FIRM-6603 Research Assignment Your research assignment is as follows:
1. Pretend you are the HR Manager of a company and the CEO meets with you to get your opinion on a situation that has developed involving an employee.
(Choose one of the situations below). You answer the CEO that you will go do some research and get back with her later, then you leave to do some research.
2. Research the issue in the library databases.
Look for anything applicable to the situation, but focus on HR Law cases that are very recent. Take good notes as you go.
3. Prepare a research paper in APA format that contains the following:
a. A transmittal memo (Google this for a template). Pretend that the instructor (me) is the CEO of the company. Make up names for any individuals (employees, etc.) that you need to refer to in your document.
b. A title page c. 10-15 pages of body text (double-spaced, Times New Roman, 1" margins, etc.).
c. At least 10 references that are journal articles (don't use websites, except for government ones, and you should have no more than one or two of those, if any).
4. You can submit your paper early if you wish. When ready, submit in blackboard. Hint... Find a copy of the 5th edition of the APA Style Guide.
There is a sample research paper toward the middle of the book that you can use as an example to follow. If you use Microsoft Word to handle your references and such, I will not check them very closely, as long as you have all of the information required in each source.
If you do them by hand, I check to make sure they are perfect.
I also use Microsoft Word to check grammar and style, as well as spelling. See the video I posted in the Learning Resources of Blackboard on this subject.
Remember... Your goal with this paper is to demonstrate that you can
a) write a research paper correctly and
b) research an HR topic using the correct databases.
For these, you will probably want to use Lexus-Nexus as well as other legal references, in addition to the normal academic journal databases.
Situation #1 A recently hired female employee was seen entering the men's restroom during the lunch break. Although only a few people noticed, it was brought discretely to the CEO's attention, who immediately brought the matter to you.
You checked your records and discovered that the person checked "female" on the employment application, but her spouse's name is Katherine.
You begin to suspect that the gender that she presents may not be the same has her biological gender (she may be male biologically, but presenting as a female).
The employee works on an assembly line, has a good work history (though short), and seems to get along well with her co-workers. To make matters worse, the company recently established a fitness center with separate showers for each gender.