No copy/paste
In text citation
Please provide plagiarism report
WHAT DO I FOCUS ON?
Your paper must focus on the “public” sector personnel issues, not private sector personnel. There are many ethical, leadership, organizational strategies, behavioral, personal motivation, etc. studies and academic journal articles that may have been accomplished on “private” sector human resources that are appropriate and can cross over to public personnel in support of your topic. When “public” personnel share so many homogeneous characteristics with “private” personnel, it is not an unreasonable assumption to believe civil servants share many of the same “behavioral traits” that all private sector personnel exhibit. Thus, carefully assess your academic journal articles and studies as sources that reflect the understanding of the homogeneous characteristics between public and private sector employees while focusing your paper on addressing just the public sector personnel. Go a step further if you are not sure of the connection to a private-sector study by providing support of the source in your discussion and pointing out why that particular source concerning the “private” sector still applies to the “public” sector employees. As researchers, we must always assess sources in this way.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PAPER:
Sources must be cited in the text of the document as well as on the reference page in APA format.
The paper must have 2400 words minimum *minimums should be exceeded *anything less than the word count is an incomplete assignment receiving little credit if any
12 font Times New Roman double-spaced
Reference page and in-text citations must be in proper APA format (both citations and academic references must be the same in the document and on the reference page: in other words, I should see all references on the reference page that are also cited in the text of the paper).
title page (see the reference page below for the format of the title page)
No abstract or outline (do not include)
Graduate-level writing- a comprehensive, well-thought-out well edited, supporting thesis with topic sentences and citing refereed journal articles and government documents in each paragraph on the chosen approved topic
All areas below must be checked off on the Checklist to meet the minimum standards of the paper. Fill out checklist but do not submit it.
No plagiarism, no direct quotes, no use of AI ChatGPT cited reference in text and on the reference page and
FORMAT YOUR PAPER: To help with formatting your paper, see this and click hereLinks to an external site. to pull up the link. Again, do not include an abstract, as it does not count toward your word count.
HOW TO START WRITING MY COURSE PAPER AND ORGANIZE IT WITH SOURCES:
This is a course term paper, not a research methods paper which is different. See how to set up this paper for your course term paper.
Introduction. Have a hook statement that makes the reader interested. This can be stats or an interesting point made by an expert. Follow this with a transition sentence that ties the hook statement to the thesis. Then place your thesis. So in reality you are talking about your problem or subject and then providing them with the thesis sentence your paper will support. The hook and transition statement or statements help to introduce your thesis statement and explain the objectives that have been set. The introduction paragraph should not be less than three sentences and can be three sentences as long as they are a hook, transition, and your thesis. If you need a couple more sentences to transition to your thesis you can add those.
Body Paragraphs. As a rule, in writing college term papers, one must write down several Topic Sentences to divide ideas and arguments into several paragraphs (at least enough paragraphs to meet your WC). As done below, each body paragraph should contain one idea and a strong topic sentence followed by factual evidence to prove the idea or statement. Factual evidence needs to come from “academic sources.” Peer-reviewed Journals or government websites in which you have had the opportunity to begin research. *Please note copying any part of your worksheet is not to take place in your paper or it is self-plagiarizing. The worksheet is to help you gather sources not directly write part of your paper as you were answering questions for the sources used in the paper not supporting topic sentences you have written.
For example, your paragraphs will cover possibly:
Topic Sentence: History of the argument and background.
A) How does your issue impact society and the academic environment?
b) Critical factors related to your research problem.
c) Possible solutions that will be explored in your paper.
Topic Sentence: Extent of the problem that you write about.
A) Strong point made and supported with factual evidence
B) counterarguments to the topic point (you can use a countering reference) and then provide factual evidence as to why the counterarguments are not true.
Topic Sentence: Effects of the problem and possible causes.
A) strong point made with factual evidence
B) less strong point made with factual evidence
Topic Sentence: Best practices noted in government to work the issue
A) same as above paragraphs; you can use points only or address answers why counter points are not correct or list several points to support your topic sentence with factual evidence from your research.
Topic Sentence: Possible solutions and outcomes.
Same as above.
Conclusion. The final part should represent a strong summary and a response to your thesis statement. This paragraph is shorter than the other topic-supporting paragraphs.
