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    The document provides 162 potential topics for a term paper related to human resource management. The topics cover a wide range of HR subjects including HR strategy, workforce planning, talent acquisition, learning and development, performance management, compensation and benefits, employee and labor relations, and legal compliance. Some example topics are: HR management challenges in the 21st century; the impact of technology on HR; managing workforce demographics; and developing effective training programs.

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    The document provides 162 potential topics for a term paper related to human resource management. The topics cover a wide range of HR subjects including HR strategy, workforce planning, talent acquisition, learning and development, performance management, compensation and benefits, employee and labor relations, and legal compliance. Some example topics are: HR management challenges in the 21st century; the impact of technology on HR; managing workforce demographics; and developing effective training programs.

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    The document provides 162 potential topics for a term paper related to human resource management. The topics cover a wide range of HR subjects including HR strategy, workforce planning, talent acquisition, learning and development, performance management, compensation and benefits, employee and labor relations, and legal compliance. Some example topics are: HR management challenges in the 21st century; the impact of technology on HR; managing workforce demographics; and developing effective training programs.

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    MRP hr2

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    tarunnayak11
    The document provides 162 potential topics for a term paper related to human resource management. The topics cover a wide range of HR subjects including HR strategy, workforce planning, talent acquisition, learning and development, performance management, compensation and benefits, employee and labor relations, and legal compliance. Some example topics are: HR management challenges in the 21st century; the impact of technology on HR; managing workforce demographics; and developing effective training programs.

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    SUGGESTED TERM PAPER TOPICS

    Topics:
    1. HR Management in Small Organizations
    2. HR Management in the 21 st Century: Challenges for the Future
    3. The Impact of Information Technology on HR Management: Opportunities and
    Challenges
    4. Demographics of the Workforce: Analysis of Trends and their Implications for HR
    5. HR as a Strategic Business Partner
    6. HRMS: Purposes and Uses
    7. International Outsourcing: When Does It Make “Cents?”
    8. HR Ethics: An Examination of Key Issues
    9. Preparing for a Career in HR Management
    10. HR as a Profession - A Look at Professional Associations and Certifications
    11. HR Competencies
    12. Global Competitiveness and Strategic HR
    13. Organizational Effectiveness and Strategic HR
    14. Environmental Scanning: How to Do It and What to Look For
    15. Assessing the Internal Workforce for HR Planning
    16. Forecasting HR Supply and Demand
    17. HR Planning in Mergers and Acquisitions
    18. Managing a HR Surplus Situation
    19. Measuring HR Effectiveness Using HR Metrics
    20. The Psychological Contract: The Changing Nature of Employee-Employer
    Expectations
    21. Generational Differences: Challenges for the Organization
    22. Understanding Job Satisfaction, Loyalty, and Commitment
    23. Understanding, Measuring, and Controlling Employee Absenteeism
    24. Understanding, Measuring, and Controlling Employee Turnover
    25. Understanding Individual Employee Performance Factors
    26. Understanding Drivers of Employee Retention
    27. Managing and Measuring Employee Retention
    28. An Evaluation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964: Has It Accomplished Its
    Purposes?
    29. What Is and What Is Not a Bona-Fide Occupational Qualification (BFOQ) under EEO
    Laws
    30. Understanding Legal Standards Applied to Two Types of Discrimination: Disparate
    Treatment and Disparate Impact
    31. The Civil Rights Act of 1991 – How Does its Changes Effect the Workplace
    32. Laws on Gender Discrimination: Pregnancy Discrimination and Pay Equity
    33. Who’s Disabled and Who’s Not: A Look at EEOC Guidelines and Court Decisions
    34. Age Discrimination in Employment: ADEA and OWBOA Requirements
    35. Immigration Reform and Control Acts – Requirements and Issues in the Workplace
    36. Key Issues with Religious Discrimination in the Workplace
    37. Genetic Bias Regulations – What are the Workplace Issues?

    Term Paper Topics – 1


    38. Regulating Your Physical Appearance: Dress Codes, Height/Weight Restrictions, and
    Other “Appearance” Issues
    39. Sexual Orientation Discri mination and the Law
    40. Military Status and the Law
    41. Equal Employment Opportunity Enforcement: Agencies, Policies, and Processes
    42. Compliance Approaches to the Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures
    43. Understanding Validity Concepts and Equal Employment
    44. The Case for Continuing Affirmative Action
    45. The Case Against Affirmative Action
    46. The Glass Ceiling, Glass Walls, Glass Elevators: Breaking the Glass
    47. Sexual Harassment and Workplace Relationships
    48. Religion and Spirituality in the Workplace
    49. Approaches to the Management of Diversity
    50. Diversity Training: The Positives and Negatives
    51. Nature and Consequences of Job Design
    52. The Relevance of the Job Characteristics Model of Job Design
    53. Job Design Issues for Team-Based Work
    54. Job Design, Work Schedules and Telework
    55. Task-Based and Competency-Based Job Analysis: How to Choose
    56. A Comparison of Three Approaches to Gathering Job Information: Observation,
    Interviewing, and Questionnaires
    57. Computerized Job Analysis: Advantages and Disadvantages
    58. Behavioral and Legal Aspects of Job Analysis
    59. Labor Markets and Recruiting Issues
    60. Organization-Based vs. Outsourced Recruiting
    61. Regular vs. Flexible Staffing: Making Use of Contingent Workers
    62. Recruiting Source Choices: Internal vs. External Recruiting
    63. College Recruiting: Maintaining a Corporate Presence on Campus
    64. Internet Recruiting: Advantages, Disadvantages, and Legal Issues
    65. Recruiting Evaluation and Metrics
    66. The Employment Selection Process: An Overview of Key Issues
    67. Realistic Job Previews: Should You “Tell It Like It Is?”
    68. Selection: Preemployment Screening
    69. Selection: A Close Look at the Use of Application Forms and Resumes
    70. Selection: A Close Look at Employment Testing
    71. Selection: A Close Look at Employment Interviewing
    72. Selection: A Close Look at Background Investigations
    73. Drug and Genetic Testing in Selection: Legal, Ethical, and Privacy Issues
    74. Staffing Global Assignments: Selecting and Placing Global Employees
    75. The New Context of Training and Performance Consulting
    76. Training and Organizational Strategy
    77. Training Needs Assessment
    78. Learner Readiness and Learning Styles
    79. Orientation: Training for New Employees
    80. Training Delivery: A Comparison of Selected Training Methods
    81. E-Learning: Development, Advantages and Limitations

