Post a cohesive response based on scenario provided. To prepare for discussion read Learning Resource and your professional experience. Be sure to discuss the following:
Post a cohesive response based on scenario provided. To prepare for discussion read Learning Resource and your professional experience. Be sure to discuss the following: "See attachment for detailed instructions
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Discussion 1: Affinity Group Introductions
Affinity groups provide individuals with opportunities to share interests and experiences. For much of this course, you will be working within an Affinity Group composed of students that are working on a similar project track.
For the Discussion in this and following weeks, select the Affinity Group discussion link that aligns with the Capstone Project track you choose—Proposal Track or Research Paper Track. For more information about the Capstone Project, refer to the Assignment 1:
Beginning the Capstone Project section of this page and the Course Information page.
Post your brief introduction there, as well as an explanation of your area of interest.
Assignment:
Post your initial response.
· Provide a comprehensive introduction that includes a scholarly description of your Capstone Project’s focus.
· In your description, provide reliable and supportive data that will demonstrate the credibility of your project.
· 4–5 paragraphs in length
· No Plagiarism
· APA citing
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Proposal Project
The Capstone Proposal Project Option
The Capstone Proposal Project provides you with an opportunity to frame a social impact project that could be funded by a foundation, corporation, venture capital firm, government agency, or other capital resource. The method used for this Capstone Proposal is to identify a service, program, or product the student believes will have a social impact in their organization, neighborhood, city, state, country, or globally. While you are encouraged to think on a large scale, you are advised to create a pilot program that if successful can be replicated on a much larger scale. For example, if you want to develop a leadership training program for a school district, the pilot might focus on one particular school, allowing you to work out the flaws and to learn from the smaller experience before moving on to the larger entity. Likewise if you have a product you believe is worthy of introducing into a market, you would be advised to field test the product in a representative area before trying to market the product more globally. In addition to being a prudent business strategy, funders or financial backers often want to field test ideas before fully investing in them on a much larger basis. If on the other hand, if you are working for an organization, you might want to take an existing idea, service, program, or product and expand it. Then you already have in effect "piloted" the program and service and are looking to now broaden its reach. In either case however, you must look at the larger picture and think in the larger more macro context as part of writing the proposal: From the larger idea comes the pilot. The emphasis for this Capstone Proposal Project is a proposal designed to create a real-world social impact should it become funded. Therefore, you must write a well-organized proposal that has real-world potential for funding. The proposal must match criteria outlined by a foundation of your choosing. There are too many potential grant makers to provide a comprehensive list; however, a brief list of selected potential funding sources is listed in the resources section of the course to give you a start. For foundations not included on the list, use the Foundation Center link in the Syllabus to obtain information on foundations of which you might be more familiar. Other helpful source links are also provided to give a head start on finding funding. You can also obtain information for venture capital firms by using the business and government libraries as an initial source. The format for this project proposal will help you develop a general proposal that can be tailored to meet the funding criteria for a major foundation proposal after the conclusion of your program here at Walden University. Every foundation and funding source has its unique criteria and application processes. However, by completing this project proposal format you will be well on your way towards being able to submit a proposal to an actual foundation. See attachment of the “Capstone Proposal Project template” to begin documenting your work throughout the duration of this course.
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Portfolio of Visions
The Portfolio of Visions Paper is intended to help you coalesce your thinking about what you have learned while participating in the MSL program, consider who you are becoming as a scholar-practitioner, and conceptualize a future vision for your life. This is based upon the idea that most successful people in the world plan their current lives and their futures. The MSL program has been designed to bring a rigorous academic experience together with the student's desire to become a consummate scholar-practitioner committed to producing social impacts in order to better the plight of humanity. This is done with the full knowledge that you are most whole when you live an integrated way of life with a desire to always becoming a better "self." To that end, the Portfolio of Visions provides you with the opportunity to bring these disparate parts of your life into to a focused way of being. See attachment – Portfolio of Visions template to see the parameters for the project and begin working through the assignments.
