Help with topic selection due in 3 hours

Topic Selection

Refer to the Week 6 Written Assignment instructions. This will be your final paper for the course. Determine your topic for this final assignment. In two-four paragraphs, address the following:

· State and describe the topic that you have selected.

· Explain why you have selected it, describing why you think the topic is important and why it is of interest to you.

· Summarize your current knowledge of and familiarity with the topic, identifying any professional or academic experience you may have relating to it.

You may revise this assignment, as needed, in future weeks and use it as an introduction for your final paper. Include a cover page formatted in APA Style, 6th ed. Refer to p. 41 of your APA Manual, 6th ed., for an example.

INSTRUCTIONS TO FINAL BELOW TO HELP YOU PICK TOPIC:

Final Paper

For the final assignment of this course, you will write a term paper (7-10 pages) on a topic related to leadership within the human services setting. Examples include (but are by no means limited to):

· the disproportionate number of minority or women leaders.

· abuses of leadership power and the impact on disenfranchised client groups.

· impact of leadership style on staff versus clients

· leadership ethics and social advocacy.

You are required to integrate influential leaders and leadership theories in the presentation of your topic. You have the luxury of choosing a topic that is of interest to you; however, you are expected to integrate ideas from assigned class readings into your paper as well as add other scholarly sources more specifically related to your topic.

The research paper must: 

· Be double-spaced, meet specified page length, and be formatted according to APA style as outlined in the approved APA style guide.

· Include an APA style cover page.

· Include an introductory paragraph with a succinct thesis statement.

· Address the topic of the paper with critical thought.

· Conclude with a restatement of the thesis and a conclusion paragraph.

· Use APA style as outlined in the approved APA style guide to document all sources.

· Cite and integrate no fewer than 8 scholarly, peer-reviewed journal articles.

· Include a reference page that is completed according to APA style as outlined in the approved APA style guide.