Description
Flexible Benefits Programs
Many organizations, both public and private, use flexible benefits programs to help attract and retain a motivated and high-performing workforce.
- Using this lead-in as a backdrop, conduct online research and choose an organization, public or private, that has gained popularity because of their flexible benefits program or lack thereof.
The requirements below must be met for your paper to be accepted and graded:
- Write between 750 – 1,250 words (approximately 3 – 5 pages) using Microsoft Word in APA style, see example below.
- Use font size 12 and 1” margins.
- Include cover page and reference page.
- At least 80% of your paper must be original content/writing.
- No more than 20% of your content/information may come from references.
- Use at least three references from outside the course material, one reference must be from EBSCOhost. Text book, lectures, and other materials in the course may be used, but are not counted toward the three reference requirement.
- Cite all reference material (data, dates, graphs, quotes, paraphrased words, values, etc.) in the paper and list on a reference page in APA style.
References must come from sources such as, scholarly journals found in EBSCOhost, CNN, online newspapers such as, The Wall Street Journal, government websites, etc. Sources such as, Wikis, Yahoo Answers, eHow, blogs, etc. are not acceptable for academic writing.
Explanation & Answer
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Flexible Benefits Program
Thesis statement: With various changes taking place in the world today, employees prefer
working in organizations that allow the flexibility. The following paper is a discussion on: i.
An introduction to flexible benefit programs
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How Dow Chemicals has become popular for the use of flexible benefit programs,
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Conclusion
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References
Running Head: FLEXIBLE BENEFITS PROGRAM
Flexible Benefits Program
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In the recent years, many aspects at the places of work have changed and have become
very flexible as compared to how the situation was before. In the traditional work environment,
the employer is the only person who had a say on different issues in the organization, even those
that concerned the employees very closely. This is no longer the case. Employees have become
very increasingly open to make their own choices (Beam and MacFadden, 2012). This has been
made possible by the developments in terms of technology and demographics. Economic
developments have also contributed to the flexibility at the places of works.
The economy in the world has become global, which has made it necessary for
organizations to change so as to keep up with the circumstances that are very hard to predict and
change at a very fast ra...