Proposal Project
The Capstone Proposal Project Option
The Capstone Proposal Project provides you with an opportunity to frame a social impact project that could be funded by a foundation, corporation, venture capital firm, government agency, or other capital resource. The method used for this Capstone Proposal is to identify a service, program, or product the student believes will have a social impact in their organization, neighborhood, city, state, country, or globally. While you are encouraged to think on a large scale, you are advised to create a pilot program that if successful can be replicated on a much larger scale. For example, if you want to develop a leadership training program for a school district, the pilot might focus on one particular school, allowing you to work out the flaws and to learn from the smaller experience before moving on to the larger entity. Likewise if you have a product you believe is worthy of introducing into a market, you would be advised to field test the product in a representative area before trying to market the product more globally. In addition to being a prudent business strategy, funders or financial backers often want to field test ideas before fully investing in them on a much larger basis. If on the other hand, if you are working for an organization, you might want to take an existing idea, service, program, or product and expand it. Then you already have in effect "piloted" the program and service and are looking to now broaden its reach. In either case however, you must look at the larger picture and think in the larger more macro context as part of writing the proposal: From the larger idea comes the pilot. The emphasis for this Capstone Proposal Project is a proposal designed to create a real-world social impact should it become funded. Therefore, you must write a well-organized proposal that has real-world potential for funding. The proposal must match criteria outlined by a foundation of your choosing. There are too many potential grant makers to provide a comprehensive list; however, a brief list of selected potential funding sources is listed in the resources section of the course to give you a start. For foundations not included on the list, use the Foundation Center link in the Syllabus to obtain information on foundations of which you might be more familiar. Other helpful source links are also provided to give a head start on finding funding. You can also obtain information for venture capital firms by using the business and government libraries as an initial source. The format for this project proposal will help you develop a general proposal that can be tailored to meet the funding criteria for a major foundation proposal after the conclusion of your program here at Walden University. Every foundation and funding source has its unique criteria and application processes. However, by completing this project proposal format you will be well on your way towards being able to submit a proposal to an actual foundation. See attachment – Capstone Proposal Project template to begin documenting your work throughout the duration of this course.
Research Project
The Capstone Research Project Option
The Capstone Research Paper provides you with an opportunity to explore a social impact research interest in depth. You will identify one or two research questions and a problem to be solved and then explore the subject matter with academic rigor. You will then write a paper that is a minimum of 25 pages and does not exceed 30 pages on the subject of your choosing as long as it relates to some theme studied in the MSL program. (The length of the paper does not include such things as title page, abstract, list of references, appendices, etc.) This is a summary narrative form of paper and should not use questions as headings or lead-ins to the narration. Graduate level critical thinking and writing should be applied when writing this paper and the use of questions should be minimized and focused. This paper will be well grounded in the literature and the subject must be a real-world social impact problem to be solved. You are strongly advised to write about a problem with which you are truly familiar and to apply theory to solve the problem. It is envisioned that you will write about an organization, community, or social issue with which you are intimately involved. You will cite at least 20 sources from refereed journals, 15 of which must not have been used during your course of study. You may also use textbooks for the remaining five sources to complete the 20-citation source requirement. The purpose of this paper is for you to demonstrate depth of knowledge and the ability to function as a scholar-practitioner. You will use the APA 6th edition as the source reference for formatting and writing the paper. This paper is a rigorous study of some phenomena and you are expected to stay on point with the subject and to produce a final paper that is worthy of publication. In addition to the APA guidelines for formatting papers, you should use the chapter headings from the downloadable template below.
See attachment – Research Project template
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Course Schedule
MMSL 6905: Capstone: A Case for Leaders as Change Agents
Week 1 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 1 Week 2 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 3 Week 3 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 5 Week 4 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 8 Week 5 ………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 12 Week 6 ………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 15 Week 7 ………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 17 Week 8 ………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 20 This Course Schedule outlines the assignments and due dates for the course. For full assignment details and directions, refer to the corresponding area in the course. Week 1 Approaching the Capstone Project
Resources Required Readings
Wiseman, L. (2017). Multipliers: How the best leaders make everyone smarter (Rev. ed.). New York, NY: HarperCollins.
o Foreword o Preface o Chapter 1, “The Multiplier Effect” o Chapter 2, “The Talent Manager” o Appendix C, “The Multipliers”
Required Media
The Wiseman Group. (n.d.). The Multipliers Assessment: Are you an Accidental Diminisher? [Quiz]. Retrieved December 28, 2018, from http://multipliersbooks.com/multipliers/take-the- quiz/
Discussion 1 Affinity Group Introductions By Day 3 of Week 1
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Be sure to post an initial introduction by Day 3. If you do need to switch groups, please do so by Day 5. By Day 3 of Week 1
Post your initial response.
