prepare a term paper on a human resource-related topic of your choice.

BUS 250 – Term Paper Additional Information

prepare a term paper on a human resource-related topic of your choice.

Some examples of topics include (you are not limited to these):

Leadership styles

Job satisfaction

Employee engagement

Ethics in the workplace

Training and development

Performance management

Total rewards

Collective bargaining

Generational differences

Accommodations

Sexual harassment

Emotional intelligence

The glass ceiling

Pay equity

The effect of stress on workplace performance

Recruitment

Retention

Your paper is to be a maximum of 12 pages. 

The title page, referencing, and appendices do not count towards the total page count.

Use 12-point Times New Roman font, 1-inch margins, one-and-a-half line spacing, and include page numbers.

The term paper should include the following components:

Introduction

What is the topic or question you wish to investigate?

Why is the topic/question of interest to you and why should the reader be interested?

What will the reader learn from your paper?

Literature Review

Outline recent studies that have been done on the subject.

It is critical to identify and cite sources. 

Please use a minimum of five (5) academic journal articles in a meaningful way.

APA is the required referencing style.

Analysis

You should include a narrative that is comparative – comparing what different researchers have said about the topic.

There should be an analysis – you should make your own comments and assessments of the existing material and identify what is missing from the material you have reviewed.

Conclusions

Summarize your major findings.

Be certain to connect this section to the introduction you write and to what you said you were going to do in the paper.