Day: January 11, 2020

Assignment Instructions

Learning Objective:  Reflect on key issues and topics regarding on the overall program experience.

Prompt:
Instructions:

Many potential employers and managers considering employees for promotion will ask you to reflect back on your educational accomplishments.  In a Word document, prepare a summary of the work you completed as a student in your BA/BS program at APUS/AMU. In the introduction, explain why you chose the program and concentration. Include a brief description of your courses, the program objectives that you achieved, as well as an overview of the important concepts learned in class. Conclude with your assessment of how the overall program met your professional and personal goals and how your degree will enhance your career path. Once the instructor reviews, you will upload the file to your Portfolium account

Read Case 9: Capital State Arena in the text (pg. 473-475) and answer the following question in a three- to four page, APA style paper, using calculations where necessary to provide support:

If you were the purchasing agent for CSU what actions would you recommend regarding the purchase of the theatrical lighting system?

Based on some part of this week’s reading material, please write your own example of a:

Summary
Paraphrase
A cited quote in a sentence
Please see Purdue OWL instructions and examples here:  in_line_citations_summary_paraphrase_quote.pdf in_line_citations_summary_paraphrase_quote.pdf – Alternative Formats

Feel free to pull sentences/paragraphs from your other assignments. Be sure to include:

In line citations (in all examples)
A reference list (probably just has one item in it)
Note that certain ways of formatting this assignment may lead to high similarity scores, and I am aware of that, so don’t worry if it’s high because of the quote or because you included information on what you’re paraphrasing.

Case analysis sections will be due each week.  Please use the attached APA-ready template located at the bottom of these instructions to facilitate the start of your paper.  The sections will be compiled and refined into a comprehensive final case analysis (critical assignment) at the end of the course.  The final case analysis must be at least 8 pages in length and is due on Week 8 Day 3. It must provide an in-depth analysis of the Harvard Business Publishing case study titled, GE’s Two-Decade Transformation: Jack Welch’s Leadership [Product No.: 399150-PDF-ENG].

The paper must be supported by the Organizational behavior: Managing people and organizations text (Griffin, Phillips, and Gully), as well as five other outside sources.

The intent of the paper is to provide students the opportunity to further explore topics from the course, demonstrate an informed understanding of the topics, and apply relevant knowledge to analyzing and evaluating the case.

The final case analysis (critical assignment) must include the following components which will be graded according to the standards that are established in the Final Case Analysis Grading Rubric attached to the assignment in Blackboard.  The schedule for submitting each section and the final case analysis is as follows:

Week 1: Summary of Background and Facts
Week 2: Statement of Core Problem
Week 3: Secondary Problem
Week 4: Solutions
Week 5: Constraints and Limiting Factors
Week 6: Implementation of Best Solution
Week 7: Evaluate Leadership Decisions
Week 8: Final Case Analysis (Critical Assignment)

Each of the above components must have a section heading and address the requirements as specified in the grading rubric.  In addition, writing quality and adherence to APA standards will be graded.

The papers must reflect the work of each student. This is not a group assignment in terms of the actual term paper; however, students are encouraged to collaborate and discuss the contents of the case outside of class. Collaboration and dialogue will enhance the learning experience as students share opinions, analyze the issues, formulate critiques, and evaluate judgments related to the case.

Note: Term papers must be at least eight pages in length with Times New Roman font, 12-point in type size. Title and reference pages do not count toward the eight page requirement.

The final case analysis is the critical assignment for this course and it must be passed at an acceptable rate in order to pass the course.