describing an actual problem in your office, school, church, or volunteer organization that you do not have the authority to correct, (2) identifying the specific decision maker (by name and position) who can act on a researched report you propose to write.
Write a memorandum addressed to ME: (1) describing an actual problem in your office, school, church, or volunteer organization that you do not have the authority to correct, (2) identifying the specific decision maker (by name and position) who can act on a researched report you propose to write. (3) your proposed solution, (4) including a list in MLA Works Cited format of at least three of your required eight specific sources (not just a litany of generic excuses such as, “I plan to use articles from the newspaper and the web”), and (5) a Gantt Chart depicting the timing of YOUR expected progress on the problem-solving researched proposal you are asking permission to pursue as the final paper in this course. (Instructions for creating a Gantt Chart are included in the Week 2 Discussion area). Use the underlined words/phrases in the numbered list in this paragraph as the headings in the body of this memorandum to me. Include an introductory paragraph explaining why you are writing, and a conclusion with a clear call to action or request. Grading criteria: • Describes the problem or project you want to work on and explain its significance • Explains your proposed solution in adequate detail • Describes the benefits of your research to your organization • At least three appropriate sources in MLA format • Summarizes research from your cited sources • Correct Gantt Chart depicting the steps and sequencing you will take to develop Paper 7 with adequate detail • Uses emphatic, concise, fluent sentences • Contains no proofreading errors Sample Topics for Final Project (Paper 7) Here are a few topics for which students have written successful final reports in the past. Hopefully they will help give you some ideas for your own topic. Please note that each of these topics deals with a specific problem or issue in a specific school, church, organization, etc. with which the student is personally involved. Again: The issue or problem you address should be a LOCAL problem for which your report might actually do some good in your workplace, school, church, educational institution, non-profit organization, etc. You cannot solve the national debt crisis or issues such as immigration, abortion, or climate change with a brief class project. Again, look around you and find a LOCAL problem to research and analyze and propose a solution for — one that has a SPECIFIC decision maker (not the Congress, or the “Government” or “our company/community should”). Examples Problem: Many students at YOUR school are financially “illiterate” and often make unwise choices and decisions about money. Proposed solution: Implementation of a Personal Finance Education Workshop at XXX University Intended audience: Student Development Director, Counseling or Career Center Director
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