Essays and Research Papers on Human Resource Issues

This 5-page paper discusses human resources and staffing issues for a fictitious gourmet coffee shop in Washington, DC. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 7-page paper focuses on legislation and laws for protection of employees. Also examines case studies concerning right-to-work termination and workmans' compensation for undocumented immigrants. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 3-page paper examined two jobs from an "Undercover Boss" episode -- floor manager and compounder -- and developed job descriptions from them. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 4 page paper answers a set of questions regarding recruitment and retention. The first question looks at the recruitment process and considers how it may differ when recruiting employees with specific skills rather than general employees. The second question discusses the way in which organizations may increase retention. The third question concerns the ...

A 3 page paper that reflects on a video with this title. The speaker identifies some of the time-wasters that interrupt work from getting done, which he calls M&Ms, managers and meetings. This essay reflects on the suggestions made, such as having a rule that nobody can talk on a certain day of the week, ...

A 3 page paper. The first part describes the question, key words, etc. and what was found. This is repeated in the second part. Each part also discusses an article pertaining to that leadership topic. The topics are personality and leadership and gender differences. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

An 8 page paper that provides an analysis of this company. Porter's Five Forces are applied to each of the company's line of business and a SWOT offers analysis of the entire company. The paper ends with recommendations. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

Making changes in any organization is very difficult because there will always be resistance to any change. This essay discusses Marker's ten strategies to overcome resistance. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 14 page paper that discusses the issue of the hazing process of probationary firefighters. In many cases this is taken too far resulting in extreme humiliation and injury. EEOC has investigated numerous cases of the brutal hazing ritual for probies. This paper includes a scenario, reports of probies' experiences, laws, ethical codes, how ...

A 5 page paper. When they were first established, unions were desperately needed. Workers were being treated poorly, paid low wages, had not benefits, worked long hours each week, and worked in unsafe conditions. Today, unions make it very difficult for an employer to fire an unsatisfactory employee. This essay discusses the pros and cons ...

This 6 page paper examines two articles written on motivation and its link with employee engagement along with the impact this has on organizational performance, summarizing the article contents, assessing strengths and weaknesses and looking at the way in which the articles in with other research and literature. The bibliography cites 7 sources.

This 5-page paper provides an overview for a human resources manager's job description. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 5 page case study summarizes the case and then discusses it in terms of the Happenstance Learning Theory (HLT), developed by John Krumboltz. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

This 9-page paper focuses on the employee problems at the fictitious Flat Metal Pressing, and provides solutions, based on human resources management (HRM) and strategic development suggestions. Bibliography lists 10 sources.

This 6 page paper looks at the potential of trialectrics in order to create new ways of looking at change. The concept and the potential benefits are discussed along with the weaknesses of the model. The bibliography cites 5 sources.

This 3 page paper looks at whether the use of principles which are aimed at increasing responsibility and accountability will also constrain employees and percent flexibility and change and the way they may be seen as anti-dialogic. The bibliography cites 5 sources.

A 3 page paper. This essay discussed resistance to change, types of resistance, reasons, and the most resistant group in the organization. The paper then discusses Kotter's Eight Step model for change management. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 3 page paper defines terms and discusses factors that pertain to the labor market and how it is affected by race. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 3 page paper. This case is about employee stealing/fraud. The essay explains the background, what the supervisor can do, and provides financial data for the suspected thief. Bibliography lists 1 sources.

An 8 page paper that discusses effective leadership, characteristics, traits, behaviors, and skills, how to become an effective leader, motivation, and developing teams. Bibliography lists 1 source.

Executive Compensation At General Electric : A 3 page paper. This essay responds to issues found in the Harvard study of executive compensation at General Electric. Data are included. The compensation plan is described and discussed. Bibliography lists 1 source.

A 4 page paper. This essay discusses three topics. The first section discusses emotional intelligence; the next discusses the manager's responsibility to motivate employees; an brief example of a change project is presented next; and finally, a manager's responsibility to motivate employees is discussed. Bibliography lists 5 sources.