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Instructions for EDD8020 Sample Paper Template Week Five

Paragraph Heading Corresponding Instructions

Corresponding Scoring Guide

Introduction Identify and briefly describe your target audience

(individual or group).

Dr. J's Note: This course is about organizational

learning and leadership in organizations. Choose an

organization you are familiar with to write a substantive,

doctoral-level analysis about the required topics

(personal mastery and mental models) as related to

organizational learning and systems thinking.

Personal Mastery and Mental

Models

Provide context to your audience by, in your own words,

writing a brief description of personal mastery and

mental models.

What is personal mastery?

What are mental models?

How do personal mastery and mental models make

possible personal and organizational learning?

How do the principles of personal mastery and mental

models interact to strengthen and reinforce one another?

How do personal mastery and mental models provide a

foundation for engaging in or strengthening systems

thinking?

Dr. J's Note: The idea of "well-chosen quotations from

the text" does not mean direct quotes. As doctoral

learners, you should learn to use paraphrased citations to

occasionally support the development of your written

critical analysis. What is valued is the development of

your written analysis, supported with sources. This

includes your insightful summary and interpretation.

Describes the concept of mental models. Description

includes very well chosen quotations from the text and

author’s own highly insightful summary and

interpretation.

Application of Models Identify and briefly define those elements of personal

mastery and mental models that directly pertain to your

chosen group or individual.

Dr. J's Note: Now you switch from thinking in broader

terms, to thinking specifically about what you wrote in

the last section, to your specific organization. This is why

you cannot and should not write about a person. You

must focus on an organization and relate this to

organizational learning.

The Scoring Guide states: Applies the concept of

mental models to address issues faced by an organization.

Dr. J's Note: As you apply the concepts, think of a

relevant issue to apply it to and then you can use the

same issue in the next section to write about

organizational improvement.

The Scoring Guide states: Specific and accurate

references to systems thinking are consistently used to

support the analysis. The impact of multiple internal and

external factors on the organization is thoroughly and

insightfully explained.

Dr. J's Note: What is valued is the development of your

written analysis, supported with sources. This includes

your insightful explanation.

Applies the concept of mental models to address issues

faced by an organization. Specific and accurate

references to systems thinking are consistently used to

support the analysis. The impact of multiple internal

and external factors on the organization is thoroughly

and insightfully explained.

Organizational Improvement Explain to your audience how personal mastery and

mental models can create opportunities for improvement

within the organization. Your explanation should be

responsive to the perspectives of your audience.

Provide specific support for your statements and

assertions as you draw connections between personal

mastery and mental models and your examples.

Your examples should include specific details that

promote greater understanding of the aspects of personal

mastery and mental models that you want to convey to

your audience.

Analyzes how mental models and personal mastery

interact with one another and systems thinking in a

detailed and compelling manner that includes specific

examples.

Dr. J's Note: Explain how employees who become

aware of these concepts could create opportunities for

improvement within your chosen organization. Be certain

to consider how you might explain these concepts. How

would you explain mental models to someone who has

never heard of it before?

Dr. J's Note: What is meant by specific support is not

making generalizations. This means avoiding the

"should" and "must" statements. Always back up your

statements with research and data. Make well-informed

statements, not generalized or highly subjective

statements.

Questions At the end of your paper include at least three questions

about personal mastery and mental models as they relate

to your audience that, when thoughtfully considered,

might promote continuous improvement and

organizational learning.

Dr. J's Note: Do not use bullet points or numbering. As

a doctoral learner, write with complete sentences and

paragraphs.

Creates a set of questions that will foster inquiry by a

target audience on organizational change. The questions

are highly specific to the situation of the target audience

and are highly likely to foster inquiry on organizational

change.

Conclusion A Conclusion needs to be substantive. As a doctoral

student the paper must demonstrate critical analysis.

When writing, ask yourself: did you fully and completely

address the initial thesis statement you developed in you

Introduction?

Important Note: The Conclusion is not a place to

include citations or new information. It is your thoughtful

wrap-up and evaluation of the thesis statement made at

the beginning of your paper.

References [Provide references to the material you consulted in

creating this project. Follow APA guidelines when

creating your references, including hanging indent form.

The following will help you get started as these sources

are properly formatted with double spacing and hanging

indentations.]

Additional Requirements:

In your writing, try to make specific connections between

the concept(s) in The Fifth Discipline and organizational

details. Avoid writing in vague generalizations that do

little to demonstrate a grasp of the concept or enlighten

your audience.

Dr. J's Note: What is meant by specific support is not

making generalizations. This means avoiding the

"should" and "must" statements. Always back up your

statements with research and data. Make well-informed

statements, not generalized or highly subjective

statements.

Exhibits strict and nearly flawless adherence to the

rules of grammar, usage, and mechanics.

Develops flow in text through paragraphing,

transitional words, and key phrases, with an evident

main idea in each paragraph.