Assignment Information
Written Work: All assignments for this class should conform to APA 6th edition style. Graded assignments are not eligible for revision and regrading. Please include a cover page with the title and date of the assignment (as listed in the syllabus), your institutional affiliation (i.e., Southern Utah University, the title of the course, name of the professor, your name, and the date.
You are advised to seek feedback on your papers before you turn them into me. This is a service the SUU Graduate Writing Center will provide for you if you plan ahead.
1- Introduction - 25 points
Please spend a fair amount of time becoming acquainted with your colleagues in this class. It is very important that together we become a learning community over the next several weeks. Make your classmates part of your life as you offer and receive learning by not only introducing yourself, but discussing your expectations for the course. To earn your Introduction points, be sure to say hello to at least 1/3 of your classmates and begin to develop a collegial relationship.
2- Discussions - 200 points
There are 8 discussions and each is worth 25 points each.
To qualify for full credit for a week’s discussion, please make 1 substantive "original" posting to be at least 300 words each. Make a minimum of 3 substantive replies to classmates to be at least 100 words each. Each original posting should have at least one embedded citation (APA-formatted) from the respective week's assigned content, and accompanying reference at the bottom. You may also use Kaltura and submit original comment as long as you include reference material.
The discussion posts should demonstrate you have thoughtfully considered the week's content and be reflective in nature. It allows you to explore the readings further, in a way that is meaningful to your own experience or career path. Demonstrate that you have read the texts critically and given much thought to what you have read. For starters, demonstrate how the text impacted you, and draw application to the real world of the nonprofit sector. In other words, interpret and apply some aspect of the text that you find interesting and significant. Also, your personal application of the principles taught and the response to your classmates will be considered as part of your grade. You have until the last day of each lesson to complete the respective discussion.
Your final discussion (in Week 8) will be a reflective interactive discussion on the course and whether it met the expectations you identified in your introduction discussion in Week 1. This is your opportunity to discuss what you liked and didn’t like about the course, how you feel that it will benefit you in the future, and the most important things that you learned in the course.
3- Assignments - 775 points
All assignments for this class should conform to APA 6th edition style. Assignments generally come in two categories: papers or projects. Purdue University produces a very nice APA online guide.
Please include a cover page with the title and date of the assignment (as listed in the syllabus), your institutional affiliation (i.e. Southern Utah University), the title of the course, name of the professor, your name and the date.
Graded assignments are not eligible for revision and regrading. Thus, you are strongly encouraged and advised to seek feedback on your papers before you turn them in to me. This is a service that the SUU Graduate Writing Center can provide for you if you plan ahead.
4- HR Interview - 100 points
You will conduct an interview with an HR executive or manager (senior level, if possible). The paper should be no more than five (5) pages in length excluding the cover page. This assignment is due at the end of Week 2, Module 3.
5- Manager Interview - 100 points
Conduct an interview with a manager who supervises employees and conducts employee evaluations, hiring, and compensation functions. The paper should be no more than five (5) pages in length excluding the cover page. This assignment is due at the end of Week 3, Module 4.
6- Research Paper - 400 points total
This paper has two major components. The first is research, and the second is a case study. You will choose a topic and an organization in your field to research. The paper will be formatted with a topic introduction, literature overview, discussion of the topic, introduction to the organization, discussion on how the chosen topic works within the organization, and a reflection. For example, if you are looking at a particular HR law, you will provide an introduction of the law, provide a history of how it came to be and how it currently affects organizations, briefly discuss the case law and any other applicable literature, introduce your organization and discuss how this law influences the policies, procedures and daily function of the HR office and supervisors, and finally provide a reflection on the future of the law and why it is important for leaders to understand the implications of the law. the paper should be no more than 10 pages in length (excluding the cover page and references/citation page), and should include no less than ten (7) sources and five (5) peer-reviewed citations.
This is a scaffolded assignment. You will be required to turn in the following:
- Topic Proposal - 25 points: You will turn in your topic proposal, including the organization that you wish to examine by the end of Week 1.
- Research Paper Outline and Literature Review w/Annotated Bibliography - 100 points: The outline will help you organize your paper and should introduce your literature and the main points that will be covered in your paper. This will be due at the end of Week 2.
- Research Paper Draft - 25 points: You will submit a draft by the end of Week 5. I will provide feedback to you for consideration prior to turning in the final paper.
- Peer Review (25 points): You will be required to obtain feedback from the SUU Graduate Writing Center prior to turning in your final draft, or from another student in the class. You may submit the same with your final draft.
- Final Research Paper - 200 points: Your final paper, and SUU Graduate Writing Center feedback are all due at the end of Week 6.
7- Personnel Management in the News - 140 points
Once per week you will find a current event that goes along with the reading, and present a brief overview of how it relates to core content we have learned.
8- Course Evaluations - 25 points
As professors, we not only evaluate your work, but provide you with an opportunity to evaluate and assess our instruction, courses and provide us with valuable feedback on student success and course improvement. Each student who completes the course evaluation at the end of this course will receive 25 points.