Final Project Content

For your final project, you will conduct an analysis of one critical organizational issue, challenge, or opportunity facing leaders or managers in your organization or industry. Then, you will make a recommendation to senior leaders about what actions need to be taken.

As graduate students, you have a lot of freedom here, but make sure your paper focuses on the leadership and management concepts and principles covered in this course, including but not limited to planning, organizing, influencing and controlling, or organizational behavior including but not limited to group dynamics and organizational communication and change.

Select a current organizational issue and develop a professional recommendation.

International student after obtaining and completing OPT.
You just have to explain the situation in depth- like you’re taking to someone who isn’t familiar with the ins and outs of Working outside of their home country. You also have to propose a solution as a leader. Maybe as a leader here at the university who’s in charge of helping international students find employment. Professor wants to talk about my strengths as a leader and how those can help fix the problem.

Identify one key issue in the organization or industry that requires you (a current or prospective leader or manager) to take a position about it.

Examples could include, but are not limited to the following:
Sustainability
Managing in the global arena
Competitive dynamics
Recruiting and keeping talent
Managing organizational change
Managing organizational culture
Safety

Managing increasing and diverse data and information
Leading and managing in a challenging regulatory environment
Provide a brief overview of the issue, to contextualize it; this part of the assignment should not exceed two pages. Then, as a leader or manager, take a position on the issue and defend your position in light of your leader or manager philosophy (reference your Leader/Manager Profile from Module 1 and Leader Orientation assessment from Module 2). Develop your recommendation, identifying the challenges facing the organization, the risks of taking or not taking action, and the benefits or rewards for the organization.
Readings from the course, class discussion, and independent research must be used to support key ideas expressed in the paper.

DELIVERABLES

Prepare a 1,200-word paper with no more than 1,500 words (12 pt Times New Roman, double-spaced using APA format).
Cite at least one business publication and three academic (peer-reviewed) publications

 

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