Overview: Future Challenges Project
Overview: Future Challenges Project
You will be working on a final project that will synthesize your understanding of leadership models with contemporary social issues. You will analyze one significant policy challenge from the Seven Revolutions Project, undertaken by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). The seven key policy challenges for current and future leaders are: Population, resource management, technology, information and knowledge, economics, security, and governance.
For example, starting with resource management, you may be most concerned about food and hunger. You could then research food demand in your geographic area. Where is your food supply coming from? How much of it is grown locally? What is the environmental cost of importing food to your area? What are the statistics regarding hunger in your town or city? Are there neighborhoods without ready access to fresh or whole foods? What leadership is needed to address one or two of these questions and concerns?
You will submit your analysis and action plan in the form of: (a) 5-7 page paper.
The aims of this project are to help you:
• Learn about a significant human welfare issue that interests you
• Practice strategic thinking about long-term trends
• Learn (or practice) basic research skills for academic and popular sources
• Apply various leadership theories and approaches to solving a real-life problem
• Present your findings in a coherent and compelling manner
Assignment 1-
Submit a 1 page paper that identifies the topic you are researching and the research question that will guide your study. Additionally, include the following components into your proposal:
· Explain what reading you will need to do and what key words will guide your search.
· How will you collect data on your topic (Interview, site visit, School Library)?
· What are the leadership challenges you foresee at this early stage?
Topic: INEQUALITY (Under Revolution 5 “Economics” in the following link)
https://wedgworthleadership.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Seven-Revolutions-Summary.pdf
Assignment 2– Annotated Bibliography
Compile a list of 7-8 scholarly resources in an annotated bibliography. You must use most of all the sources listed in your annotated bibliography in your final paper. Your annotated bibliography should be in correct APA format as well. Please see the example below of an Annotation:
*Sample APA Annotation*
Ehrenreich, B. (2001). Nickel and dimed: On (not) getting by in America. New York, NY: Henry Holt and Company.
In this book that is based on the journalist’s experiential research, Ehrenreich attempts to ascertain whether it is currently possible for an individual to live on a minimum-wage in America. Taking jobs as a waitress, a maid in a cleaning service, and a Walmart sales employee, the author summarizes and reflects on her work, her relationships with fellow workers, and her financial struggles in each situation.
An experienced journalist, Ehrenreich is aware of the limitations of her experiment and the ethical implications of her experiential research tactics and reflects on these issues in the text. The author is forthcoming about her methods and supplements her experiences with scholarly research on her places of employment, the economy, and the rising cost of living in America. Ehrenreich’s project is timely, descriptive, and well-researched.
This resource is important to my final project because helps to broaden my understanding of how employment relates to the economy and the rising cost of living in America. I plan to use the information found in this article to support my idea that making minimum wage is more detrimental to the economy than raising higher minimum wage standards.
Assignment 3– Final Project
Your final paper should be outlined as follows:
· Explanation of the key policy challenge and its local manifestation
· The research questions that are driving the research
· Your findings
· An evaluation of the steps taken so far by officials and community members to address this issue
· What leadership approach(es) you recommend using (e.g. path goal, transformational, etc.) and why
· A practical implementation plan (e.g. how you would coalesce a group around this issue)
· Possible objections to your plan and how to address them
Make sure to include the research that was conducted when you found your resources for the annotated bibliography, argue or prove your statement of facts and justification on the decisions made.
Your paper should be 5-7 pages in length, and be correctly formatted following APA guideline, including a cover page and References page.
