Paper Requirements: PLEASE READ THOROUGHLY – This professor is a stickler!

 

We are to research 6 topics pertaining to personnel management and develop solutions and responses to the six selected topics. This paper is to be written as if you are part of the management team and are fixing a challenge that you face within your organization.

 

Topics are:

1. Demographics
2. Laws
3. Unions/Labor Management
4. ADA – Americans with Disabilities Act
5. Physical Requirements
6. Discipline

VERY IMPORTANTS SPECIFICS:

1. Must be APA Formatted with Cover Page and Applicable references. Hanging indentation as APA applicable
2. Must be 8 pages minimum – double spaced, etc…APA
3. MUST include a total of 5 different references. 3 of these references MUST pertain to the 6 Topics, the other 2 can pertain to the remainder of the paper.
4. Each topic will have a 2 to 3 sentence description. This description should be a problem statement of why we chose the topic to discuss and provide solutions for the issues. DO NOT excede 3 sentences for the description.
5. Full Sentence Outline may be used as applicable

 

Here is the intro that was submitted for approval by the professor. This paper does not necessarily need to pertain to the Fire Service, nor does it need to specifically address how it impacts the FIre Service operationally. It can focus directly on the topics and their impact on personnel management. This paper is to be written as if you are part of the management team and are fixing a challenge that you face within your organization. This obvuously will need to be in either the abstract and or introduction.

 

Changes in 21st Century Personnel Management

 

Through the introduction of many facets and methods of management the Fire Service has been faced with many challenges in the management of personnel. Non existent were some of the challenges that we currently face in a time of change and acceptance. The Fire Service is one that has many requirements attached to each and every position, with each position ever evolving to meet the demands of the service, and our culture. There are multiple areas to have proven to be issues in personnel management and of the many we will focus on six. Demographics, Laws, Unions/Labor Management,The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Discipline, and Physical Requirements are all issues that personnel managers are trying to understand and comply with. 

 

This research paper will delineate each with the identification of and potential solution to each as it pertains to personnel management.

 

Though this is a BS in Fire Service Administration this paper seems to be more focused on Personnel Management issues and resolutions. The Textbook for the class is Fire Service Personnel Management, 3rd Edition, Steven T. Edwards. It does not have to be reference unless of course it is used.

 

I have been struggling a bit learning the APA format, so a few “typos” in the formatting is ok as I have not been perfect in work up to this point. The professor always seems to hit me on something format related.