1. There are many ways to build functional expertise within an organization. Select one of the key roles in building functional expertise, and prepare a two-year plan to build functional expertise of a newly hired manager. Analyze how operational objectives, their relationship to talent management, and the metrics could be applied to evaluate future talent management practices.

2. Analyze how conducting regular job analyses benefits employees, managers, and the organization. Describe how this type of benchmarking can strengthen an overall job analysis plan. Using the sample job analysis, create a job description for your current or most recent position. Justify how you selected the task components of the position and the organization of the components in order of priority.