ENGR 590
Term Paper Assignment Instructions
Principles of Strategic Planning
Overview
The purpose of the term paper is for you to gain a more in-depth understanding of a facet of strategic planning covered in this course. You will choose an area for further investigation. In so doing, you will gain a greater understanding of a specific component of strategic planning. You will be able to offer an in-depth explanation of your chosen topic and suggest ways to use this knowledge in your engineering education or profession.
Instructions
Requirements
A. Write a 15 to 20-page paper on one aspect of strategic planning. The topic you select should be of interest to you and applicable to your work or study. Sample topics include:
a. Application of the Principles of Strategic Planning
B. Paper must include the following sections: Front Matter (Title page, Abstract), Introduction, History, Research on using (Topic: Principles of Strategic Planning), Methods on using (Topic: Principles of Strategic Planning), Discussion/Conclusion, Back Matter (References, Appendices).
C. Paper must include a minimum of 6 references from peer-reviewed articles.
D. Paper must conform to the latest APA style formatting.
Note: These are minimum requirements. To achieve a higher grade on this term paper, you must exceed these requirements. See the grading ru
ic for further details.
Problems seen in previous papers resulting in significant grade reductions include:
· Initial Draft is more of an outline than a complete draft.
· Required Sections missing or Mistitled.
· Less than the required number of pages.
· Use of contractions and/or personal pronouns
· Sources listed in “References” were not cited within paper.
· Choppy/disconnected discourse, lacking conventional topic continuity.
· Less than the required number of sources.
· Few grammar illustrations/examples.
· Over-reliance on a few sources.
· Little grammar content.
· Little integration of course content.
Note: Your assignment will be checked for originality via the Turnitin plagiarism tool.
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