Tomorrow's promise

In this active learning exercise, students collaborated in groups to develop a retention plan for a local business in Huntsville, TX. This semester long activity was scaffolded into three interdependent deliverables carefully overviewing the job design, recruitment strategies, and other human resource management recommendations to (a) engage; and (b) retain the existing employees at the client organizations. The findings were shared in the form of final presentations - all attended by the client. This activity was slightly revised between Fall of 2023 and Fall of 2024 based on the feedback received from the students and the client. In addition to experiencing enhanced exposure to real-world business issues, students reported developing a range of skillsets from this project.