Equal Opportunity and Managing Diversity

The purpose of this research project is to create a scholarly piece of research and writing, which conforms to APA format. Competency in the APA format is required of all Business graduates. You will research and write an Annotated Bibliography on a topic relevant to this course. You will have approximately 4 weeks to research and write this assignment. Simply select a topic from the textbook that you wish to research, acquire approval for the topic from the instructor, and begin working on the project. The paper is to be written in strict conformance to APA 6th ed. Manual standards utilizing at least 10 scholarly references. Furthermore, this project should include a title page, an abstract page and the annotated references should be formatted as per APA 6th ed. Manual guidelines.

The APA format for an annotated bibliography is as follows:

Author Last Name, First Initial. Middle Initial. (year). Name of journal article. Name of Journal is next, volume (Issue), page numbers. doi or Retrieval URL
A brief summary of the author’s/authors” credentials/bio.
A brief summary of the article.
Assess the article according to the focus of the research and provide criticisms. Who is the author and how are they qualified? Reflect on the source and how it fits in the topic chosen to research. Is the source helpful? Is the source too broad or too narrow? Explain how this research will fit into your research paper. As far as my topic is concerned, I will focus primarily on equal employmnet opportunity laws, the EEOC, Sexual Harassment, EEO in the workplace and workplace diversity. The sources need to be along those lines.