Final Project

Order Description
The purpose of the Final Project is to apply the concepts and techniques of the module to the analysis of real-world situations or problems. Students are expected to use diverse sources of information and to carry out an original analysis rather than summarise or rehash existing work. Students are encouraged to use situations and data from their own experience where possible.

For this module, you are required to complete a course project that provides an investigation of outstanding examples of leadership, providing an analysis of the leaders’ styles and effectiveness. In Week 5, you needed to choose two leaders (living or deceased) that you will research with regards to their leadership traits, styles, ability to inspire change, etc. The analysis and evaluation of these leadership examples must be based on the concepts you have acquired throughout the module.

You were also required to maintain a weekly journal, documenting important aspects of leadership that you encountered over the duration of the module. You should include entries into your journal that provide examples of leadership that you personally witness or insights gained through readings or class Discussions. You should have at least 18–20 entries in your journal. Entries into the journal began in Week 1.

You should then provide an analysis and evaluation of the information and insights from your journal entries against the research you conducted on the two exemplary leaders. The goal is to connect what you have learned through research to your everyday and professional life. The Final Project is due this week and should follow the given outline:

Analysis and evaluation of Leader #1
Analysis and evaluation of Leader #2
Comparison of the leaders
Summary of significant findings and perspectives from journal entries
Analysis and evaluation of journal entries to chosen leaders
Conclusion
Journal entries (appendix)

Your Final Project should also include a section on how and where you obtained the information sources. Your journal entries should be typed and included in an appendix to the Final Project. This project should follow a structured approach and should be prepared and presented as a professional business report. Completion of the Final Project will require a thorough understanding and application of business leadership concepts.

Final Project
Understanding how the financial aid process works is just the beginning. Implementing a comprehensive program that will convey that information to parents and students is the real job. Your “project” throughout the course will be to outline, develop, and present methods for implementation of a financial aid literacy program at your institution or for your private clientele. This project does not require that you actually implement this program, but rather outlining how this could be done.

You will first describe the needs of your or a hypothetical student population / clientele.
Describe how you could best address these needs.
What would be the best method(s) to communicate with your population?
Would you recommend workshops, video, web-cams, e-mail, social networking?
Will this work for your population?
What types of information does your population need to know about the financial aid process and how would you provide this?
What resources would you provide for your population?
Are there community resources which you would tap to provide information?

These are just a multitude of the questions you could address in your final project. This could include proposals for finding the resources, both material and financial, as well as administrative support for implementation. Perhaps there is already a program in place at your organization, and if so your project could be to describe and critique the program and add suggestions for improvement. This is a very open ended project. I would like it to be a capstone which would benefit you in being a more effective counselor in the financial aid process. The final project is due March 23. You can chose to write a report (should be no more than 5 pages) or create a PowerPoint presentation. If you create a PowerPoint presentation you must include a one page overview that addresses the questions outlined above (The 1 page outline is worth 10 points). You can use the resources provided throughout the course if you wish. Grading of your final project depends on how you adapted your program to the specific population which you describe. How comprehensive the program is in terms of limitations which you may have at your organization or hypothetical institution. Extra credit may be given if you create handouts that supports your project.

Final Project
Understanding how the financial aid process works is just the beginning. Implementing a comprehensive program that will convey that information to parents and students is the real job. Your “project” throughout the course will be to outline, develop, and present methods for implementation of a financial aid literacy program at your institution or for your private clientele. This project does not require that you actually implement this program, but rather outlining how this could be done.

You will first describe the needs of your or a hypothetical student population / clientele.
Describe how you could best address these needs.
What would be the best method(s) to communicate with your population?
Would you recommend workshops, video, web-cams, e-mail, social networking?
Will this work for your population?
What types of information does your population need to know about the financial aid process and how would you provide this?
What resources would you provide for your population?
Are there community resources which you would tap to provide information?

These are just a multitude of the questions you could address in your final project. This could include proposals for finding the resources, both material and financial, as well as administrative support for implementation. Perhaps there is already a program in place at your organization, and if so your project could be to describe and critique the program and add suggestions for improvement. This is a very open ended project. I would like it to be a capstone which would benefit you in being a more effective counselor in the financial aid process. The final project is due March 23. You can chose to write a report (should be no more than 5 pages) or create a PowerPoint presentation. If you create a PowerPoint presentation you must include a one page overview that addresses the questions outlined above (The 1 page outline is worth 10 points). You can use the resources provided throughout the course if you wish. Grading of your final project depends on how you adapted your program to the specific population which you describe. How comprehensive the program is in terms of limitations which you may have at your organization or hypothetical institution. Extra credit may be given if you create handouts that supports your project.