The course project is designed to provide you with a real-life practical application of an organization's Human Resource benefits program. You will create a written analysis of a real-world organization's benefit plan design with suggested opportunities for improvement that use the concepts and knowledge introduced in this course.
Guidelines:
The course project must be comprehensive and follow the following analytical stages.
There are different parts in this course project. Papers should be formatted according to APA or MLA guidelines (12 point font; double-spaced; include a cover page, table of contents, introduction, body of the report, summary or conclusion, and works cited page).
Even though this is not a scientific-type writing assignment and is mostly creative in nature, references are still very important. At least six authoritative, outside references are required (anonymous authors or web pages are not acceptable). These should be referenced according to APA or MLA guidelines.
Appropriate citations are required following APA or MLA guidelines.
All University Policies are in effect, including the Plagiarism Policy.
Please post any assignment questions to assignment questions to discuss about these papers in the weekly Q & A assignment questions to discussion topic.
These papers combined are worth 310 total points and will be graded on quality of research topic, quality of paper information, use of citations, grammar, and sentence structure (see rubrics below).
Part: Solution and its Implementation:
This segment should outline your recommended solution to the identified issue. The solution will be one or a combination of the solutions provided in Part 5. This part should be specific, stating what benefit plans are recommended, timing for implementation, and in what sequence. It includes not only what should be done, but also how it should be done. A specific solution should indicate what benefit is most appropriate for the issue and how it will be implemented in the organization. Some assignment questions to assignment questions to discuss to keep in mind when writing the solution section include the following:
Has an awareness of the problem of implementation been addressed?
Have you been too general?
Does the solution and implementation address the issues identified earlier?
Does my solution take into account the identified pros and cons?
How will you evaluate the effectiveness of the implemented benefit plan?
What process checks or procedures will I put in place to institutionalize the improvement?
Was the realism of your proposed action plan assessed? For example, is there adequate time, money, and other resources for your solution?
Part: Justification
This section of your analysis should, using course knowledge and concepts, tell why your solution and implementation would work. A major objective is to clearly show how you are applying course concepts and content to arrive at a workable solution and implementation for the issue identified. Some assignment questions to assignment questions to discuss to ask when writing your justification segment include:
Have I applied the appropriate course material?
Do I support my conclusions and recommendations with appropriately referenced facts, quotes, readings, and class activities?
Does my justification recognize the pros and cons identified earlier?
Part: Reflection
Think about this assignment and write a well thought-out reflection statement about how this assignment influenced your thinking about benefits.
The following are best practices that should be used in preparing this paper:
Cover Page – Include your name, who you prepared the paper for, course name, and date.
Table of Contents – List the main ideas and section of your paper and the pages in which they are located. The illustrations should be included separately.
Introduction – Use a header on your paper. This will indicate you are introducing your paper.
Sub-Title each section: Use the section titles to indicate in the body of your paper each individual section (i.e. Statement of Issue, Literature Review, Issue Analysis, etc.)