Must be in current APA format at least 450 words, must use at least 2 scholarly articles as references, and at least one biblical verse.

Additional Information: The class is Business Research Methods, my workplace is the military, and I am a victim advocate as well

Reflect on your study over the last 7 modules/weeks. Provide a workplace example of how you will apply the concepts explored in this course. In addition, provide an example of how a biblical character failed to apply the concepts explored in this course.

1. Relate the use of business information for competitive advantage in terms of what constitutes good research conducted in an ethical manner.

2. Clarify the business research questions through secondary data and exploration.

3. Differentiate business research designs: qualitative, observation, surveys, and experiments.

4. Critique the sources and collection of business data, including measurement, measurement scales, questionnaires and instruments, and sampling.

5. Summarize techniques for analyzing and presenting business data, including data preparation and description, displaying and examining data, and hypothesis testing.

Traditional Paper

Research, identify, and discuss the basic roles of HRM professionals, as well as explain how their roles have changed over the year.

The requirements below must be met for your paper to be accepted and graded:  

• Write between 500 – 750 words (approximately 2 – 3 pages) using Microsoft Word.
• Attempt APA style, see example below.
• Use font size 12 and 1” margins.
• Include cover page and reference page.

Assignment should consist of:

• Cover Page with Name, Date, and Title of Assignment
• Use headings to separate the sections of the paper (use the Questions selected)
• Page numbers
• Double-spacing
• Times New Roman, size 12
• Use a minimum of four sources (from the past four years) for each response
• In-text citations in APA style
• Reference page using APA style

Select any four of these six topics for your Final Written Assignment and address each question comprehensively:

1. It has been said that “a company that deserves a union gets one,” suggesting that if proper leadership and motivation techniques are employed and desirable policies devised, the workers will not want to unionize. Either agree or disagree with this philosophy. Support your position and explain what a company could do to create an environment where workers will not want to unionize. 

2. Some means of resolving negotiations impasses involve economic weapons (e.g. strikes and lockouts). There are other means of impasse resolution that do not involve the use of economic weapons (e.g. fact finding, mediation, med/arb/interest arb, etc.). Select two (2) non- economic means of impasse resolution, 1) explain how each one functions and 2) discuss the relative pros and cons of each.
3. Unions have declined as a percentage of the workforce in the private sector. With this decline, have career and workplace dissatisfaction and alienation increased? If so, why is this so? If not, why not? Support your position.
4. List and discuss some of the advantages and disadvantages in using seniority as a factor to determine shift preference or overtime assignments.
5. Identify two different steps a company should take to prepare for its first round of bargaining with the union pre-negotiation activities. Explain why each of the steps you have identified is critical to achieving an initial successful collective bargaining agreement with the union.
6. Identify and explain the major ways in which the government is an important participant in the labor relations.

one page history essay.

Before writing your analysis of Sumner’s “On Social Darwinism,” you must first have a working thesis statement.  The thesis is the most important sentence in the paper.  It is the main statement of your interpretation, the point you are arguing.  Without a good thesis statement it is not possible to have a good, coherent analysis.

For the first homework assignment, come up with a good, clear, arguable thesis statement about Sumner’s motives or purposes for writing his text.

Before you formulate your thesis statement, read “On Social Darwinism” once again.  Look for specific aspects or characteristics in Sumner’s writing which indicate a motive or purpose for writing this text.  Your thesis statement should reflect your interpretation of Sumner, and also point toward specific passages in Sumner’s text which you can use as evidence to support your interpretation. To help you with this, you may also wish to read the handouts, “Analyzing and Interpreting Primary Sources,” and “Thesis Statements.”

Keep in mind that your thesis statement may change over the course of writing your paper.  You should come up with a working thesis statement and modify it as you need.

