08 Oct Research Paper on a public personnel management

Research Paper on a public personnel management

As you progress through the course, keep in mind that you will be preparing a five page research paper (title page and references not included) on a selected Public Personnel Management topic.

 

 

Basic guidelines:

 

 

Write the paper in your own words and use the American Psychological Association (APA) Style format. An APA template is provided for your convenience in the “Instructor and Course Materials” content area.

Use 12-point font and 1 inch margins throughout the paper.

Include an APA title page (title, your name, course and section number, and date).

Body of the paper should be double-spaced and should include headers (topic) and footers (page number).

When using acronyms, define the term the first time and place the acronym in parenthesis; after that, the acronym can be used. For example, The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM).

Use the word “that” when introducing restrictive clauses (clauses that are necessary to the sentence). Use “which” should be used with commas to set off unrestrictive (unnecessary) clauses.

When citing references and direct quotes, use the (APA) format, Strict compliance). (Keep paraphrasing and use of direct quotes to a minimum… less than 10% of the paper.)

Complete information on every reference used should be listed at the end of the paper on a page titled References following the APA format. Refer APA Publication Manual and/or the SPC Library Online “Citation Help” link for APA guidelines and examples as well as the APA Website: http://www.apastyle.org/learn/faqs/index.aspx

The paper itself:

 

Start the paper with an introduction, that includes a brief introduction to the topic and historical perspective.

Include research that has been done on the topic, personal experiences (but avoid writing in the first person perspective, i.e. “I” and “we,” information from subject matter experts, etc.

End the paper with your conclusions.

For additional academic writing guidelines see the document named “General Writing Guidelines” located in the “Instructor and Course Requirements content area.

Papers will be evaluated based on the Writing Assignment Rubric.

 

Citations and common student writing errors:

 

All references in the paper should be identified by the author s last name and year of publication; when named within the text use: Mondy (2008); when the author is not named within the text use: (“First few words in the title of the work”, 2008).

When citing a direct quote you need to include the page number from print media sources or paragraph numbers from Web page sources, i.e. According to Mondy (2008), operative employees … (p. 3) or (Mondy, 2008, p. 3) immediately followin the quote.

When a direct quote is 40 words or more the quote needs to be presented in a block quote format. When using block quotes indent the whole quote by .5 for left and right margin and remove quotation marks.

If a publication has no date use n.d. Mondy (n.d.)… or (Mondy, n.d).

If citing a personal interview include the initials and last name of the person interviewed and date that the interview was conducted. Interviews are only cited in the text, i.e. A. J. Doe (personal communication, April 1, 2000) stated… or at the end of the sentence (A. J. Doe, personal communication, April 1, 2000).

When citing Web pages most commonly you should cite the title of the page or article if there is no author: the following link will provide you the more specific information on how properly cite and reference a Web page where there is no author. Further, if there is no date of use (n.d.) in the in text citation as well as in the reference. http://www.apastyle.org/learn/faqs/web-page-no-author.aspx

A URL or references to an academic database is not necessary if a print media source is accessed electronically. Cite and reference as a print media source.

For every reference listed their needs to be one or more in text citations and for every in text citation there needs to be a reference listed.

POSSIBLE TOPICS

 

The following list contains possible topics for student research projects. Some of the topics are very broad in nature and would have to be further defined; however, the list provides a comprehensive overview of the many different areas that Public Personnel Management has an impact on.

 

Absenteeism

 

Family Medical Leave Act

 

Privatization

 

Affirmative Action

 

Flex Time

 

Privacy Concerns

 

Age Discrimination

 

Flexible Benefits

 

Public Records

 

Alcoholism & Work

 

Generational

 

Public Sector vs Private

 

ADA

 

Glass Ceiling

 

Recruitment

 

Apprentice Programs

 

Grievances

 

Reduced Work Weeks

 

Assessment Centers

 

Health Care

 

Religious Discrimination

 

Arbitration

 

HMO s

 

Retention Strategies

 

At-Will Employment

 

HRIS (Information Systems)

 

Sabbatical Leaves

 

Behavior Anchored Ratings

 

Identity Theft

 

Safety Concerns

 

Career Planning

 

Incentives

 

Selection Methods

 

Changing Workforce

 

Internet

 

Seniority Systems

 

Civil Service Systems

 

Interviewing

 

Sexual Harassment

 

Collective Bargaining

 

Job Enrichment

 

Smoking

 

Recruitment

 

Job Evaluation

 

Social Security

 

Compensation

 

Job Sharing

 

Stress – Burnout

 

Cut-back management

 

Labor Relations

 

Succession Planning

 

Day Care

 

Legal Issues

 

Suggestion Systems

 

Demographics-Labor Force

 

Management Development

 

Telecommuting

 

Discipline

 

Medical Examinations

 

Terminating Employees

 

Diversity

 

Mentoring

 

Testing

 

Downsizing

 

Modified Retirement

 

Time-Off Policies

 

Drop Programs

 

Moonlighting

 

Training

 

Drugs – Drug Policies

 

Negligent Hiring/Retention

 

Turnover

 

Early Retirement

 

On-line Applications

 

Unemployment Comp

 

Elder Care

 

OSHA

 

Uniform Guidelines

 

Employee Assistance (EAP)

 

Outplacement

 

Unions

 

Employee Referral Programs

 

Outsourcing

 

Wage Compression

 

Employee Relations

 

Paid Time Off

 

Wellness programs

 

Equal Pay

 

Peer Evaluations

 

Work – Life Balance

 

Ethics

 

Performance Appraisals

 

Workers Compensation

 

Executive Compensation

 

Personality Tests

 

Workplace Violence

 

Exit Interviews

 

Physical Fitness

 

Social Networking