Discuss the below:
• What is the Act you have chosen and summarize it in your own words?
• What is required by employers to be in compliance with the Act? What are the employee rights under the Act?
• What was the purpose and/or intent of the Act established by the state or federal government? Identify social/economic benefits.
• Who benefits by the Act and how does your ACT or Law compare with other cultural perspectives? For example do other countries have similar Acts/Laws.
• Note any changes to the Act that you have discovered in your research since the enactment date. What, why, and when were the changes made?
• Give observations and opinions about the Act. Do you believe it fulfills its original purpose?
• Include examples of persons you know who have benefited by the Act, if appropriate.
• Describe your core beliefs as it relates to the Acts/Laws. Are the Acts against your core beliefs? Why or why not?
• Prepare a 3-5 page research report on your topic.
• You must include a minimum of 9 sources.
o 2 of your sources should be journal articles or other academic sources. These can be found using the Rasmussen Online Library. Good databases include EBSCO Host or ProQuest
• The audience for your report is your group and class as a whole.
• Include information obtained during your research. Make sure to address all of the areas listed above.
• Please be sure to properly introduce your subject matter to the reader.
• Include the purpose of the report and be aware of the audience reading the report. Do not assume they have knowledge of the organization that you have selected for research.
• Include your observations and opinions related to the Act selected.
• Offer a closing paragraph(s) in order to summarize the presented information and add your perspective.
1. Content Incorporation. Make every attempt to demonstrate higher order thinking skills within your paper. Simple paraphrasing [knowledge and comprehension] does not elevate your work to college level. Look at the analysis, synthesis and evaluation descriptions provided below.
Comfortably attempt to incorporate these concepts into your work.
2. *Knowledge - Factual information with proper citing should be provided in order to address your topic and add credibility to your work. [List, define, tell, describe, identify, show, label, collect, examine, tabulate, quote, name, who, when, where, etc.]
3. *Comprehension - Summarize and interpret, compare, contrast the information that you have researched to assist the reader with the key items you want to emphasize in your work. [Summarize, describe, interpret, contrast, predict, associate, distinguish, estimate, differentiate, discuss]
4. *Application - Use the information you have collected to address concepts and theories on how this can be applied to new situations and/or solve problems. [Apply, demonstrate, illustrate, show, relate, solve, examine]
5. *Analysis - Organize your paper in proper parts. You should introduce the topic, provide a body of content that meets the project requirement, and include a closing summary or statement. Support all concepts with credible information. [Analyze, separate, connect, arrange, divide, compare, infer, and order].
6. *Synthesis/Evaluation - Draw conclusions from the knowledge gained. Relate knowledge from several areas. Use what is given to create new ideas. [Combine, integrate, rearrange, design, invent, plan, create]