Course Project One

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 The attached paper is one that I had written for my previous HR (Human Resources) class that I took last semester. Human Resources is a field that touches base directly with my major of business management simply due to the fact that it deals with the issue of how to manage personnel in a sufficient and ethical manner.  The topic discussed throughout the paper is that of hardship payments and the issues that accompany them.  The audience to which I was directing my paper toward was that of my other classmates, as well as teacher. Hardship payments can be a touchy subject with some seeing as there are a lot of ethical issues associated with the distribution and how a “hardship” is actually defined and carried out. Essentially this can cause a lot of bias in the workforce as well as affect employee morale.  Moreover, the issue can also be tricky to write about because there are many different aspects and perspectives associated with the ethical situations surrounding hardship payments. One may be hesitant to broach topics such as what exactly is right and wrong when it comes to the problematic procedures managers face when deciding the make-up as well as pay structure of hardship payments.

  As with most all papers, there is definite room for improvement on my behalf concerning the context of this particular write up. Although my grade on the paper at hand was sufficient and even somewhat desirable, it was not at a superior level which simply put-should have been achieved.  If I were to perhaps have the chance to alter it in some sense, I would first start by addressing the issue of possibly offering examples and facts as opposed to only my personal opinion. A good write up should be composed of more than the opinion of the author. Having said that, including conclusive facts or even stories would have added to the framework of the paper, and would have also posed as a potential attention grabber for the audience. Another issue I regret not giving more attention to is that of the ethical issues at hand when addressing the subject, as well as worker morale that can sometimes accompany hardship payments. It is indicative to understand the way potential employees react and/or feel about management decisions because the employees themselves necessitate how the business may be operated as a whole.  Although the manager is entitled to the executive decisions in most business settings, it is the actual employees that are responsible for the core of the business.  Therefore, my initial purpose behind writing the paper should not have been to simply discuss the topic of hardship payments in general but instead to also address the idea of the moral issues behind the topic. Perhaps my motive behind doing this was because I was not familiar enough with my fellow classmates and peers to in a sense “push any buttons”. Furthermore, the class was an online class as opposed to a physical classroom setting which makes judging reader reactions clearly more difficult. Even so, I believe that a discussion concerning the ethical and moral aspects should have been addressed nonetheless. Of course, this could have been done in a very educational and professional manner, and yet still have been intriguing to the readers. Having the opportunity to look back on this paper more extensively I now see that had I taken more time to analyze the rhetorical situation and put more time into the write up, I would definitely add the above mentioned objectives and even others.  Additionally, I feel as if specific instances of cultural issues associated with hardship payments needed to be looked into deeper as well.  From a personal standpoint, I believe that when subject matter is out of the norm it typically seems to interest readers more than simply just an opinionated and factual paper. In this case the cultural difference that is out of the norm to us in the U.S. would be that of different cultural working environments in other countries and their perceived notions concerning worker relations. Digging deeper to look into the way others think and feel can only broaden the horizon of the topic and give the reader a better understanding of how the topic may be seen  and related by others.  Conclusively, had I incorporated the above I believe the paper itself would have been much more reader friendly. Looking back it only seems appropriate that I would have included such in the write-up due to the fact that these issues materialize as if they were obvious. However, I had not addressed such at the time and was only concerned on the general topic of hardship payments as opposed to the intricate details associated with such. It is always helpful to take a step back to re-evaluate one’s work in preparation for the future-hopefully I will recognize these issues the next time and be able to address the rhetorical situation in such a manner.