transformational leadership Due April 17, 2019

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Track 1 Capstone Project Template - Professional Development (PD)

Overview

This document serves as a template that can be used by College online students to help formulate their capstone project for the BS in Business Management program. The primary purpose of this template is to help students develop a quality and consistent capstone project.

Students should follow the instructions included in each section of the template. This overview page should be removed. The document is prepared using the APA 6th edition style, or MLA 8th edition style. If students identify elements that are not in APA or MLA style they should make any necessary adjustments.

College

MGMT-: Business Management Capstone

BS in Business Management Program

Program Director: XX

Student’s Name: (First Last)

Street Address:

City, State and Zip Code:

Preferred Phone: (123-456-7890)

College Email: [email protected]

Capstone Submission Date: mm/yyyy

Capstone Project Title: ALL CAPS

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORSHIP:

I certify that I am the author of this paper and that any assistance I receive in its preparation is fully acknowledged and disclosed in this paper. I have also cited any sources from which I used data, ideas, or works, either quoted directly or paraphrased. I also certify that this paper was prepared by me specifically for this course.

Student’s Signature:

Date:

<TITLE OF YOUR CAPSTONE PROJECT>

<Your Name>

A Capstone Project

Submitted in partial fulfillment

of the requirements for the degree

Bachelor of Science in Business Management

Division of Continuing Professional Studies

College

<Date>

Table of Contents

(Input your own page numbers when complete; Delete table lines before making project complete; Hyperlinks are set up to quickly navigate to each section - each section has a page break prior to the title...please do not delete these page breaks. If you do, please put them back in and make sure to set up the hyperlink again)

I	Executive Summary	5
II	Essential Competencies	6
III	PD Organization Introduction	7
IV	Supporting Literature	8
V	PD Experience Detail	9
VI	Learning Outcomes	10
VII	Conclusion	11
VIII	References	12
IX	Appendix	13

List of Tables and Figures

(This section is only needed if you have tables and/or figures in your project. Input your own numbers when complete; delete table lines before making project complete. If you don’t have tables/figures, you can delete this page)

Table 1: Title of Table
Table 2: Title of Table
Figure 1: Title of Figure
Figure 2: Title of Figure

FORMATTING REQUIREMENTS OF THE PROJECT (delete this list when final)

1. APA 6 or MLA 8 formatting style

2. Page size: 8.5 x 11

3. Margins: 1 inch all around

4. First sentence indent (tab): .5 inches

5. Font: Times New Roman, size: 12

6. Spacing: Double, except in block quotations, bulleted or numbered lists, and within references in your References section. Each of these will be single spaced.

7. Running heads? No.

8. All first level headings start on a new page. This is already set up for you.

9. Everything else is cut and paste - simply input your information into the pages provided.

10. Headings:

Heading Level One

Heading Level Two

Heading level three. (Note the indent and period, and note how the capitalization works. You will probably never go deeper than the third heading level.)

Heading level four. The paragraph starts here...

Heading level five. The paragraph starts here...

I. Executive Summary

For the purpose of this capstone project the executive summary is a brief, yet comprehensive, summary of your overall PD experience. It should be no more than one double-spaced page in length. You may use personal pronouns when warranted (I, my, we, etc.). Include the following information in paragraph form:

· Cut/paste this verbiage to start: The following manuscript details all relevant background information and associated tasks, support from the literature, and learning outcomes associated with the BS in Business Management capstone project at College.

· Rationale for engaging in your PD experience

II. Essential Competencies

(Use the verbiage included here and immediately following, please list at least 5 of the essential competencies that your project addresses)

The following learning outcomes are the 10 Essential Learning Competencies for the MGMT-470 Capstone Project:

1. Functional Area Expertise & General Business Integration

2. Advanced Literacy & Numeric Proficiency

3. Oral Communication Proficiency

4. Technological Competence

5. Teamwork, Human Relations & Organizational Effectiveness

6. Information Literacy

7. Problem Solving & Decision-Making Proficiency

8. Global Awareness & Multi-Cultural Empathy

9. Capacity for Lifelong Learning

10. Complementary Personal Attitudes, Values & Traits

The essential learning competencies covered by this capstone project are:

1. X

2. X

3. X

4. X

5. X

III. PD Organization Introduction

Provide the following information regarding your professional development (PD) experience:

· Name of PD host organization

· Contact information of organization (all contact information you can find - address, URLs, phone numbers, etc.)

· Type of training/certification being pursued

· Proof of training/certification authorization

IV. Supporting Literature

(3-4 pages in length)

The supporting literature section in a PD-based capstone project helps to place your PD experience in academic context. You will surveys books, scholarly articles, and any other sources relevant to the training/certification you are pursuing. For example: if you’re pursuing a PMP certification, what literature exists on project management that makes is a valuable skill in business management? What makes the PMP itself the gold standard in project management certification? What other certification exist and how do they compare to the PMP?

V. PD Experience Detail

In this section, you will fully describe and detail each aspect of your PD experience as though you were explaining it to someone who was hearing about it for the first time.

Rationale

Why did you pursue this PD experience?

Tasks and Outcomes

What did you do? What were your results?

VI. Learning Outcomes

This may be the most important section in the entire capstone project. Here, you will detail what you learned as a result of your professional development experience.

· What did you learn about the training/certification you pursued?

· Did anything surprise you? What learning came from your surprises?

Finally, you are required to match each of your learning outcomes with your selected Essential Competencies (EC), and an explanation of how you gained the competency. Here’s an example:

EC1: Technological Competence

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VII. Conclusion

In your conclusion section:

1. Summarize your thoughts and conveying the larger significance of your PD pursuit. The conclusion is an opportunity to succinctly answer [or in some cases, to re-emphasize] the "So What?" question by placing the PD within the context of how your pursuit fits within the field of business management.

2. Demonstrate the importance of your learning. Don't be shy. The conclusion offers you the opportunity to elaborate on the impact and significance of your learning.

VIII. References

You can also use either APA or MLA formatting in this section, but I ask that you stay consistent with what you used in the paper. Here’s a few examples:

APA Format:

Daus, C. S., & Ashkanasy, N. M. (2005). The case for the ability-based model of emotional intelligence in organizational behavior. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 26, 453–466. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/job.321

Krishnakumar, S., Hopkins, K., Szmerekovsky, J.G. & Robinson, M. (2016). Assessing workplace emotional intelligence: Development and validation of an ability-based measure. The Journal of Psychology, 150(3), 371-404. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00223980.2015.1057096

MacCann, C., & Roberts, R. D. (2008). New paradigms for assessing emotional intelligence: Theory and data. Emotion, 8, 540–551. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0012746

MLA Format:

Dean, Cornelia. "Executive on a Mission: Saving the Planet." The New York Times, 22 May 2007, www.nytimes.com/2007/05/22/science/earth/22ander.html?_r=0 . Accessed 12 May 2018.

Ebert, Roger. Review of An Inconvenient Truth, directed by Davis Guggenheim. rogerebert.com, 1 June 2006, www.rogerebert.com/reviews/an-inconvenient-truth-2006 . Accessed 15 June 2019.

Gowdy, John. "Avoiding Self-organized Extinction: Toward a Co-evolutionary Economics of Sustainability." International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology, vol. 14, no. 1, 2007, pp. 27-36.

IX. Appendices

Appendices should be included that supported your capstone project efforts; this may include but not be limited to financial statements, charts, diagrams, org charts, instruction manuals, etc. What resources did you use to complete your tasks?