Policy Briefs: Students are responsible for writing policy briefs (no more than 4 pages long), which require applying an HR concept to the practice of policy (praxis analysis); the memo provides students with the opportunity to connect HR concepts to current events in practice.  Students may research any topic relevant to the course.

• Students should address the memo to an elected official or agency manager.
• The memo should include the following components; they are weighted equally in grading the memo:

• research question
• synthesis of existing research on the topic
• listing of stakeholders
• evaluation/recommendation of how to solve the research question.

• Each student will submit the assigned work on or before the due date using D2L’s Dropbox (the “Assignments” tab).