Week 6: Draft of Individual Signature Course Project and Paper due. (70 points)
The draft of your Individual Signature Course Project Paper is due in Week 6. Consult with your instructor for any guidance or additional information you may need.
Continue contemplating what to include in your Individual Signature Course Project Presentation.
Category
Points
%
Description
Documentation and Formatting
10
14%
It is properly referenced according to APA guidelines.
Organization and Cohesiveness
5
7%
It is written in a cohesive manner that flows from stated assumptions.
Editing
5
7%
It is spell-checked for meaning as well as accuracy.
Content
50
72%
This is a stand-alone literature review. As such, provide a brief background on your selected topic and its importance. Include the scope of the literature review. The paper reflects the research and information that was discovered in formulating, writing, and completing the Individual Signature Course Project. Relevant literature should be included, of course. Carefully evaluate and select sources of information including those sources in the References section of your paper. As a part of your research and evaluation, select appropriate trends, patterns, conflicts, and contradictions found in the literature. Were any gaps in the information noted? If so, include this information. How did you address such relevant gaps in your Course Project paper? What new insight was discovered from the review? Why? How can you tell?
Total
100%
Grading Rubric: Literature Review: Due Week 7
Grading Rubric: Final Paper and Presentation: Due Week 8
Category
Points
%
Description
Documentation and Formatting
4
4%
It is properly referenced according to APA guidelines.
Organization and Cohesiveness
3
3%
It is written in a cohesive manner that flows from stated assumptions.
Editing
3
3%
It is spell-checked for meaning as well as accuracy.
Content, Final Paper, and Presentation
90
90%
Paper demonstrates and explains the evolving role of a Strategic Human Resource Management topic that reflects one of the major topics of the course.
In addition to functional topics, including issues in staffing, employee learning, employee relations, performance management, total rewards, and HR information systems, this paper included topics that mirrored the course’s primary objectives. Student worked with the instructor on submission of a topic and instructor approved the topic.
The paper included one of the Course Objectives or one of the knowledge, skills, and abilities from the course. One consideration is how the chosen topic has changed to meet the challenges presented by a technology-driven global economy.
The paper length should be a minimum of 10–12 pages and comply with all formatting and APA style standards.
The paper reflected the collective efforts of the entire course content and the strategic evolution of HRM from a marginalized area of practice to one that assumes a position within management that is reflective of the potential role that effective workforce planning and development can play. Students’ research should defend why their chosen topic matters to senior management.
The paper should include significant academic references and stay away from web pages that offer sales or opinions versus academic rigor. A successful paper should demonstrate a student’s deep understanding of the topic but also why and how that topic matters in moving HR to a strategic position in the management of the firm.
The presentation briefly described the purpose of the paper, a summary of the research, and conclusions, as well as a brief discussion of how the researched topic could benefit the organization and the people that serve in the company.
Total
100
100%
Special requirements
Basic explanations needed
Use the Outline and Proposal from week 2.
Most of the best-known academic and popular journals will provide acceptable content. Primary among them are some of the following journals and publications.
• People & Strategy (formally human resource planning)
• Harvard Business Review
• Human Resource Management
• Academy of Management Journals (various titles included)
• Journal of Labor Economics
• Human Resource Management Review
• Personnel Psychology
• International Journal of Human Resource Management
• Journal of Management
• Sloan Management Review
• California Management Review
• Administrative Sciences Quarterly