Assignment: Top Business Research Paper

Instructions

1. Go to the most current issue of Fortune Magazine's which has the list of the "Best Businesses for Which to Work."

2. Select a company that has adequate resources in the CTC library from which you can research those human relations techniques which make the company a great place to work.

3. Send the company name to your instructor through Messages. When you receive approval, you are ready to begin research.

4. Write a 1700-word paper about those human relations techniques which make the company a great place to work.

5. The opening section must be a brief history of the company.

6. The content of the paper must be developed around any four of the following areas listed below:

o Human Relations Theories Used at the Business
o Team Building Practices
o Motivational Practices
o Productivity and Quality Improvement
o Job Design and Job Enrichment
o Leadership in the Company and the Leaders
o Communication Within the Company
o Management of Change
o Culture of the Company
o Pillars of a World Class Organization.
o Sources:

7. There must be at least six sources (You certainly can have more). Sources of information can be books and magazine articles (preferred by the instructor) by authoritative writers or researchers.

8. You may use your textbook as one source.

9. Wikipedia and encyclopedias are not acceptable sources. One of your sources can be the website of the business about which you choose to write. All other online sources must be through the CTC Library.

10. Materials from sources must be cited or designated using Modern Language Association (MLA) standards.

11. Online sources can only be those from the Central Texas College Library.

12. Learn to use the Central Texas College Online Library. It is the only source that this instructor recognizes as resources for the research. One resource for the paper can be information gained from the company website if the website is properly cited in MLA style. That site can be researched from the world wide web (WWW) by using Google, Yahoo, Firefox, etc.

Format:

The writing format must be one acceptable to the CTC English Department. Excellent research paper examples may be found in the MLA Style folder found on this page. When in doubt, follow MLA standards. Students should write on a college level. Spelling and punctuation should be perfect.