordination of this effort in a documented staffing plan is the most efficient medium with which to meet this target. Also, the correct and adequate staffing of a project from the outset is clearly a major contributory factor in the success or failure of most projects. More and more companies have noticed that good staffing planning can increase productivity and reduce operational costs because of lower turnover rates and reduced transition costs.

2. Presentation on job analysis
Job Analysis is a process to establish and document the 'job relatedness' of employment procedures such as training, selection, compensation, and performance appraisal.
http://www.job-analysis.net/ as retrieved on 5 Jan 2007 20:03:47 GMT.
Job description of Forensic Scientist
Responsibilities include:
* Chemistry, which is connected to crimes against property, such as burglary and arson;
* Biology, which is connected to crimes against people, such as murder, assault and rape;
* Drugs and toxicology.

Within these areas, the work usually involves:

* Chemistry - the examination of paint, chemicals, etc. and includes fire investigation and accident reconstruction;
* Biology - DNA testing and the examination of minute contact traces, such as blood, hair, clothing fibers, etc.;
* drugs and toxicology - testing for restricted drugs, examining tissue specimens for poison detection, and the analysis of blood and urine samples for alcohol, for example in drink driving offences.

However, there is a degree of cross-over and typical work activities are likely to include some or all of the following:

* analyzing samples, such as hair, body fluids, glass, paint and drugs, in the laboratory;
* applying various techniques, as appropriate, for example gas and high performance liquid chromatography, scanning electron microscopy, mass spectrometry, infrared spectroscopy and genetic fingerprinting;
* sifting evidence;
* attending and examining scenes of crimes;
* recording findings and collecting trace evidence from scenes of crimes or accidents;
* inputting relevant data into computer programs;
* reviewing the work of assistants;
* presenting results of work in written form or by giving oral evidence;
* justifying findings under cross-examination in courts of law;
* researching and developing new techniques;
* liaising with team members;
* coordinating with outside agencies and offering expert advice;
* analyzing and interpreting results and computer data;
* liaising with police to establish forensic strategies;
* writing detailed reports for court;
* instructing on procedures for cases.
(Adapted from http://www.prospects.ac.uk/links/ForenSci/ as retrieved on 20 Jun 2007 04:53:23 GMT.)

Some other skills required
? Energy Level:
With higher Energy Levels the productivity can be excellent.
? Being observant
? Friendly, and polite
? Comfortable with dealing with Multiple state agencies
? Able to remain calm under pressure
? Able to memorize
? Physically fit
? Able to work on their own and as part of a team.
? A persistent approach and enquiring mind;
? The capacity to undertake fine, analytical, painstaking work with attention to detail;
? a logical, unbiased and methodical approach to problem solving;
The executive has to develop the above team skills. All these characteristics of the team must be present to achieve process gains.
Steiner (1976) studied process losses, the experience that group output tends to be less than expected from the given resources. There are two sources of process losses, incoordination and lack of motivation. Incoordination is a serious issue in tasks requiring interdependence. The very diversity of the team members' skills and goals leads to a variety of incoordination mechanisms (Kraut, 2003). Two sources of low motivation are the simple ...