You will select any company in any industry (business, sports, entertainment, etc.). You will explain what is right about the company (explain 2-3 positives about the firm), what is wrong with the company (explain 2-3 problems with the company) and how the problems should be fixed. It is fine if the company is one where you work or have worked. But, there must be publicly available information about the company. Articles about the topic should be from well-respected magazines (e.g. Time; Newsweek, etc.), newspapers, and journals (e.g. The Wall Street Journal). The paper should address the following issues:
• Who is the company, what does it do? What did you learn from this assignment?
• Explain what is right about the company, as related to HR. Are they good at recruiting/hiring? Why? How? Does the company pay well and/or have good benefits? Do workers and managers have input into the company’s decisions? Do they offer good training? How so? Etc.
• What is wrong with the company? Do they treat some employees better than others? Do they have many legitimate lawsuits against them (what kind of lawsuits, why?) Do they mismanage their finances? How so? Do their workers make bad products? Why? How? Etc.
• Who does these issues affect and how? (e.g. managers, companies, society, government, staff employees, etc.)
• How should the firm address these problems. How can HR professionals help address these issues? What role can they play and what are the likely outcomes of their involvement?