Provide a comprehensive introduction that includes a scholarly description of your Capstone Project’s focus.
By Day 5 of Week 1
Respond to at least two of your colleagues’ postings that contain a
perspective other than yours. Your response will typically be 2–3 paragraphs in length, as a general expectation. Return to this Discussion in a few days to read the responses to your
initial posting. Note what you have learned and/or any insights that you have gained as a result of the comments that your colleagues made.
Discussion 2 Multipliers Versus Diminishes, the Accidental Diminisher, and the Empire Builder By Day 5 of Week 1
Post a cohesive response based on your analysis of the Learning
Resources and your professional experience. Be sure to discuss the following:
As part of this Discussion, summarize and share the results of your quiz, The Multipliers Assessment: Are You an Accidental Diminisher? (found in this week’s Learning Resources).
Reflect on the quintessential Multipliers and Diminishers who have been part of your career and life experiences.
Explore and address the question: Are you an Accidental Diminisher?
Describe the differences between an Empire Builder versus a Talent Magnet.
Explain the comment: “What differentiates them is what they do with the talent once it’s in the door” (Wiseman, 2017, p. 63).
Describe the four practices of the Talent Magnet.
Be sure to support your ideas by connecting them to the week’s Learning Resources, as well as other credible resources you have read or what you have observed and
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experienced. By Day 7 of Week 1 Respond to at least two of your colleagues’ postings that contain a
perspective other than yours. Your response will typically be 2–3 paragraphs in length, as a general expectation.
Assignment 1 Beginning the Portfolio of Visions
By Day 7 of Week 1
Complete the following: A. Life Mission Statement (minimum length: 1 paragraph) B. Life Vision Statement (minimum length: 1 paragraph) C. My Walden Path Statement (expected length: 2–3 pages; include reflections from previous end-of-course journals throughout the MSL program) Submit your Assignment.
Assignment 2 Beginning the Capstone Project
By Day 7 of Week 1 Submit your Assignment.
Week 2 Aligning Your Capstone Project With Personal Mission
Resources Required Readings
Wiseman, L. (2017). Multipliers: How the best leaders make everyone smarter (Rev. ed.). New York, NY: HarperCollins.
o Chapter 3, “The Liberator” o Chapter 4, “The Challenger”
Discussion 1 Affinity Group Checkpoint #1 By Day 3 of Week 2 Post your initial response.
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1. Life Mission Statement 2. Life Vision Statement 3. Description of your Capstone option: Proposal or Research
Paper. Summarize your scholarly description of what your focus will be, what you hope to accomplish, and how this relates to your Life Mission and Vision Statements.
Read a selection of your colleagues’ postings. By Day 5 of Week 2 Respond to at least two of your colleagues’ postings that contain a perspective other than yours. Your response will typically be 2–3 paragraphs in length, as a general expectation. Return to this Discussion in a few days to read the responses to your initial posting. Note what you have learned and/or any insights that you have gained as a result of the comments that your colleagues made.
Discussion 2 The Tyrant Versus the Liberator and the Know-It-All Versus the Challenger By Day 5 of Week 2 Post a cohesive response based on your analysis of the Learning Resources and your professional experience. Be sure to discuss the following:
Describe leadership differences between a Tyrant versus a Liberator.
Reflect on the three practices of the Liberator and how you include them in your professional life/career.
Describe how Challengers versus The Know-It-Alls have full range of motion. In other words, they can see and articulate big thinking and ask the big questions, but they can also connect that to the specific steps needed to create movement.
Reflect on the three practices of the Challenger and how these affect your professional choice.
Be sure to support your ideas by connecting them to the week’s Learning Resources, as well as other credible resources you have read or what you have observed and experienced.
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By Day 7 of Week 2 Respond to at least two of your colleagues’ postings that contain a
perspective other than yours. Your response will typically be 2–3 paragraphs in length, as a general expectation.
Assignment Portfolio of Visions – Final Stages of Life
This week, you will focus on your end-of-life statements that will be included in your portfolio.
A. “Final Stages of Life” Statement (minimum length: 3 pages) Here are the types of questions you might consider as you develop this section:
How do you see your final stages of life?
