Consult the Capstone Case Study Project Grading Criteria<\/a> <\/span>for guidance.<\/p>\n For this class, you will select a Capstone Case Study Project Topic, and present it to your professor for approval. It is recommended that your topic is chosen and approved by your professor before class begins – you should have received an email message from your professor with information about this requirement. At the latest, your topic is due on the first day of class. To gain your topic approval, email, call, or meet with your professor.<\/p>\n Throughout this class you will complete a number of assignments that you will compile into your Capstone Case Study Project Report. In Module 9, you will submit your Capstone Case Study Project Report Draft. After you receive feedback from your professor, and have made any necessary revisions\/edits, you will submit your Final Capstone Case Study Project Report in Module 10 so that the Capstone Review Panel can review your Final Capstone Case Study Project Report prior to your presentation in Module 12.<\/p>\n The focus of your Capstone Case Study Project Report should be to describe the issue\/case study in such detail that another person would understand what you went through under those circumstances. You are describing the issue\/case study so that you might analyze it, in depth, using the theories and approaches related to the Public Policy and Administration curriculum. Provide details about the who, what, when, where, why, and how. Recommendations, based on your analysis, should focus on presenting the most feasible resolution to the issue under study. Refer to the <\/span>Case Study Analysis Guidelines<\/a>.<\/p>\n At some point before your Capstone Review Panel Presentation, you will present your Capstone Project to an outside entity or governing body. As you have done throughout the Public Policy and Administration program, this entity will fit your Capstone Topic. It may be a government body, a private organization, not-for-profit, etc.<\/p>\n If there is an authorized recording made of your presentation to an outside entity\/governing body, you should provide that link in your Capstone Case Study Project Report, and consider sharing that during your Capstone Review Panel Presentation. If the outside entity\/governing body has given permission, you can make a recording of your presentation. Review the following tutorials to learn how to post videos and PowerPoint presentations:<\/p>\n Note:<\/strong> <\/span>Students are required to have “Business Cards” to present\/use as an introductory communications\/relationship building tool during various types of personal and professional meetings and to the Capstone Review Panel. Professor\/instructor approval of business cards is required. To gain your “Business Card” approval, email, call, or meet with your professor.<\/p>\n Create a compelling story that inspires. Define your action plan. From the book <\/span>Seven Steps to a Successful Business Plan<\/em>, the following information may help you in your project organization:<\/p>\n Your Capstone Case Study Project Report should be 20 – 35 pages. The following tips will guide you with structuring and formatting. Be sure to use APA formatting for your paper (double-spaced). Include citations throughout and References at the end. Remember to cite your interviews as well. Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL)<\/a> <\/span>is an excellent resource for setting up and citing an APA paper.<\/p>\n Make sure you have had multiple people proof read your project before submitting. Ask yourself, “Does everything ‘flow’ in a reasonable format with proper grammar, punctuation, citations, etc.?”<\/p>\n Review the order of your Capstone Case Study Project Report:<\/p>\n Beginning<\/strong><\/p>\n Each of the following should be contained within your paper:<\/p>\n Title Page<\/strong> <\/span>(Review <\/span>Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL)<\/a> <\/span>for an example of what to include.)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Table of Contents<\/strong> <\/span>(Include page numbers throughout your paper, and list the pages for each section in your table of contents. <\/span>Note:<\/strong> <\/span>If you use Microsoft Word, and properly format your paper with headings and page numbers, your Table of Contents can be auto-generated. Review the <\/span>Insert a Table of Contents tutorial<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Executive Summary<\/strong> <\/span>(Or Abstract)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nTopic<\/h4>\n
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