Category: Humanities

Overview

What You’ll Learn: In this Touchstone, you will apply the theories and concepts of human resources management to help a company improve employee engagement, boost productivity, and foster a thriving organizational culture.

Why It Matters: This Touchstone will give you a chance to master the principles learned in the course by using them in a real-world scenario. You will enhance your understanding of HR’s critical role in organizational success.

What Youll Hand In: An essay addressing the theories of human resource management and how they should be combined and utilized in a way that applies to Tech Titan, a fictional technology company. Length will be 4-6 pages (1500-2000 words) not counting the title page or reference page. Format should be .doc or .docx.

Keys to Success:

• Summarize key concepts in tutorials
• Apply concepts to the scenario
• Submit original work
• Use APA formatting conventions (title page, proper headings, font size, margins, and spacing)
• Include in-text citations and references as applicable

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Instructions

Step 1: Read the Scenario
Read the Tech Titan case study and identify the key problems and challenges facing Tech Titan in human resource management.

Step 2: Review Tutorials
You should review all the course material and may use any tutorials to inform your decisions. Look for Make the Connection icons throughout the course for tips on content that will be most useful to this paper.

Step 3: Draft the Research Paper
Prepare a research paper to present to leadership at Tech Titan. The structure for the research paper will consist of four main sections plus a title and reference page. Be sure to cover all of these topics in your paper.

The structure for the research paper will consist of these elements:

• Introduction: Briefly summarize the case and state the thesis statement. Include the key aspects of the case, such as the company’s industry, its current situation (e.g., challenges, opportunities, competitive landscape), and any specific problems or issues that need to be addressed.

EXAMPLE

Thesis Statement:
“This paper argues that applying Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs theory to Tech Titan’s employee motivation strategies can significantly improve employee engagement and productivity by addressing the unmet needs of employees at different levels, leading to increased job satisfaction and reduced turnover.”

• Analysis: Identify Tech Titan’s key problems and challenges and analyze their root causes using relevant HR concepts you learned throughout this course. Read the scenario to understand the core issues you are addressing. Consider factors such as organizational culture, talent management, performance management, employee relations, and compensation and benefits. You should support your analysis with evidence from at least 2-3 Sophia tutorials. Additional resources are optional. If you choose to reference additional sources, be sure to use reliable sources of information such as reputable business publications.

hint

Human Resource Managers use American Psychological Association (APA) format for their research. An in-text citation in APA format for a Sophia course includes the corporate author and n.d., which stands for “no date,” and is used when citing sources that do not have a specified date of publication. Here is how to format an in-text APA citation for a Sophia tutorial:
(Sophia Learning, n.d.)

• Recommendations: Propose specific recommendations to address the identified problems. Make sure recommendations are consistent with one another. Your recommendations should be practical, feasible, and aligned with the company’s strategic goals.

• Conclusion: Summarize your key findings and recommendations. Return to your introduction section to revise and refine your thesis statement to ensure it is clear, concise, specific, arguable, and effectively communicates the main point of your research paper.

• Reference List: Include a list of references in APA format for any resource you use, including tutorials from this course.

hint

Here is how to format an APA reference entry for a Sophia tutorial:
Sophia Learning. (n.d.). Compensation Plans. [Types of Compensation Plans]. Human Resource Management.

Step 4: Review Requirements & Submit Your Touchstone
Do not submit your Touchstone until it meets the expectations as described in the assignment and rubric and meets APA guidelines. The link includes resources that can help with APA formatting, citations, and references.

Guiding Questions for Gender and Sentencing in the Federal Courts: Are Women Treated More

Leniently? Doerner and Demuth (2014) 500 words

1. What was the overall goal of this research study?

2. Describe the theoretical framework used to inform this study (focal concerns perspective).

How does this apply to gender and sentencing? Race and sentencing? Intersectionality?

3. What is the difference between legal and extralegal factors in sentencing research?

4. What was the main finding for sentencing female defendants after controlling for legal

factors?

