Organizational Reflection Assignment For your final project assignment you will analyze and reflect upon your role within an organization. You choose the organization. Some examples of organizations you can write about include an athletic team, classroom, work department, church, fraternity, sorority, community service, internship, clubs, activist groups, volunteer, etc. You are not limited to these options.
Rather, this is a limited sample size to consider. You have options for how to present your ideas: Option 1: Construct a Power Point presentation that presents your ideas about your organization, (minimum of 7 slides that includes both text and images) Option 2: You can partner up with another classmate. Option 3: Select another unique way to create this project, (you must contact me first). Whichever option you choose you must include a Works Cited page with at least 5 sources . As you develop ideas for this project consider the following questions: • Why did you select this particular organization? • What is your role within the organization? What do you contribute to this organization? • How do you define this organization’s culture? (Consider how you define culture within this context). • What skills and talents must one possess to participate within this organization? What skills must one possess to be successful within your organization? • What is your organization’s hierarchy? In other words, how is your organization structured? • What value do you bring to your selected organization? How does your participation within this organization enhance value in your life? • Why do you participate in this organization? • Write about your organization as if you were describing it to someone unfamiliar with it. • Describe the dynamics within your organization? You could also discuss the politics within this organization. • Discuss your organization’s mission statement, objectives, and values. • What does your organization value? • Discuss the leadership roles within your organization. • Does your organization value autonomy? Why or why not? • What have you learned as a result of your participation within this organization? • What advice would an experienced version of yourself within your organization give to the neophyte version of you beginning in your organization? • What do you enjoy about your organization? • What are some areas for improvement within your organization? • How does your organization handle discipline? • How does your organization educate its participants? • How does your organization incentivize participants to give their best effort? • What do you hope to gain as a result of your participation within your organization? • What advice would you give to someone just beginning within this organization? You do not have to answer all of these questions. Instead, select a handful of these questions, answer them, and develop your ideas to the best of your ability. You are welcome to answer other questions associated with reflecting on your organization. Regarding your sources, you must use a combination of primary, textual sources, and secondary sources. The majority of your sources must be primary sources. ZOOM Organizational Reflection Proposal For this part of your Organizational Reflection project you will write around 300 words in an essay format that answers the following questions: 1. Your selected organization 2. How you will structure your presentation 3. How you will present this project 4. What research materials you will use for this project 5. The group members and each member’s responsibilities, (if this is a group project) 6. Why you selected this organization to examine 7. What you hope to learn from this assignment 8. Any challenges you might anticipate associated with your project 9. What sources you hope to include in your Organizational Reflection I only require one proposal per group/per project. I expect thoughtful and error -free proposals from you. Discussion: Due Nov 12 11:59pm For this discussion you will share the organization you will present. What do you plan to examine for this assignment? Why did you choose this particular group? What challenges do you foresee for your upcoming project? Organizational Reflection Proposal Due Nov 15 by 11:59pm This is the location where you will submit the proposal for your Organizational Reflection. Organizational Reflection Outline Due Nov 19 by 11:59pm Outline Basics Outlines are useful resources for the following reasons: 1. Aids in the process of writing 2. Helps you organize your ideas 3. Presents your material in a logical form 4. Shows the relationships among ideas in your writing 5. Constructs an ordered overview of your writing 6. Defines boundaries and groups Brainstorm: List all the ideas that you want to include in your paper. • Organize: Group related ideas together. • Order: Arrange material in subsections from general to specific or from abstract to concrete. • Label: Create main and sub headings. Remember: creating an outline before writing your paper will make organizing your thoughts a lot easier. Whether you follow the suggested guidelines is up to you, but making any kind of outline (even just some jotting down some main ideas) will be benefici al to your writing process. Ideally, you should follow these five suggestions to create an effective outline. Before crafting your outline ask yourself the following questions: • What is the purpose of my essay? • Who is my intended audience? • What is my essay’s thesis statement, (NOTE: The thesis statement must be present in the introductory paragraph and the body paragraphs must commit to what the thesis states). Parallelism – How do I accomplish this? Each heading and subheading should preserve parallel structure. If the first heading is a verb, the second heading should be a verb. Example: 1. Choose Desired Colleges 2. Prepare Application (“Choose” and “Prepare” are both verbs. The present tense of the verb is usually the preferred form for an outline) Coordination – How do I accomplish this? All the information contained in Heading 1 should have the same significance as the information contained in Heading 2. The same goes for the subheadings (which should be less significant than the headings). Example: 1. Visit and evaluate college campuses 2. Visit and evaluate college websites a. Note important statistics b. Look for interesting classes (Campus and websites visits are equally significant. They are part of the main tasks you would need to do. Finding statistics and classes found on college websites are parts of the process involved in carrying out the main heading topics.) Subordination – How do I accomplish this? The information in the headings should be more general, while the information in the subheadings should be more specific. Example: 1. Describe an influential person in your life a. Favorite high school teacher b. Grandparent (A favorite teacher and grandparent are specific examples from the generalized category of influential people in your life.) Division – How do I accomplish this? Each heading should be divided into 2 or more parts. Example: I. Compile resume A. List relevant coursework B. List work experience C. List volunteer experience (The heading “Compile resume” is divided into 3 parts.) Technically, there is no limit to the number of subdivisions for your headings; however, if you seem to have a lot, it may be useful to see if some of the parts can be combined. Development: How do I accomplish this? For each subdivision you want to include as many details as possible. Be specific as you develop the content that will appear in your drafts. II. Visit and evaluate college websites A. Note important statistics 1. School enrollment 2. Class size 3. Class availability a. Day classes b. Night classes c. Online classes 4. Scholarship opportunities 5. Faculty profiles a. Faculty interests/specialties b. Student to faculty ratio B. Look for interesting classes 1. General education requirements 2. List of majors a. Do all campuses offer the same programs? b. Can you find a major that fits your planned course of study? 3. Unique class availability a. Electives b. Core classes in a major required to graduate c. Flexibility to replace classes C. Navigate the class website 1. List essential information a. Map of campus b. Faculty contact information c. Login to student portals d. Parking areas 2. Note additional opportunities a. List of athletic teams I. Intramural teams/sports b. Greek life c. Additional clubs d. Cultural groups e. Religious groups At this point do not focus on writing sentences. During the outline process you need to jot down and insert specific tidbits of details. You will then take these details and develop them into sentences during the drafting process. In other words, I do not want to see complete sentences throughout your outlines.