HR POLICY RESEARCH PAPER INSTRUCTIONS

In a research paper, provide researched rationale for the nature and substance of your policies.

This paper is to be reflective of an academic research paper. You will not include specific references to the fictitious company in this paper.

The research paper must address the reasoning or rationale for the inclusion of the selected policy elements in your policy manual. The selected policies must correctly address employment legislation pertinent to the stated size of the company (15-25 employees). In elaborating on the rationale,

you may want to consider the following questions: Why should these elements be in a policy manual? What laws or principles mandate an organization follow these guidelines?

The paper must be 7-10 pages in addition to the cover page, the abstract, and the references page. It must be written in current APA format. Points will be deducted for each page over the 10-page limit (for the body of the paper).

Following are the broad text topics you may use as a basis for formulating your policy. You may use a more general topic or a sub-category:

1: Emerging HR Challenges (a variety of issues)

2: Work Flow or Job Analysis

3: Equal Opportunity (or some other legal issue addressed)

4: Diversity

5: Recruitment and Selection

6: Employee Separations, Downsizing and Outplacement

7: Performance Appraisal

8: Training