Interdisciplinary Capstone Course

Individual

Ethics Awareness Inventory Analysis

Prepare a 300- to 600-word analysis of your Ethics Awareness Inventory. Find the grading rubric I have posted in Course Materials.

Interpret the results and apply them to your personal and professional development.

Include a statement explaining how your educational experience has affected your ethical thinking. The analysis must address your use of ethics in thinking and decision-making, and the potential for conflict in situations with people who have different interpretations of ethical behavior.

Format your analysis consistent with APA guidelines.

Individual

Professional Workplace Dilemma Paper

Prepare a 700- to 1,050-word paper analyzing a professional dilemma and values conflict you experienced before you began or during your studies at University of Phoenix.  Find the grading rubric I have posted in Course Materials.

Describe the experience:

·         What ethical issue did you experience?

·         Who was involved? Use only first names or initials.

·         What was the relationship of the other parties to you?

Analyze the dilemma:

·         Was there a difference in power and authority? Explain.

·         What were the ethics in question?

·         What personal values were in conflict?

·         What were the potential outcomes?

·         What were the potential consequences to you and the other parties?

Evaluate the outcome:

·         What was the outcome?

·         What were the consequences to you and the other parties?

·         Based on what you have learned since you began at University of Phoenix and through your continuing work experience, would you handle the situation differently or in the same way? Explain.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

Learning Team

Skills Assessment Paper and Matrix

Consulting Scenario Paper and Presentation, located on the student website, for directions to this week’s assignment.  Find my description of the full assignment posted in Course Materials.

Individual

Critical Thinking Case Study

Select the Critical Thinking Case Study link under the Assessment heading on your student website to review the case study.

Review and complete the University of Phoenix Material: Critical Thinking Case Study Assignment to finish the case study.

Learning Team

Analysis of Business Specialties

Consulting Scenario Paper and Presentation for directions to this week’s assignment.  Find my description of the full assignment posted in Course Materials.

Individual

Past, Present, and Future Paper

This is a three-part assignment, 1,400- to 2,100-word paper in which you reflect on your personal and professional growth during your University of Phoenix program of study.

Reflect on where you were in your personal and professional life when you started at University of Phoenix.

·         How did you feel about the role of learning and its importance to your personal growth and development?

·         What was your level of professional competence in problem solving, written and oral communication skills, information retrieval and utilization, and collaboration?

·         What were your career goals?

Evaluate the growth you experienced during your program of study.

·         Evaluate how your courses and experiences contributed to your growth, problem solving, written and oral communication skills, information retrieval and utilization, and collaboration.

·         Identify the two general education courses and the two core courses during your program of study that had the greatest effect on your current or potential employment. Explain why you selected these courses and how they affected your personal or work life positively. Be specific.

·         Recommend any changes or accommodations that would have enhanced or improved your experience. Explain how your recommendations enhance or improve the program for future students.

Analyze the effect of completing the bachelor’s program on your current and future professional goals.

·         Now that you have completed your program, how do you feel about the role of lifelong learning and its importance to your personal growth and development?

·         What are your personal, professional, and educational goals for the next 5 years?

o    What programs will you attend?

o    What skills or competencies will you develop?

o    What professional organizations have you joined or will you join?

o    What conferences or workshops will you attend?

o    What additional degrees might you pursue?

Prepare a 5- to 7-minute presentation summarizing your paper.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

Learning Team

Role Identification

Consulting Scenario Paper and Presentation for directions to this week’s assignment. Find my description of the full assignment posted in Course Materials.

Learning Team

Consultant Scenario Paper and Presentation

Consulting Scenario Paper and Presentation for directions to this week’s assignment.  Find my description of the full assignment posted in Course Materials.