What do you want to have accomplished as a leader by the end of your life?
As you consider your final stages of life and the possibility of having more free time, how do you see yourself using your free time?
What do you hope to have learned about leadership and life in general?
What is truly important to you when you think about creating a meaningful life for yourself and those you love?
By Day 7 of Week 2 Submit your Assignment.
Week 3 Shaping the Capstone Project
Resources Required Readings
Wiseman, L. (2017). Multipliers: How the best leaders make everyone smarter (Rev. ed.). New York, NY: HarperCollins.
o Chapter 5, “The Debate Maker” o Chapter 6, “The Investor”
Discussion 1 Affinity Group Checkpoint #2 By Day 3 of Week 3
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Post your initial response. The Capstone Project – Proposal Track – Introduction/Overview, Statement of Need The Capstone Project – Research Paper Track – Introduction/Overview, Problem Statement Read a selection of your colleagues’ postings. By Day 5 of Week 3 Respond to at least two of your colleagues’ postings that contain a perspective other than yours. Your response will typically be 2–3 paragraphs in length, as a general expectation.
Discussion 2 The Decision Maker Versus the Debate Maker and the Micromanager Versus the Investor By Day 5 of Week 3
Post your initial response.
Compare the differences between the Decision Maker and the Debate Maker.
Explain the three practices of the Debate Maker.
Evaluate the differences between the Micromanager and the Investor.
Explain the three practices of the Investor. Read a selection of your colleagues’ postings.
By Day 7 of Week 3 Respond to at least two of your colleagues’ postings that contain a
perspective other than yours. Your response will typically be 2–3 paragraphs in length, as a general expectation.
Assignment 1 The Capstone Project
Proposal Track
A. Introduction/Overview
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B. Statement of Need
C. Annotated Bibliography for 5 Research Articles
D. Cited References
If you have selected the Proposal Track for your Capstone Project, this week you will develop both the Introduction Overview and the Statement of Need for your Proposal. You will also be responsible for reviewing five articles selected for your Annotated Bibliography. Please review the template document found in the Proposal Project area on the Course Information page for further information. By Day 3 of Week 3
Post your Statement of Need and how the literature informs the shaping of your project to your Discussion Affinity Group. By Day 7 of Week 3 Based on the feedback from your peers, revise your document to reflect the recommendations received. Submit your Assignment.
Research Paper Track
A. Introduction/Overview
B. Problem Statement
C. Annotated Bibliography for 5 Research Articles
D. Cited References
This Assignment will be Chapters 1 and 2 of your research paper. In Chapter 1, provide a frame of reference for developing an introduction/overview for your paper. For example, you might identify whether the subject is an organizational issue, a community issue, or something more global. In Chapter 2, develop your problem statement, which is a precise explanation of the problem to be solved. This chapter should be about 3 pages. You will also be responsible for reviewing five articles relating to your
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research for your Annotated Bibliography. Please review the template document found in the Research Project area on the Course Information page for further information. By Day 5 of Week 3
Post your Research Paper Context to your Discussion Affinity Group. By Day 7 of Week 3 Based on the feedback from your peers, revise your document to reflect the recommendations received.
Assignment 2 Portfolio of Visions – Family and Home
This week, you will complete your first subject area for the Key Life Areas section of your portfolio, “Family and Home.” This will allow you to reflect on the goals you hope to achieve within your family. Be sure to review the template document found in the Portfolio of Visions area of the Course Information page.
A. “Family and Home” Key Life Area B. Goals C. Objectives D. Action Statements
Note: You will not turn anything in this week, but this Assignment will be part of a Discussion Question during Week 6 and will be a Section in your Final Project.
Week 4 Understanding the Problem and Creating Direction
Resources Required Readings
Wiseman, L. (2017). Multipliers: How the best leaders make everyone smarter (Rev. ed.). New York, NY: HarperCollins.
o Chapter 7, “The Accidental Diminisher” o Chapter 8, “Dealing with Diminishers”
Discussion 1 Affinity Group Checkpoint #3
By Day 3 of Week 4
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Post your initial response. The Capstone Project – Proposal Track – Strategies and Initiatives for Solving the Problem, Intended Outcomes Consider:
Thoroughly describe how you intend to solve the problem. Why did you choose the strategies or initiatives you intend to deploy? What have you learned from the literature that supports the actions you intend to take or the need for your products and services? What are the specific and measurable outcomes you intend by implementing your project? How will people benefit by what you have to offer? Be specific detailed with your outcome measures.
