Final Project
Be sure to review the Final Project Guidelines document from the Week 1 Learning Resources area.

In the Final Project for this course, you demonstrate your understanding of the major topics presented by applying these concepts to a government or non-profit organization of your choice.

For the Final Project, you select a government (FBI) (federal, state, or local) or non-profit organization with which you are familiar. This could be an organization for which you currently work, have worked, know about from others, or have learned about through academic resources and/or media. With this organization in mind, you explore the various topics of the course. As you progress through the readings and assignments think about how these topics pertain to the organization you selected. The Learning Resources, Discussions, and Assignments all assist you in completing each section of the Final Project.

In your Final Project, you analyze and assess the following areas of the organization based on the processes and principles related to human resources management in a government or non-profit organization:

Mission and goals of the organization
Strategic human resource management
Applicable legal and ethical codes
Diversity considerations
Labor unions, privatization and outsourcing
Recruitment and selection methods
Compensation and benefits
Performance management and development
Opportunities, challenges, and trends
For the sections provide your analysis and assessment based on the processes and principles related to human resources management.

The Final Project is submitted in three parts in Weeks 2, 7, and 10:

Week 2: Submit a government (federal, state, or local) or non-profit organization with which you are familiar. Submit no later than Day 7 of Week 2.
Week 7: Submit an outline and annotated bibliography of a 3- to 4-page outline and include 3 annotated bibliographies with a list of the remaining 7 in APA reference format. Submit no later than Day 7 of Week 7.
Week 10: Submit the Final Project (pages). Your Final Project must demonstrate both breadth and depth of knowledge and critical thinking appropriate to graduate-level scholarship. It must follow APA Publication Manual guidelines and be free of typographical, spelling, and grammatical errors. The project should be 1520 pages in length (double-spaced), not including the title page, the abstract, and must include the course resources and at least 1012 peer reviewed scholarly references taken from the Walden Library which are no more than five years old. Submit no later than Day 7 of Week 10.