5. What do the authors conclude about the gender gap in sentencing?Should gender be considered in criminal sentencing

Feb 11, 2026

“Gender and Crime” 3 paragraphs

If a male and female offender are both convicted of the same non-violent felony, should gender be considered at all in making a sentencing decision?

If you believe it should be considered, how could this be done ethically?

If you believe it should not be considered, what can be done to ensure that it wasn’t considered by a judge in a case?

Respond to at least 1 classmate by Friday, February 13th at 11:59 p.m.

Should gender be considered in criminal sentencing

upload 2 doucment. and keep your answers somehow medium and not long.

NO AI

Part 1

2 Discussion Questions 250 words with 2 peer supported scholarly resource per question.

Question 1.

250 words with 2 peer supported scholarly resource.

Assessment Description

During the debt crisis of 2008, many countries implemented austerity policies, in order to reduce high government spending. What constitutes fiscal austerity? Is it expansionary or contractionary? Is fiscal austerity advisable during economic recession? Explain. For reference, see Austerity in a Recession: Expansionary or Contractionary? (in Stiglitz and Rosengard, 2015, p. 871).

Question 2.

250 words with 2 peer supported scholarly resource.

Assessment Description

During the Great Recession, the U.S. government increased spending in an attempt to buoy the economy. Since, at the time, economic growth was stagnantand even declining in some quartersthere was not enough government revenue generated to keep pace with spending. Consequently, the government engaged in deficit spending. What are fiscal deficits? What are the consequences of deficits?

Part 2

1, 300 word paper

Assessment Traits

Requires Lopeswrite

Assessment Description

Starting in 2008, the United States experienced the greatest economic calamity since the Great Depression. To combat rising unemployment, negative economic growth, and deflation, among other problems, the U.S. government employed instruments/policies from both the fiscal and monetary toolkits. Write an essay 1300 words regarding the impact of economic policy on the market. Address the following:

1. Describe the major problems of the Great Recession. What required immediate government action, from the perspective of many public officials?
2. Monetary policy: Describe how the Federal Reserve respond to the crisis. Be sure to discuss interest rates and open market operations.
3. Fiscal policy: Describe Congresss response to the crisis. Be sure to discuss the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
4. Explain the goals of the fiscal and monetary policies employed. Address stimulating aggregate demand and the role of increasing the money supply in your response.
5. Evaluate the success in the policies.

Use two to three scholarly resources to support your explanations.
Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.
This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. A link to the LopesWrite technical support articles is located in Class Resources if you need assistance.

You need to do 4 assignments (Ive already done chapter 1)

Attached Files (PDF/DOCX): discussion wk 4 HUM.docx

Note: Content extraction from these files is restricted, please review them manually.

Annotated Bibliography Assignment Instructions

Overview

For this assignment, you will select a topic of study for the Literature Review Assignment. Your chosen topic must focus on a curriculum and/or curriculum leadership issue. Careful selection of a topic is important since this paper may be useful later in your doctoral program by forming a base for the dissertation.

Instructions

Once you have identified your topic of study, complete an annotated bibliography of 10 scholarly sources that provide scholarly research surrounding your selected topic. Scholarly sources for research include recent articles, case studies, peer-reviewed works, and seminal theorists. The research sources should have been published within the last 5 years, with seminal theorist sources allowed to be older.

Each annotated bibliography source must include current APA style citations and a minimum 1-paragraph summaryor annotationof the source that critically analyzes the work. The annotation you provide for each source must be a thoughtful reflection that relates the selected content to the selected topic of study.

Refer to the Sample Annotated Bibliography for Graduate/Doctoral Students resource provided with this assignment for an example of how your annotated bibliography is to be formatted.

An appropriately formatted title page is required, and organizational leveled headings, spacing, and margins should follow current APA format. Before submission, be sure to view the grading rubric for this assignment and follow all included writing expectations.

Note: Your assignment will be checked for originality via the Turnitin plagiarism tool.