Milestone 3: Final Paper

In Modules 3 and 5 you were asked to begin the preliminary work for your research paper. For this assignment, you are to complete writing a 5-page academic essay paper on the topic you selected in Module 3. Note this is not a letter to a president.  This is a research business paper.  This means it should written in formal English, your statements should be supported with evidence, and should give you an opportunity to apply concepts and theory learned in class.

For your research paper, be sure to include:

Title page (not included in the 5-page limit)
Introduction: a brief overview of topic selected, including why this topic is of importance to organizations (you may reuse the rationale in paper M3A1, but you need to edit the language to fit the introduction of your essay. Include a thesis statement/purpose for the paper.
Body of research paper: Develop the outline that you designed in M5A1. Make sure to use in-text citations in APA style.
Conclusion: Write a brief summary of your findings and a call to action. A call to action for at least one action or step you want the President to take after reading your research paper (you may use the items identify in the application for professional practice).
References: Insert a page with the references used for your paper, in APA style.

Change Management

You are a consultant to an organization experiencing considerable change as a result of a major lay off. You learn that most of the remaining employees are resistant to any change the organization is making.  What would you do to assist the leadership of the organization in assisting employees working through the change?

Strategic Planning Case Study Paper
For this assignment, you will be asked to read a case study and then answer some questions related to the case.  This case deals with assessing and evaluating programs within an organization.

Title: Case Study: Strategic Planning for a Youth Services Organization (Links to an external site.)

Robert Morris University Bayer Center for Nonprofit Management

Case Analysis
Based on this case answer the following questions:

What strategies used in this case do you believe can be used by other organizations?
If you had to consult with this organization, what 3 recommendations would you offer them on what to learn from this incident and apply it to subsequent issues with which they are dealing?
Identify 3 reasons you believe board members shifted into true governance.

New Media Blog 4

One of the most widely practiced forms of new media is blogging, a form of communication with an audience where the most recent updates appear above previous updates. Blogs are incredibly diverse in both authorship and audience. In 2003, there were only 1 million blogs in the world, but today it is estimated that there are more than 150 million blogs, posting more than 1 million entries per day. More than one third of internet users read blogs. Now its your chance to practice blogging.

During our course, youll be asked to keep a blog in which you will explore new media and offer your thoughts on the new media you use. For each blog entry, you may submit your response as a written blog post, a recorded audio podcast, or a video blog (vlog). Be creative!

You will submit a blog entry in weeks 1, 3, 5 and 7.

For each of the four entries, you will need to do the following:

Select a new media site to try, preferably one you have not used before. New media sites might include social networks like Facebook or Twitter, photo sharing sites like Instagram and Pintrest, video sharing sites like YouTube and Vimeo, discussion forums such as Reddit, or special interest web communities such as Above Top Secret (for space alien enthusiasts) or FanFiction.net (for fan fiction enthusiasts).
Use your chosen site for 3-4 days and make observations about your experience. How difficult was it to sign up or to log in? What did you like? What did you not like? Did you find it to be easy to use or challenging? Did you feel welcome?
Produce a blog post in which you review your chosen piece of new media and evaluate it. Describe it for your readers, explain what you see as the positive and negative aspects of the piece of new media, and conclude by either recommending or not recommending that others explore this piece of new media as well.
Your post should be 1-2 paragraphs in length (if written) or 2-3 minutes in length (for audio or video).
There are specific requirements for each modules blog. For this activity, you will blog your thoughts on media and self-presentation.

For your final blog entry, select a new media site of your choice and consider how users can engage in self-presentation. How do they share information about their identities? Is there any way to know that the person is telling the truth? What could be done to help users determine whether others self-presentation is honest?

Technology has allowed even the smallest organization to operate internationally.  Along with this amazing opportunity comes many challenges.  I would like for you discuss a few of these challenges from an organizational behavior standpoint, meaning challenges within the organization itself.  You can either discuss the company you currently work for, or you can discuss a company that you are familiar with in some way.

One of the purposes of the original project was to help you become aware of how obsessed your peers are with their smart phones. Unfortunately, we lost that opportunity with the move to online delivery. Nevertheless, you probably knew before starting what you were going to see. As an alternative project, please read the article linked below. Think it through carefully and then write a paper discussing the implications of this addiction — which now extends beyond your generation — on society, relationships, and the workplace. I am looking for a couple of pages of thoughtful reflection. You now have until noon on Friday (April 17) to submit your project.

web link: https://www.health.com/condition/anxiety/cell-phone-addiction