MGT 3319 - Management Theory and Practice Assignment- Texas Wesleyan University
Overview
Principles of Management Research Project
For your project, you will research a theme, principle, or key issue from the field of management and synthesize your findings in a voice-over PowerPoint presentation or in Microsoft Word document. You will explore how it developed, examine how it manifests in current workplace practices, and reflect on how you will approach issues related to this topic in your future career.
The project is divided into three milestones, which will be submitted at various points throughout the course to scaffold learning and ensure quality final submissions. These milestones will be submitted in Modules 2, 3, and 7.
In this assignment you will demonstrate your mastery of the following course outcomes:
? Apply the major roles that managers perform in their jobs to add value to the organization
? Evaluate methods to plan, organize, lead and control organizational processes
Prompt
To complete this final project, you must first identify a theme, principle, or key issue from the field of management. To select your research topic, it may help to identify a chapter in the required textbook that interests you and then look for a key topic in that chapter to explore. You will then research that topic and a related theory and reflect on how your knowledge on this topic might influence your career in a voice-over PowerPoint presentation or as a Microsoft Word document about five-seven pages in length plus 1 page executive summary report.
Your voice-over PowerPoint presentation should be 9-12 minutes in length and no more than 18 slides. The slides and presentation must be engaging and capture the attention of the audience. It should not consist of slides with bulleted sentences where the presenter merely reads the slides. You must create a more engaging presentation where the slides act as talking points and the presenter's words convey the points of the presentation rather than the words on the slides. Be creative and know your audience (a group learning about the importance of this management topic in organizations).
OR
It should be submitted as a Microsoft Word document about five-seven pages in length plus 1 page executive summary report (a final research project in a one-page paper that could be used to summarize your findings, providing a shortened version of your longer final paper), in 12-point type, with sources cited according to APA style.
You must reference a minimum of at least five sources, cited in APA style in your presentation or in your Microsoft word document.
Specifically, your final project presentation must include the following critical elements:
I. Introduction of a Theme, Principle, or Key Issue in the Field of Management
A. Briefly describe the research topic
B. Explain how the topic is integrated into the workplace and how this has supported growth and development in that area of the field. Reference at least three sources from scholarly or practitioner-related publications (e.g., Harvard Business Review, Forbes) to illustrate your points.
C. Explain the topic's importance and impact in creating a profitable company or great place to work D. Describe any ethical issues that may be related to the topic
II. Exploration of a Relevant Theory in Practice
A. Summarize one management theory from the assigned course readings that addresses an issue related to your research topic
B. Choose one of the following options:
1. Illustrate what that theory looks like in practice by providing an example from a scholarly or practitioner-related publication (e.g., Harvard Business Review, Forbes) that showcases a company successfully applying the theory to their management model. Be sure to address the following in regard to the example:
a) Describe how the company applied the theory
b) Evaluate what worked well
c) Assess what other companies could learn from this example
2. Identify an article from a practitioner-related publication (e.g., Harvard Business Review, Forbes) that discusses a company that was not successful in applying the theory to their management model. Be sure to address the following in regard to the example:
a) Describe how the company tried to apply the theory
b) Synthesize what the article says went wrong
c) Recommend what the company could have done differently to implement this theory successfully, or whether another theory would have been more appropriate in this situation (and if so, recommend a better alternative and support your argument).
III. Reflection on Career Impact
A. Reflect on how will you bring what you have learned about this topic to your future workplace to make it a better or more productive company
B. Reflect on any personal experiences you have with this topic to support your position
Milestones
Milestone 1: Project Initial Thoughts
In Module 2, you will identify three areas of management you are interested in exploring.
Milestone 2: Paper Topic Proposal
You will identify the topic you plan to research for your final project and expand your initial thoughts into a more developed paper proposal.
Submission: Principles of Management Research Project
You will submit a voice-over PowerPoint presentation Or Microsoft Word document that explains how a specific theme, principle, or key issue from the field of management developed, examines how it manifests in current workplace practices, and reflects on how you will approach issues related to this topic in your future career. It should be a complete, polished artifact containing all of the critical elements of the final product. It should reflect the incorporation of feedback gained throughout the course.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.
Attachment:- Milestone-Topic.rar