{"id":119861,"date":"2018-02-20T23:50:30","date_gmt":"2018-02-20T23:50:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/writemyessayfree.com\/08a1-00-formalize-your-thinking-by-constructing-a-problem-statement-create-a-modified-version-the-emphasis-of-this-project-is-on-leadership-and-we-are-using-the-problem-statement-primarily-as-a-t"},"modified":"2017-08-12T07:03:50","modified_gmt":"2017-08-12T07:03:50","slug":"08a1-00-formalize-your-thinking-by-constructing-a-problem-statement-create-a-modified-version-the-emphasis-of-this-project-is-on-leadership-and-we-are-using-the-problem-statement-primarily-as-a-t","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/08a1-00-formalize-your-thinking-by-constructing-a-problem-statement-create-a-modified-version-the-emphasis-of-this-project-is-on-leadership-and-we-are-using-the-problem-statement-primarily-as-a-t\/","title":{"rendered":"08A1-00 &#8211; Formalize your thinking by constructing a problem statement. create a modified version. The emphasis of this project is on leadership, and we are using the problem statement primarily as a tool in our analysis of leadership skills"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In&nbsp;ear;ier assignment, you worked to define the problem that would be the focus of your course project. In this assignment, you will formalize your thinking by constructing a problem statement. Review pages 236\u2013239 in Crosby and Bryson for ideas on how to construct problem statements.<\/p>\n<p>While it is important to understand how to construct a complete problem statement, for this assignment you will create a modified version. The emphasis of this project is on leadership, and we are using the problem statement primarily as a tool in our analysis of leadership skills. Key elements to include for the purposes of this assignment are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A historical overview of the problem.<\/li>\n<li>A description of why the problem was selected. (This should incorporate the problem definition developed in Unit 3.)<\/li>\n<li>An overview of the approach that will be used to address the problem.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A problem statement (2 pages synthesized from U3A1 see attached, and U8A1) that includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An analysis of the overarching problem your action plan will address.<\/li>\n<li>A definition of the specific problem you are addressing within the overarching context.<\/li>\n<li>A statement of the scope of the specific problem you are addressing.<\/li>\n<li>An evaluation of how systems theory influenced your problem definition (Unit 8 discussion 1).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Reference &#8211; Crosby and Bryson text&nbsp;Chapter 7, &#8220;Developing an Effective Problem Definition to Guide Action&#8221; pages 216\u2013241<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In&nbsp;ear;ier assignment, you worked to define the problem that would be the focus of your course project. In this assignment, you will formalize your thinking by constructing a problem statement. Review pages 236\u2013239 in Crosby and Bryson for ideas on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/08a1-00-formalize-your-thinking-by-constructing-a-problem-statement-create-a-modified-version-the-emphasis-of-this-project-is-on-leadership-and-we-are-using-the-problem-statement-primarily-as-a-t\/\" class=\"read-more\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-119861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119861","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119861"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119861\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}