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Essay Instructions: Discuss the essential attributes necessary to survive in todays workforce/environment. work ethics - attendance, character, teamwork, apperance, attitude, productivity, organizational skills, communication, cooperation, respect.

Essay Instructions: Assignment # 1 “A New Work Ethic”
Read Case 4.4: “A New Work Ethic?” Write a three to five (3-5) page report that answers the following:

1. Describe how typical the attitudes that Sheehy reports appear to be in work environments you have experienced.

2. Explain the implications of the work ethic Sheehy describes for the future of American business.

3. Explain whether it is more reasonable to expect workers, especially in a capitalist society, to be more devoted to their jobs, more concerned with quality and customer service, than Sheehy’s coworkers were.

4. Explain the reasoning behind employee theft.

5. Explain ways the culture of our capitalists society encourages attitudes like those Sheehy describes.

The format of the report is to be as follows:

o Typed, double spaced, Times New Roman font (size 12), one inch margins on all sides, APA format.

o Type the question followed by your answer to the question.

Essay Instructions: Below I am supplying the research outline to be used for the reserach paper. Please note that in #4 (Methodology/Procedures) instead of actually performing the research I am to use sources/research that already exists. Also, at the end there are comments/directions given by the professor.

Research Outline:
1. Problem: Many managers view the task of conducting a performance appraisal as time consuming and burdensome. These views can be attributed to the sometimes-confrontational aspects that are associated with the administration of performance appraisals. Burdensome as it may be performance appraisals and performance appraisal systems that are properly designed and implemented are a reflection of the achievement of an organization?s goals and objectives. The failure to implement an effective performance appraisal system often leads to no relationship existing between the performance appraisal and the achievement of organizational goals and objectives.

2. Evaluation of Literature: Books, journals and periodicals related to performance appraisals and how they affect organizational goals and objectives and employee performance will be reviewed and evaluated to determine the validity of the hypothesis being tested. The Internet will be an active source for much of this information as well.

3. Hypothesis: The achievement of organizational goals and objectives can be measured in part by effective performance appraisals.

A. Research Questions: Research Questions
1. Do performance appraisals encourage employees to have an increased work ethic that will ultimately affect organizational goals and objectives?
2. Do employee performance appraisals increase/decrease job performance?
3. Do valid performance appraisal instruments effectively measure or rate employee performance?

B. Assumptions
1. Performance appraisals will suggest that employees tend to work harder when being evaluated.
2. Effective performance appraisals increase job performance.
3. Employees want performance appraisals conducted.

C. Variables
1. Dependent: Employee performance appraisals
2. Independent: Achievement of Organizational goals and objectives
3. Intervening: Increased employee anxiety

4. Methodology/ Procedures
A. Review: A thorough review of literature will be conducted to assemble existing findings regarding how the performance appraisal reflects the achievement of organizational goals and objectives.

5. Data Analysis and Interpretation:
A. Using the data collected from the surveys, the results will be coded using an available statistical software program to determine whether the hypothesis was accepted or rejected. Results will indicate that employee performance evaluations are often an effective measuring device used to determine whether organizational goals and objectives are being met.

6. Conclusions/Recommendations: It is important for organizations to inspect what they expect. Performance Appraisals are excellent tools to ensure that the goals and objectives of an organization are aligned with the human capital. When these goals and objectives are aligned and measure by an effectively designed and administered performance appraisal tool, desired results are easier to attain. An effective performance appraisal tool is an excellent tool for an organization to engage its human capital. The lack of an effective performance appraisal system present the following negative ramification on an organizations: compensation, integrity of promotion process, trust and moral, employee relations index (ERI), customer service index (CSI), organizational goals, organizational culture, organizational values and organizational litigation.

Comments from the professor:
A. Your conclusion should be based on cited evidence. All papers must be anchored in the scholarly professional literature or currently evolving professional or research activities. Research may be through libraries (professional books and journal articles), the Internet, computer databases.
B. Graphs will be used to illustrate the results of the survey.

A research paper:

1. Addresses some problem or concern;
2. Uses research methodology;
3. Cites current professional references (as well as "classics");
4. Is suitable for publication (and conforms to a style guide);
5. Is NOT:
a. A string of quotes taken from various sources, even if organized and sequenced in some logical manner. (While supporting professional citations are encouraged, the preponderance of the paper should be your own thinking and work.)
b. An "editorial dump" of your personal views unsupported by citations from the professional literature.

Essay Instructions: ASSIGNMENT: 750 words
Write an essay about an issue of student life that has affected you personally in some way.
In your essay, use the details of your specific experience with this issue to develop and
support a THESIS STATEMENT, which must appear in your introduction. The thesis
statement should clearly express the point you wish to make about this issue; in other
words, your thesis must do more than merely describe your experience and how it affected
you personally--it must tell the reader something of significance about the issue itself.
While you will have to devote some of the essay to describing your experience (use of the
first-person “I” is permitted), you must avoid simply telling a story; be sure to provide the
necessary “backbone” in the form of a thesis or central argument, and use your body
paragraphs to make clear points in support of that thesis. Steer clear of descriptive or unprovable
theses such as “This was one of the most rewarding experiences of my life as a
student” or “This was one of the most difficult choices I’ve ever made”; instead, try to use
your experience with the issue you have chosen to make a broader point


Thesis statement:
Extra curricular activities such as soccer can install a sense of values and a strong work ethic within the individual.

I. Intro
Experience of Placing 6th on AA provincial Soccer Tournament

a. Although it was not first time, the experience made me proud of myself and my team.
b. Together as a team, we worked collaboratively to use the lessons and skills we trained for so hard, effectively creating a successful synergy within the team.

c. Therefore, I left the tournament not with disappointment for not reaching first, but with satisfaction that both myself and my team worked hard to perform the best we could perform.

II. Success is not always the resulting of winning first place.
a. Success comes from hard work, persistence, and a satisfaction with one’s performance.
b. As a result of this experience I learned to have more faith in myself, and to use this new found confidence in my abilities in other walks of life.

III.

a. As proven by my own personal experience, the hard work involved with the necessary training and execution seen in sports, builds a sense of pride and understanding of good work ethic in individuals.
b. With this knowledge gained from organized sports, individuals can then bring those characteristics into other avenues of daily life.
c. If one approaches life with the strong demeanor demanded by many sports, one can enjoy that life based on the fact they have tried their hardest, without wasting such a precious gift.
IV. Conclusion
a. Winning is not always first place, and loosing is not always the end.
b. Sports can help teach us how to live good and honest lives.



Can you develop the idea a little more so that it is not quite so obious an idea? Can you try develop a thesis statement about participation in competitive sports that supports something that most of people would not know? Thanx