Career Critical Issue Paper (150 points)

For this assignment, you are to identify a question from one of the past modules and address the question from your OWN perspective using your future career as context. The question cannot be from a module your group responded to in the past. Your response must be linked to a topic discussed in this course and your future career choice. The lens for your response must clearly indicate your career choice and how the response would relate to the information discussed in this course.

I will also review your mind map to ensure congruency to your career choice. This assignment is to help you as a future employee to critically think about how you may respond to scenarios discussed in class using your perspective and information discussed in class.

Directions

The paper should be a minimum of 700 words

• A brief synopsis of the issue and the implication of solving/failing to solve the issue. Clearly define one critical issue (there may be more than one)
• Describe your analysis of the issue from a leadership perspective
• Use at 3 credible resources (do not use my lecture notes)
• Utilize and connect a module from this course to your response
• Cite your references within the paper as well as have a references list at the end of the paper. Citations and references must follow APA 7^thmanual.

Critical questions that should be addressed:

• What leadership models/theories/perspectives apply to this issue?
• What are (at least) two possible challenges facing the company in its attempt to address this issue?
• How does your proposed solution align with the modules discussed in this course?
• How could your selected leadership theory help to solve this issue?
• How is your response to the issue based on your career choice best practices?
• How may this issue impact the future of the proposed company, employees, and career/industry?

Guidelines for formal paper

• Read chapters 8 and 10 of the APA 7^thedition manual. Chapter 10 offers examples of how to list your references in the reference list and parenthetical citations (in-text citations) for all types of sources.
• Following the examples in Chapter 10,we will be reviewing your APA based primarily on these chapters.
• Direct quotations are described in section 8.25 as well as when to use p. or pp. For this paper, there should not be many direct quotes.
• I will accept New York Times, USA Today, and other agricultural or communications magazines for this paper. I will not accept ANY social media nor websites that are not government-approved sites.I will deduct points if you use incorrect sources.
• You must include a title page, and reference list, these sections do not count towards your overall word count
• You mustuse headersas seen in the APA 7^thmanual
• Use the correct font and margins as indicated on the syllabus (Times Roman 12 points and 1-inch margin)
• Refrain from using a passive voice
• Indent all new paragraphs
• Refrain from using conversational/informal tone orcolloquialisms (example of a colloquialism "I tried to buy into the idea", "It is important to get people on board", etc.), your papers are stories and I should not be able to hear you talking to me as I read your paper. Read section 4 in the APA manual.
• Do not use contractions
• Do not use "I believe" or "I think"
• Use terms and concepts from the course example " I needed to change my mindset" should say "I had to shift my paradigm", anticipatedoutcomes, direct consequences, etc. I am looking for your ability to synthesize concepts in class and use them in your everyday vernacular.
• DO NOT Cite the past instructors or current lecture notes, YOU MUST USE THE ORIGINAL SOURCE

Question 4

Stan was hired to work in a branch office but reported directly to Margaret, who was located at the main office of your bank. Margaret would talk with Stan several times during the week to insure that he was comfortable at this job and that he was doing his job effectively.

After six months, a decrease in business required Stan to be relocated to the main office. Stan's duties and responsibilities remained the same. After one week, Margaret noticed that Stan was not performing his job responsibilities to company policy nor was he keeping up with his duties and responsibilities on a daily basis. When approached by Margaret, Stan objected to her concerns. His attitude changed. He would arrive to work moody. He would glare at Margaret, talk to her in a harsh manner, and stomp around the office. One morning when Margaret was talking to Stan about his lack of improvement, he pounded his fist on the desk and with an elevated tone told Margaret that she was talking down to him and he would not stand for it. Margaret has come to you as the company representative. What should the company do (cannot merely send him to HR)?

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