Read: workforce.com’s “2019 Workforce 100: Ranking the World’s Top Companies For

Read: workforce.com’s “2019 Workforce 100: Ranking the World’s Top Companies For HR” –
https://www.workforce.com/news/2019-workforce-100-ranking-top-companies-hr, carefully
examine each of the companies that made the list, and select one organization for you to do a
deep dive into
– Pretend that we have no idea who this company is or what they do – provide the following to give
us a sense of “who they are” (not limited to these items): an introduction to the company,
background, history, driving philosophies / mission, products / services (what they are known for),
strategic goals, and etc. Whatever you feel is pertinent and important in the context of HR
– Research and thoroughly discuss your selected company’s approach to the following areas of HR
/ organizational behavior (this should be the core section you spend the most time on):
o HR Planning / Human Capital Strategy
o Culture
o Staffing / Recruitment / Selection / Onboarding
o Performance Management
o Training and Development
o One Other Category of Your Choosing (Examples: Compensation & Benefits / Diversity
and Inclusion / Technology / Global Business)
– Students should demonstrate the ability to research existing literature / information and integrate
new ideas into the current understanding of the OB / HRM arena. As researchers, you are
expected to contribute to “the body of knowledge”.
o What should they change? Why does the company approach the topic a certain way?
What research / data / principles / theories are they basing their practices on? What do
you think will improve their strategy? How can they continue to be successful in the next
year / 5 years / 10 years? Etc.
o Make your you use what you’ve learned and researched to contribute to the wholistic
understanding of the topic from an HR standpoint – provide value added commentary /
information
– Consider the following for structure:
o Section (1) a well honed thesis statement and introduction
o Section (2) recap of the company
o Section (3) dissecting the company’s approach to different aspects of HR – including a
comprehensive review of the literature / articles / sources / studies / etc. – discuss
methodology, consider including specific details of your research design – qualitative
research methods (ex: interviews) or a quantitative research methods (ex: surveys)
o Section (4) a conclusion which adequately summarizes your research and directly relates
to your thesis statement
– Research papers must conform to MLA guidelines and the guidelines discussed during class –
Papers should be double-spaced, typed, include a cover/title page and complete works cited
section. This paper should include at least five (5) references or sources minimum.