Dipstick Study

Hi All,:)
I am a student pursuing MBA in PM & HRD. From Sept 1, 2009, I need to do a project in an IT company as a part of internship. The topic given to me is "HR DIPSTICK STUDY".
I am at a fix as i dont know what a dip stick study is all about. Any one of the members who know about it/ have done a dip stick study, please apprise my knowledge & suggest me some books that i can study to do my project successfully.
Kindly help!!!
Thank you,
Bhavana.

Deatr Bhavana,
In future please search CiteHr using the "Advanced Search" facility by clicking on the "Search" in the blue bar at the top. By doing that I found 4 threads at https://www.citehr.com/search.php?searchid=1770980
Have a nice day
Simhan
A retired academic in UK