    Term Paper Topics – 2


    82. Evaluation of Training: Levels, Metrics, and Design Issues
    83. Training for Global Assignments
    84. Organization-Centered versus Individual-Centered Career Planning
    85. Global Career Development
    86. Special Career Issues: Career Plateaus and Dual-Career Ladders
    87. Career Issues for Dual-Career Couples
    88. The HR Development Process and Organizational Strategy
    89. Development Needs Analyses: Tool and Techniques
    90. Succession Planning: Insurance for the Organization’s Future
    91. Job-Site Development Approaches
    92. Off-Site Development Approaches
    93. Management Development Models
    94. Performance Management: Linking Rewards to Performance
    95. Legal and Effective Performance Appraisal Processes
    96. Who Conducts Appraisals? Advantages and Disadvantages of the Options
    97. 360 o Evaluation: The Pros and Cons of Multi-Source Performance Appraisal
    98. Category Scaling Methods versus Comparative Methods of Appraisal
    99. Identifying, Monitoring, and Overcoming Rater Errors
    100. Keys to Carrying Out an Effective Appraisal Interview.
    101. Compensation Philosophies: Entitlement versus Performance Philosophy
    102. Global Compensation Issues
    103. Market Competitiveness and Compensation
    104. Competency-Based Pay: The Pros and Cons
    105. Compensation Fairness: External/Internal Equity and Procedural/Distributive Justice
    106. The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA): Key Provisions and Requirements
    107. An Assessment of Job Evaluation Methods
    108. Valuing Jobs Using Market Pricing: Advantages and Disadvantages
    109. Keys to the Effective Use of Pay Surveys
    110. Broadbanding: Advantages and Disadvantages
    111. Special Issues: Red and Green Rates and Pay Compression
    112. Ways to Determine Pay Increases for Employees
    113. Developing Successful Pay-for-Performance Plans
    114. Variable Pay Plans: Types, Successes and Failures
    115. Developing Effective Individual Incentive Systems
    116. Sales Compensation Plans: Balancing Base Pay and Commissions
    117. Successful Group/Team Incentives
    118. Sharing the Wealth: Profit-Sharing and Employee Stock Plans
    119. ESOPs: Advantages and Disadvantages
    120. Elements of Executive Compensation for U.S. and Global Executives
    121. Debating the “Reasonableness of Executive Pay Plans”
    122. Benefits Design and Organizational Strategy
    123. Security Benefits: Mandated and Voluntary
    124. Retirement Benefits and Age Discrimination Issues
    125. Pensions: A Comparison of Defined Benefit, Defined Contribution, and Cash Balance
    Plans
    126. Controlling Health-Care Benefits Costs

    Term Paper Topics – 3


    127. Consumer-Driven Health (CDH) Plans
    128. Health-Care Legislation: COBRA and HIPPA Provisions
    129. Analyzing Financial Benefits
    130. Analyzing Family-Oriented Benefits
    131. Benefits for Domestic Partners and Spousal Equivalents: An Explosive Issue
    132. Analyzing Time-Off Benefits
    133. Flexible Benefits Plans: Advantages and Disadvantages
    134. Workers’ Compensation Issues: Scope, Costs, and FMLA
    135. The Occupational Safety and Health Act: Standards and Recordkeeping
    136. The Occupational Safety and Health Act: Inspections and Violations
    137. Building an Effective Safety Program
    138. Contemporary Workplace Health Issues
    139. An Assessment of Wellness and Employee Assistance Programs (EAPs)
    140. Violence in the Workplace: Protecting Employees
    141. An Overview of Security Management
    142. Global Health, Safety, and Security Issues
    143. Employee’s Rights, Implied Contracts, and Employment Practices Liability Insurance
    144. Employment-at-Will, Wrongful Discharge and the Courts
    145. Complaint Procedures and Due Process
    146. The Emergence of Alternative Dispute Resolution as Due Process
    147. Privacy Rights and Employee Records
    148. Employees’ Free Speech Rights: Whistle-Blowing, E-mail, and Voice Mail
    149. Legal and Ethical Aspects of Workplace Monitoring of Employees
    150. Investigating Employee Misconduct
    151. The Pros and Cons of Employer Drug Testing Programs
    152. Key Principles Underlying HR Policies, Procedures, and Rules
    153. Guidelines for Writing and Disseminating Employee Handbooks
    154. Positive versus Progressive Discipline Approaches
    155. Global Labor Union Issues
    156. An Analysis of Union Membership Trends in the United States
    157. The History of Organized Labor in the United States
    158. The National Labor Code
    159. Unfair Labor Practices by Employers and Union
    160. Employer Strategies and Tactics During a Union Organizing Campaign
    161. Collective Bargaining Issues: Management Rights and Union Security
    162. Bargaining Impasse Resolution Methods, Strikes and Lockouts
    163. The Anatomy of a Strike (Select and analyze a recent work stoppage)
    164. Union Management Cooperation: The Pros and Cons
    165. Keys to Effective Grievance Management

    Term Paper Topics – 4

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