Human Resources - Literature Review

The learning outcome of this assignment is to understand how to conduct research on a given topic. Also, the outcome includes the application of your research about strategic human resources planning for your HR practice. Research and staying current on HR related topics is a critical need for an HR practitioner as is the knowledge of how to strategically plan for the Human Resources function. 

For this assignment, you are asked to develop a literature review on the topic of strategic human resource management. The paper requires you to develop a short (about three to five pages) document on the current thinking and research in the area of strategic human resource management. You may include examples in your paper about how the Human Resources function creates initiatives that are strategic such as targeted recruitment, a Total Rewards program, engagement studies just to name a few, but the main focus on the paper is on the strategic nature of the Human Resource function.

You want to conduct a scholarly review of the literature, and you must have a minimum of three citations (excluding our course materials). Again, your topic is strategic human resource management but you may provide examples of strategic HR initiatives. 

Review the paper provided "Writing a Literature Review Paper." Keep in mind that a literature review is not merely a bibliographic list of resources. A literature review is your synthesis of the scholarly research available on the subject.

Your literature review can be used to inform management for decisions that are pending and/or serve as a basis for mere knowledge sharing. Literature reviews can be stand-alone documents or parts of a larger document. This assignment is to create a stand-alone literature review. Your literature review must use scholarly references and it must be written in a narrative format synthesizing the research from your citations, which must be in presented in APA format. Be sure to use topic headings such as Introduction, Main Findings and Conclusions. The paper will include at the least the following::

1.  Title page

2.  Introduction and Purpose of the Paper

3.  General Findings of the Research (including definition of the topic)

4.  Synthesis of the Findings

5.  Conclusions

6.  Reference Page

Due: Sunday, February 5 @ 9:30 A.M.

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       CriteriaExceeds Expectations10 pointsMeets Expectations9 pointsMeets Some Expectations8 pointsDoes Not Meet Expectations6 pointsDid Not Turn In or Unacceptable0 pointsContent

Paper presents relevant and a broad variety of research of a scholarly nature, demonstrates exceptional synthesis and original thought.

Paper presents relevant scholarly research and demonstrates synthesis of research and some original thought.

Paper presents some of the required scholarly research and reports on it in a fairly good synthesis. Thoughts do not seem to be original. 

Paper does not meet the expecations of the assignment. For example the paper may lists sources, but no evidence of linking research together.

Did not turn in or unacceptable

Instructions, Mechanics and Writing StyleExceeds Expectations5 pointsMeets Expectations4.5 pointsMeets Some Expectations4 pointsDoes Not Meet Expectations3 pointsDid Not Turn In or Unacceptable0 pointsAdherence to Instructions

Paper exceeds the stated requirements for the assignment, has impecable in text citations in APA format. All segments of the paper are outstanding.

Addresses all the segments of the assignment in good academic manner. There are at least three citations, and they are APA compliant.

Paper meets the gneral requirements but is not as robust as expected. The requirement of APA compliant citations were not met or were not of an scholarly nature.

Paper does not meet the expectations of the assigned instructions.

Did not turn in or unacceptable

Academic Writing Style

Paper is free of grammatical and/or spelling errors. It is exceptionally well-written, cogent, and coherent. In text citations and reference list are in proper APA format. Relevant headings, sub headings and purpose statement is included.

Paper is generally free of grammatical and/or spelling errors. It is well-written, cogent, and coherent. In text citations and reference list are in proper APA format. Relevant headings, sub headings and purpose statement is included.

Paper has some grammatical and/or spelling errors. It is fairly well-written, cogent, and coherent. In text citations and reference list are not all in proper APA format. Relevant headings, sub headings and purpose statement are not all included.

Paper contains numerous grammatical and/or spelling errors. It is not well-written, cogent, and coherent. In text citations and reference list are not in proper APA format. Relevant headings, sub headings and purpose statement is not included.

Did not turn in or unacceptable

Overall ScoreExceeds Expectations20 or moreMeets Expectations18 or moreMeets Some Expectations16 or moreDoes Not Meet Expectations12 or moreDid Not Submit or Unacceptable0 or more