{"id":35621,"date":"2024-10-21T23:52:28","date_gmt":"2024-10-21T23:52:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/merit-system-reform-in-the-state-for-state-employees-its-impact-success-and-failures\/"},"modified":"2024-10-21T23:52:28","modified_gmt":"2024-10-21T23:52:28","slug":"merit-system-reform-in-the-state-for-state-employees-its-impact-success-and-failures","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/merit-system-reform-in-the-state-for-state-employees-its-impact-success-and-failures\/","title":{"rendered":"Merit System Reform In the State for State Employees, Its Impact, Success, and Failures."},"content":{"rendered":"<div><span style=\"color: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; background-color: rgb(27, 29, 32);\">This essay will focus on Merit system reform in the states for state employees, its impact, successes<\/span><span style=\"color: inherit; background-color: var(--color-6); font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;\">, and failures.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The paper specifications, worksheet, and checklists have been uploaded. The paper only needs to be 2400 words. Due to the worksheet and checklist, I added extra pages. Do not worry about using the turn-it-in site; I will submit it once it is complete and check it off the checklist.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; background-color: var(--color-6); font-size: 18pt; cursor: auto;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PAPER:<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-size: 14pt; background-color: var(--color-6);\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Academic Peer reviewed sources only- no .org or .com&nbsp; &nbsp;(only .gov .edu. .mil if on internet website)<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong>the source must be cited in the text of the document as well as on the reference page in APA format. No sources on the reference page that have not been cited in your paper<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">How many sources are cited and where:<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong>There<strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/strong>should&nbsp;be at least one source supporting every topic sentence in every paragraph.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Word count- 2400 words minimum *minimums should be exceeded<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong>&nbsp;*anything less than the word count is an incomplete assignment receiving little credit if any (does not include references, citations, subtitles, graphics or tables&#8230;only written information<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Structure: 12 font Times New Roman&nbsp; &nbsp; Spacing:&nbsp;<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong>All double-spaced&nbsp; &nbsp;SEE APA student paper for format<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Reference page<\/strong><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>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).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">NO bullet statements- all in essay structure.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Use at least 11 &#8220;academic&#8221; references<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong>or more (which include journals, academic worthy online academically qualified sources which is government websites ending in .gov or educational .edu not.org nor newspaper articles or any type of Wikipedia encyclopedia, etc. a reference to Wikipedia at the graduate level will provide a failing paper).&nbsp; References will not include your text or any other textbook in the program. This is to be outside of your text research paper assignment.<\/span><br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">title page<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong>(See student paper APA format on Reference page on the Home page)&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">No abstract or outline&nbsp;<\/strong><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>(do not include)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Graduate-level writing structure and ability-<\/strong><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>a comprehensive,<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>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<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">All areas below must be checked off on the<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Checklist<\/strong><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>to meet the minimum standards of the paper. Fill out the checklist but do not submit it.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">No<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong>plagiarism,<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">no<\/strong><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>direct quotes,<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">no<\/strong><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>use of AI ChatGPT, or Grammarly rewriting, retone, restructure of sentence or paraphrasing AI use to avoid a zero grade cited reference in text and on the reference page and<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">FORMAT YOUR PAPER:&nbsp; See the Reference page on your home page for information on the<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><a style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Student paper click here<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"margin: -1px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Links to an external site.<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>format to use in APA.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">HOW TO START WRITING MY COURSE PAPER&nbsp; AND ORGANIZE IT WITH SOURCES:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">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.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Introduction.<\/strong><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>Have a hook statement that makes the reader interested. This can be stats or an interesting point made by an expert.&nbsp; Follow this with a transition sentence that ties the hook statement to the thesis. Then place your thesis.&nbsp; So in reality you are talking about your problem or subject and then providing them with the thesis sentence your paper will support.&nbsp; 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 thesis.&nbsp; If you need a couple more sentences to transition to your thesis you can add those.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Body Paragraphs.<\/strong><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>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.&nbsp; Factual evidence needs to come from \u201cacademic &nbsp;sources.\u201d &nbsp;Peer-reviewed Journals or government websites in which you have had the opportunity to begin research. *<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">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 writte<\/span>n.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">For example, your paragraphs will cover possibly:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Topic Sentence:<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong>&nbsp;History of the argument and background.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><em style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">A) How does your issue impact society and the academic environment?<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><em style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">b) Critical factors related to your research problem.<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><em style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">c) Possible solutions that will be explored in your paper.<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Topic Sentence:<\/strong>&nbsp;Extent of the problem that you write about.<\/span>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">A) Strong point made and supported with factual evidence<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">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.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Topic Sentence:<\/strong>&nbsp;Effects of the problem and possible causes.<\/span><\/li>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">A) strong point made with factual evidence<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">B) less strong point made with factual evidence<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Topic Sentence:<\/strong>&nbsp;Best practices noted in government to work the issue<\/span><\/li>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">A) same as above paragraphs; you can use points only or address answers why counterpoints are not correct or list several points to support your topic sentence with factual evidence from your research.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Topic Sentence:<\/strong><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>Possible solutions and outcomes.<\/span><\/li>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Same as above.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Conclusion.<\/strong><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>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.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This essay will focus on Merit system reform in the states for state employees, its impact, successes, and failures. The paper specifications, worksheet, and checklists have been uploaded. The paper only needs to be 2400 words. Due to the worksheet and checklist, I added extra pages. 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