Assignment Requirements

Assignment 1 is an independent project for you to build your “own systems theory.” You are required to apply all of your knowledge of a system through readings of the text as well as other scholarly articles-publications. Think of any industry and how they were the change agents or game changers. Keep in mind the companies that “re-invented” retail and wholesale, the cup-of-coffee, the hamburger, and/or the automobile industry to name a few.

The structure of your paper should include, but not limited to, topics that will make your proposed organization improve: (a) predictions and anticipations, (b) define your purpose-what it is you are to accomplish, (c) rules how you will operate, (d) continuous improvement, (e) feedback and evaluation, (f) learning, (g) culture, (h) human capital, (i) cycle of change, and (j) accountability. Keep in mind that this is your personal system, so use any characteristics of a system you envision as the above mentioned topics were only suggestions.

Recommended length of the assignment is 4 to 6 pages, not including the cover page and References page. Remember to apply all appropriate conventions of APA-NSU form and style where appropriate: headings, in-text citations, references, and paraphrasing your interpretation of the research. You may write in first person.

A. Assignment 1 – Build Your Own Systems Theory?/EDD 8510

Assignment 1 is an independent project for you to build your “own systems theory.” You are required to apply all of your knowledge of a system through readings of the text as well as other scholarly articles-publications. Think of any industry and how they were the change agents or game changers. Keep in mind the companies that “re-invented” retail and wholesale, the cup-of-coffee, the hamburger, and/or the automobile industry to name a few.

The structure of your paper should include, but not limited to, topics that will make your proposed organization improve: (a) predictions and anticipations, (b) define your purpose-what it is you are to accomplish, (c) rules how you will operate, (d) continuous improvement, (e) feedback and evaluation, (f) learning, (g) culture, (h) human capital, (i) cycle of change, and (j) accountability. Keep in mind that this is your personal system, so use any characteristics of a system you envision as the above mentioned topics were only suggestions.

Recommended length of the assignment is 4 to 6 pages, not including the cover page and References page.  Remember to apply all appropriate conventions of APA-NSU form and style where appropriate: headings, in-text citations, references, and paraphrasing your interpretation of the research. You may write in first person.

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