MBA-FPX5002 MBA Leadership Critical Thinking in Action 3 pages without a cover page
Write a 3-page academic paper in which you describe a business situation, apply a critical thinking framework to the situation, and recommend evidence-based solutions to the situation. Explain how the concepts of VUCA (volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity) could affect both the situation and the solution.
This portfolio work project will give you practice with academic writing expectations, while still being work relevant. Many organizations have relationships with professional associations and contribute written articles regularly to newsletters and other publications. In addition, some organizations expect leaders to participate in conferences and seminars, where written work must be submitted using an academic style.
While you are playing the role of a new leader in an organization, remember that you are also writing a paper that will be evaluated by an instructor. Thus, you want to make it easy for the instructor to clearly see that you have demonstrated the outcomes of the assessment. Do not make your instructor search for information; guide them to it. How? By double-checking the scoring guide and ensuring that you have clearly demonstrated each of these competencies at what you believe is the Distinguished level.
Read the following and think about how Panera used critical thinking and an understanding of VUCA to solve their mosh pit problem. Pay attention to Kallet’s critical thinking framework in particular.
Then, find another company with a problem they need to fix. You may use NASA, BP, or United Airlines, all of whom have had numerous high-profile problems to solve in recent years, if you wish. Or, you may choose a company that you know has an issue. If you are unsure who to use, try searching “Companies with customer service problems” online and you will get a lot of ideas, though your problem does not have to be about customer service.
In an APA-formatted paper:
Write a 3–to the 4-page academic paper following APA style and formatting. Refer to the writing resources in the MBA Program Resources in the courseroom navigation panel, especially paying attention to the MBA Academic and Professional Document Guidelines, under Writing Skills.
By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies through corresponding scoring guide criteria:
Faculty will use the scoring guide to review your deliverable as if they were your boss. Review the scoring guide prior to developing and submitting your assessment.
Note: Faculty may use the Writing Feedback Tool when grading this assessment. The Writing Feedback Tool is designed to provide you with guidance and resources to develop your writing based on five core skills. You will find writing feedback in the Scoring Guide for the assessment, once your work has been evaluated.
This portfolio work project demonstrates your competency in applying knowledge and skills required of an MBA learner in the workplace. Include this in your personal ePortfolio. See MBA Program Resources for more information on ePortfolio.
Make sure you note this is an academic paper for the first paper. That means you will have a title page, your document pages double spaced, and a reference page.
Your Academic paper should have the following setup:
Academic Paper
File Naming
CourseNumber_LastnameFirstname_AssessmentNumber-Attempt.extension
Cover Page
Cover page (Header, page number at the top righthand corner, a third down the page, document title, learner’s name, professor’s name, Capella University, and date).
Spacing
Double-space entire document
Margins
One-inch margins at the top, bottom, and both sides.
Font Type
Times New Roman
Font Size
12-point
Header
Running head: in the header
Headings
Heading Style
Table of Content
It is not needed, unless specified in the directions.
Justification
Left
Indents
Indentation
Citations
Citations APA
Reference Page
References APA
Writing
All documents should be written in a clear, concise, using APA grammar rules, and APA citations a,nd formating.
Tables, Graphs, Figures
Encouraged, see separate information on sthe ubject.