The Capstone Project – Research Paper Track – Purpose/Significance, Research Questions (1–2) Consider:
Whereas introductions focus on the problem leading to the study, the purpose statement establishes the direction for the research. In fact, the purpose statement is the most important statement in an entire research study. It orients the reader to the central intent of the study, and from it, all other aspects of the research follow. In other words, the purpose statement indicates why you want to do the study and what you intend to accomplish and is the central, controlling idea in a study. Identify at least one, but no more than two, research questions. The research questions will guide and shape the rest of your paper. Specifically connect the research questions to the problem statement (in Chapter 2) by elaborating on how you think the two are related.
Read a selection of your colleagues’ postings.
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By Day 5 of Week 4
Respond to at least two of your colleagues’ postings that contain a
perspective other than yours. Your response will typically be 2–3 paragraphs in length, as a general expectation.
Discussion 2 The Accidental Diminisher Versus Dealing With Diminishers By Day 5 of Week 4 Post your initial response.
Compose a description of Accidental Diminisher profiles that
might enhance your own abilities to become more of an
effective Multiplier.
Explain how breaking the cycle of diminishing can impact your
organization.
Analyze the three levels of dealing with diminisher strategies.
Read a selection of your colleagues’ postings.
By Day 7 of Week 4
Respond to at least two of your colleagues’ postings that contain a
perspective other than yours. Your response will typically be 2–3 paragraphs in length, as a general expectation.
Assignment 1 The Capstone Project
Proposal Track
This week, you will develop a list of strategies, initiatives, and intended outcomes describing how these statements reflect mitigating the problems identified in your needs statement. You will also be responsible for reviewing five articles for your Annotated Bibliography. Please review the template document found in the Proposal Project area of the Course Information page for further information.
A. Strategies and Initiatives for Solving the Problem B. Intended Outcomes C. Annotated Bibliography for 5 Research Articles D. Cited References
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By Day 7 of Week 4 Submit your Assignment. Research Paper Track This week, you will formulate your problem statements and research questions. This is a critical phase of your research,
because the way you frame your questions will in large measure determine how you approach your research. Carefully consider what you have identified as the problem and how it can best be addressed. You will also be responsible for reviewing five articles for your Annotated Bibliography. Please review the template document found in the Research Project area of the Course Information page
for further information.
A. Purpose/Significance B. Research Questions (1–2) C. Annotated Bibliography for 5 Research Articles D. Cited References
By Day 7 of Week 4 Submit your Assignment.
Assignment 2 Portfolio of Visions – Financial and Career This week, you will complete your next subject area for the Key Life Areas section of your portfolio, “Financial and Career.” Be sure to review the template document found in the Portfolio of Visions area of the Course Information page.
A. “Financial and Career” Key Life Area B. Goals C. Objectives D. Action Statement
Note: You will not turn anything in this week, but this Assignment will be part of a Discussion Question during Week 6 and will be a section in your Final Project.
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Week 5 Formulating the Plan of Attack
Resources Required Readings
Wiseman, L. (2017). Multipliers: How the best leaders make everyone smarter (Rev. ed.). New York, NY: HarperCollins.
o Chapter 9, “Becoming a Multiplier”
Discussion 1 Affinity Group Checkpoint #4 By Day 3 of Week 5 Post your initial response. The Capstone Project – Proposal Track – Project Goals and Objectives, Timeline, Evaluation Strategies
List the project goals and objectives. If the duration of the
project is longer than one year, then only list the goals for the
years the project will be in operation.
Create a detailed timeline for the major activities outlined in
your proposal. This can be by day, week, or month. You can
identify the periods numerically by 1, 2, 3, etc. and do not have
to indicate specific dates or times.
How will you measure success? What specific evaluation
methods will you use to identify the success your project will
have in meeting its intended outcomes?
The Capstone Project – Research Paper Track – Research Methods In this section, describe the methods you used in order to solve the problem. If you used interviews, surveys, or observations, then describe those procedures in this section and include a description of how you conducted them. Include detailed measures you used to protect any participants who might participate in surveys and/or interviews by addressing the following 7 questions:
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