Final Project on your chosen topic that you have been working on since Unit 1. You will submit your completed paper to the instructor who will then submit it for feedback.
In your writing, sometimes it can be a challenge to determine the originality of thoughts when you are translating the ideas of authors and scholars internalized during research.
Identifying the integrity of APA citations and references in your paper.
Your work on this final research paper in previous units has been the building blocks that are the subparts of this Final Project. By combining your work from previous units, you will have completed the bulk of this Final Project. You may include some additional analysis on the findings of the entire HR department versus analyzing one segment of the department as your previous Assignments have required.
View the Rubric below for Assignment details and criteria. Final Project Criteria:
The research paper will be 8-10, double-spaced pages in length, not including cover page, appendices, and references. This paper will be written according to APA style and be carefully referenced with 8-10 academic references.
Note that this is a research paper where you are being asked to avoid all first-person pronouns and personal opinion. Your abstract will be included in your page count.
The purpose of this paper is to take a human resource management topic or issue and do an in-depth review of the current literature on this topic. This is a library research paper and you must use at least 8-10 different credible sources, not including textbooks.
Before your conclusion, you must have a section entitled either "Recommendations for Managers" or "Implications for Managers" where you explain the significance of what you have found for practicing managers.
Be sure to use credible published sources and only reliable Internet websites. Reference your paper very carefully and tightly. Some examples of appropriate source journals include (among others) HR Magazine, Academy of Management Perspectives, Personnel Journal, Fortune, SAM, Advanced Management Journal, Journal of Management, HR Focus, Human Resource Development Quarterly, The Journal of Applied Management and Entrepreneurship, and The Journal of Leadership Studies, and Organizational Dynamics.
Appearance, punctuation, grammar, neatness, and spelling count. This is to be a professional paper to receive full credit. This paper should have an introduction, body, conclusion, and reference section. This paper should also have appropriate headings and subheadings in the body of the paper. Be sure to use a title page.
Write transition sentences between sections so that the reader knows where you are going and why.