Human Resources Management

Research and evaluate a scholarly articles. Select a topic of interest from the list below. Use journals, magazines, or newspaper sources, current articles (not older than 2016) should be used.   You will summarize and reflect (critique) the articles. See the formatting instructions below. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Begin paper with article information:  • Author’s name, title of article, title of journal, year published, page numbers Example: McCannon, M. Grammar Studies, The Journal of Communication, 1998, p. 1-5 Abstract – An abstract is a summary of the paper. In this section, in your own words, describe what the article was about making sure you cover the main points. You do not have to cite your source as it is understood that all information comes from this one article. Reflections/Critique – An important ability in business is the ability to reflect, judge, and critique and article or case. Just because an article is published doesn’t always mean it was well written. In this section, describe what you believe are the article’s strengths and weaknesses. For example, was it easy to understand (why or why not?), did it leave out any information that you expected it to include (what information, why would it have been important), did it have information that you felt was not necessary (why was it not necessary), did the title of the article reflect the content of the article (what did you think the article was going to be about). Do not say “This article was interesting, good, bad, etc.” unless you give specific examples to back up this opinion. What did you learn from the article?   Length – each topic has around 500 words. • Margins – One Inch • Use the words Abstract and Critique as your headings. Underline the headings  • Font: 12 size, easy to read font such as Arial or Times New Roman Possible Topics • Absenteeism: Cases, Remedies, and Prevention  • Alcoholism, Drug Addiction, and Work  • Americans with Disabilities Act: Current Status and Rulings  • Application Blanks: Creation, Usage, and Legal Obligations  • Arbitration Costs and Benefits in Settling Labor Relations Disputes  • Behaviorally-Anchored Rating Scales  • Behavior Modification Approaches  • Contingent Workers/Workforce  • Costing Behaviors  • Current Immigration Problems  • Discipline and Disciplinary Action  • Downsizing the Workplace: Problems and Solutions  • Drug Testing Issues  • Early Retirement Plans and Methods  • Employee Assistance Plans  • Employee Development Methods  • Employee Free Choice Act: Plus and Minus  • Employee Handbooks: What You Need to Know  • Executive Recruiting and Selection  • Exit Interviews  • Flex Time  • Flexible Benefit Systems  • Gainsharing  • Genetic Testing  • Grievance and Complaint Settlement Methods  • Health Care Cost Containment Methods  • HR Management for the 21st Century  • HR Metrics  • Human Resource Accounting  • Human Resource Information Systems  • International Human Resource Management in [Your Choice]  • Interviewing Methods in the Selection Process  • Is Affirmative Action Still Needed in the Present Day and Beyond?  • Job Enrichment  • Job Sharing  • Legal Aspects of Pregnancy and Family Leave Policies in WA  • Management Development: Planning & Evaluation  • Obama Health Care: Good or Bad & Why?  • Outsourcing the Human Resource Function  • Paid Family Medical Leave  • Peer Method of Performance Appraisal  • Personality Tests and the Selection of Employees  • Reducing Job Fatigue, Boredom, and Monotony  • Privacy Concerns of Employees  • Unions: Current and Future Status  • Profit Sharing Plans  • Proper and Improper Termination in Today’s Economy  • Reverse Discrimination and Affirmative Action Today  • Self-Directed Work Teams  • Sexual Harassment: Prevention and Corrective Actions  • Status of Employer Liability and Current Trends in Reference Checking  • Strategic HR  • Stress and Burnout: HR Solutions  • Strikes: Management Strategies  • The Use of the Polygraph (lie detector) in the Selection Process  • Turnover: How much, How Little?  • Wage Compression: Problems and Solutions  • Women and the “Glass Ceiling”  • Workplace violence