HRM
Term Paper Assignment
You are required to write about current events that are relevant to employee training and development.
Article Date Requirement: The selected article should be published within three months of the due date.
Article Source: Potential sources include The Wall Street Journal, Fortune, BusinessWeek, Money, HR Magazine and Training & Development Journal, Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) website (remember to cite ALL your sources). Relevancy is important.
The content of this paper should include four parts:
1. Review of Important /Major Content offered in the Article: Approximately one page in length. This page should be a well-written, concise, and complete synopsis of the important elements of the article. Short articles will not work because they will not be able to be summarized into one page in length!
2. 2. Deep Look at the Relevance to Course: Approximately three pages in length and fully cited. This should specifically describe the text chapter(s), chapter topic(s), class discussion(s) and key concept(s) this current event article specifically pertains to and how the article expands your understanding of the course content.
3. 3 . Two In‐depth Questions Not Fully Answered by the Article: List two course relevant questions that this article raised in your mind, which you believe serve as a discussion vehicle when this article is presented in class.
4. 4. Reference Page: Provide a full APA “References” page at end of paper and check to assure that in‐text citations coordinate to a reference – and that references coordinate with in‐text citations utilized in the paper.
APA style is required for the paper. (See http://www.apastyle.org)