 School of Social Work and Human Services

Child Welfare

COURSE DESCRIPTION

This course will look at the major historical, ideological, legal, and professional themes that inform child welfare policy.  Issues including current legislation, history of child welfare, foster care, and adoption will be examined. In particular, we will focus on the social construction of mothering, of child neglect and of child abuse.  Contemporary policies and programs for populations disproportionately engaged with child welfare services including Aboriginal children, immigrant and refugee children, and children of single parents will be examined.  Students will be expected to engage in a process of integrating factors of gender, class, disability, race, culture and sexual orientation into their critical analysis of the ideological nature of Child Welfare.

This course does not teach you specifically how to become a worker in child protection, although we will discuss child protection, frameworks and issues of child protection work. Rather, it is intended to give you a perspective on the breadth and scope of Child Welfare work, and the issues that face workers in terms of policy, practice, ideology, and ethical issues. The course will be of interest to any students who will be working with children and families.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Upon successful completion of this course, students will have:

1)   An understanding of the major historical, ideological, legal and professional themes that inform child welfare policy.

2)   The ability to critically analyze current policy and practice issues in child welfare and their implications for social work practice.

3)   The ability to articulate and integrate one’s personal and professional ethical perspective and its influence on social work practice in child welfare.

4)   The ability to articulate the relationship of child protection, child welfare, structural realities, and the implications for practice.

5)   An understanding of the role of the state in defining and influencing child welfare practices.

6)   The ability to analyze social issues affecting children and families.

7)   An understanding of racism, sexism, and heterosexism in child welfare services.

COURSE EXPECTATIONS

REQUIRED TEXTS

Kufeldt, K. & McKenzie, B. (Eds.) (2011) Child Welfare: Connecting Research, Policy, and Practice. (2^nd Edition) Waterloo: Wilfred Laurier Press.

COURSEPACK CONTENTS:

STUDENT EVALUATION PROCEDURE

Assignment #2: Critical Analysis and Child Welfare Paper

Length:             10-12 pages typed, double-spaced. References and title page on additional pages.

An outline of your final paper is required. This only requires a brief (one page) identifying your topic and why you have chosen it, and possible literatures that you will examine to complete the paper. TOPIC: Single Parent fathers.

Purpose: This 10-12 page and double-spaced paper (reference list will be in addition to the pages). It is a major research paper and it is an opportunity for you to:

§  identify your emerging theoretical and ethical perspective regarding an issue in child welfare and

§  identify the ways in which your perspective informs and guides your social work practice in child welfare in general,  and/or with children and families

§  Your focus should be on an issue that is either currently critical in child welfare or which has future implications for practice and policy.

In this paper you are required to explore critically and in more depth, a topic relevant to the policy and practice of child welfare.  You are expected to develop your own ideas and understanding of a specific topic using course material and library research, as well as relevant practice experience. 

·       The term paper must be more than just descriptive, that is, you are expected to demonstrate a critical understanding and analysis of the issues involved. 

·       You must present an idea, issue or topic and present it critically, by looking at different arguments and points of view as well as your own. 

·       You must also explain and/or defend your point of view. 

The paper is intended to give you an opportunity to reflect on and challenge your current assumptions and philosophies about social work practice in child welfare, and to identify the major conceptual and theoretical ideas that support your approach to practice. 

·       The paper should convey your grasp of what BELIEFS and THEORIES you bring to practice, and what you are trying to accomplish through your practice.

·       The paper identifies your understanding of the issue, but this goes beyond describing the issue, it uses a critical analysis to review the issue.

·       In reading the paper, it should be evident: how you have gained a sense of what major questions remain unanswered for you, and

·       How do you anticipate reconciling these questions in your every day practice?

·       What theories help frame the issue? What ethical issues are a part of this child welfare issue?

·       In your concluding remarks, you are expected to name current unresolved issues in your selected area of child welfare, as well as identify implications for practice. 

·       This paper is both a personal and scholarly reflection on your emerging practice as a social worker.

References: You should draw from between 12 and 15 “good” peer reviewed references for this major paper. The references must come from articles from journals, book chapters, books, reports, and articles from the class.

Reminder: use APA, 6^th edition writing, formatting, and reference style, and the School of Social Work and Human Services APA Template.