Here is all the information that instructor gave us are listed above. I hope it would be helpful.
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write a “critical analysis”
Writing your project report
• Not a presentation
• Not a cut-and-paste exercise
• State a thesis: (An idea you intend to prove and
support with evidence)
• Build your argument
Writing your project report
• Not a presentation
• Not a cut-and-paste exercise
• State a thesis: (An idea you intend to prove and
support with evidence)
• Build your argument
Thesis
• Debatable
• Turnover is bad for organizations.
• Employee retention should be the primary focus of Human Resource
Departments.
• Uncluttered (one main idea)
• Specific
• Employee retention should be allocated 30% of the budget of Human
Resource Departments that employ predominantly blue collar
employees.
• Supported
• As it is estimated that replacing a bluecollar employee costs about
60-100% of their annual salary (REFERENCE, 2009), HR departments
should spend 30% of their budget to retain the existing good employees
in order for hiring costs to remain managable.
Basic Structure of an argument
• Introduction establishes the writer’s claim.
• At least three sections citing three reasons to
back the writer’s claim. Each with in-depth
explanation as well as “proof” or evidence of what
the writer says. (field study: your data analysis
would be this proof)
• At least one section anywhere in the report where
the writer introduces an idea from the opposition
and finds a way to “disprove” it.
• A conclusion section that reaffirms the writer’s
claim and reasons for it.
References: Please only use articles from the list of appropriate academic references below:
Business Press:
• HBR
• Sloan Management Review
• California Management Review
• Economist
• Business Week
• WSJ
• Financial Times
• New York Times (Business Section)
• Newsweek
• Human Resource Management
Academic journals:
• Academy of Management series (journal, review, perspectives)
• Organization Science
• Strategic Management Journal
• Journal of Applied Psychology
• Journal of Experimental Social Psychology
• Journal of Organizational Behavior
• Leadership Quarterly
• OB and Human Decision Processes
• European Management Review
• Journal of Management
• Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
• Psychological Bulletin
• Psychological Review
• Research in Organizational Behavior
• British Journal of Industrial Relations
• European Management Journal
• Group and Organization Management
• Social Networks
• Cross cultural Management
• Gender, Work and Organization
• Journal of management Inquiry
• European Business Review
• Journal of General Management
• Competition and Change
• International Journal of Management
• Business Horizons
• Work, Employment and Society
• Work and Occupations
• Personnel Review
• Organization Studies
• Organizational Dynamics
• Group Processes and Intergroup Relations
• Negotiation Journal
• Leadership
• Leadership Quarterly
• Leadership and Organizational Development
