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Course Project
Course Project Overview
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Write My Essay For MeThe project for this course requires students to propose a strategy for implementing a significant change within a criminal justice organization. Students may select one of the following three scenarios to use as the basis for their course project.
Scenario 1: A state correctional agency is implementing a new automated offender management system. Scenario 2: A large metropolitan law enforcement agency is implementing a new automated warrant and evidence tracking system that will be linked with other state and federal law enforcement agency systems. Scenario 3: A state is implementing an automated case tracking system that will link hearing and disposition information from all courts statewide into a single system.
In each scenario the following common themes apply:
A strategic decision has already been made that implementing the new automated system will improve overall operations for the impacted agencies by promoting the sharing of data, as well as improving overall accuracy of the data. The majority of the employees in the impacted agencies will be required to use some component of the automated system once it has been implemented. The new system will require a high percentage of the employees to switch from manual processes, with which they are very familiar, to automated processes. Initial feedback from employees within the agencies indicates that there may be some resistance to the changes, especially among older employees that are within five years of retirement and very comfortable with the current way of performing their tasks manually. Funding has been secured to implement the new automated system; however, it is contingent upon the system being fully implemented and operational in no more than three years. The lead agency has contracted with a system integrator company to implement the automated system and deliver training to end-users.
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Cultural resistance by employees to resist any change being implemented by outside companies has resulted in a decision by the lead agency to assume responsibility for managing all components of organizational change management.
This course project is broken down into the following three components:
- During Unit III students will submit Part 1 where motivational theories that are relevant to implementing these types of changes will be examined. 2. During Unit V students will submit Part 2 where issues related to preparing an organization for a major change are examined. 3. During Unit VII students will submit the Final Course Project Paper. The Final Course Project Paper will include Parts 1 and 2, as well as a section that provides recommendations for successfully managing anticipated organizational barriers and resistance to the changes resulting from the automated system implementation.
More detailed descriptions of each component are provided below. Students will be expected to incorporate into the Final Course Project Paper any recommended changes to Parts 1 and 2 that were provided as part of the feedback from their instructor during the units in which those components were initially submitted and reviewed.
The following guidelines must be adhered to for the projects that are components of this course:
A 12-point Times New Roman font must be used in the paper. Double-spacing must be used throughout the paper. Page margins must be 1” on each side of the paper (top, bottom, left and right sides). A cover and reference page must be included. The cover and reference pages must appear on separate pages from the rest of the paper and do not count towards any minimum page length requirements. All sources utilized to create the paper must be cited and included in the reference list. APA (6th edition) guidelines for citations and reference listings must be followed. Unless otherwise specified, all papers must be submitted as a Microsoft Word document saved as either a .doc or .docx file. No other formats will be accepted. Only scholarly resources should be used. Sites such as Wikipedia, blogs, or other resources where information has not been peer-reviewed must not be used. If you have questions regarding whether a resource is acceptable, please ask your instructor before using that resource. Abstracts are only appropriate for papers that will be published. For this reason, Abstracts should not be included with course papers. Direct quotes should be used sparingly, if at all. The intent of scholarly writing is to demonstrate the ability to comprehend, interpret, and analyze information. Direct quotes do not demonstrate these skills, therefore they should only be used when the true meaning of the original author cannot be appropriately expressed otherwise.
Unit III Project
Course Project Part 1: Motivational Theories
Part 1 of the course project requires students to select two motivational theories from those identified in the Stojkovic, Kalinich, and Klofas (2012) textbook that might be used as strategies for gaining employee buy-in for the upcoming change. Students will compare and contrast the selected motivational theories with regard to how effective they might be in promoting employee acceptance of the upcoming changes.
Students are not required to identify which motivational theory will be selected for implementing the change in this section of the course project. Rather, this section consists of an evaluation of the two theories.
In addition to the textbook, students must incorporate at least four other scholarly resources as part of their examination of the selected motivational theories. Students should begin by identifying the scenario that has been selected for the course project.
Part 1 of the Course Project should be four to six pages in length, not counting the cover and reference pages. Please review the general guidelines for papers to obtain a description of other formatting requirements.
CSU requires that students use the APA style for papers and projects. Therefore, the APA rules for formatting, quoting, paraphrasing, citing, and listing of sources are to be followed.
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Unit V Project
Course Project Part 2: Preparing for Organizational Change
Part 2 of the course project requires students to identify potential organizational barriers and resistance that might be encountered as a result of the upcoming changes. This section of the course project should focus upon the impacts the planned changes will have on employees within the organization, types of barriers that might result from employee resistance to the upcoming changes, and strategies that might be used to overcome those barriers.
Students are not required to identify which strategies will be selected to deal with anticipated employee resistance to change. Rather, this section should identify possible strategies for overcoming the barriers and evaluate their potential effectiveness in the selected scenario.
In addition to the textbook, students must incorporate at least four other scholarly resources as part of their examination of potential strategies for overcoming anticipated barriers to change. Students should begin by identifying the scenario that has been selected for the course project.
Part 2 of the Course Project should be four to six pages in length, not counting the cover and reference pages. Please review the general guidelines for papers to obtain a description of other formatting requirements. Students must only submit Part 2 of the paper during Unit V. Part 1 which was created during Unit III must not be included with this submission.
CSU requires that students use the APA style for papers and projects. Therefore, the APA rules for formatting, quoting, paraphrasing, citing, and listing of sources are to be followed.
Unit VII Project
Final Course Project
During Unit VII students will submit the Final Course Project paper. The Final Course Project paper will consist of the following components:
- Brief introduction that identifies the scenario that was selected for this project; 2. Part 1: Motivational Theories; 3. Part 2: Preparing for Organizational Change; and 4. Part 3: Recommended Actions.
Parts 1 and 2 of the Final Course Project must include any updates that were recommended by the course instructor as part of feedback given during previous reviews of these sections. In Part 3 students will present recommended actions aimed at overcoming any potential employee resistance to the upcoming organizational changes. These recommendations must include:
Identification of the motivational theory that has been selected based upon the evaluations in Part 1; Strategies that will be used to overcome potential resistance to upcoming organizational changes based upon those discussed in Part 2; and Justification for the actions being recommended.
Students may choose to utilize scholarly resources already identified in Parts 1 and 2 of the Course Project or incorporate new resources as justification for the recommended actions presented in Part 3 of the final paper. The Course Project Paper must include a consolidated Reference List at the end that identifies all of the resources used to write each section of the paper.
While the level of detail required for each component of the plan may vary, it is anticipated that Part 3 of the Course Project Paper should be four to six pages in length. This should result in a Final Course Project Paper (Parts 1, 2, and 3, as well as Introduction) that is 12–18 pages in length, not counting the cover and reference pages. Please review the general guidelines for papers to obtain a description of other formatting requirements.
The Final Project paper must be submitted through Turnitin. Please see Unit VII for specific details on Turnitin submissions.
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CSU requires that students use the APA style for papers and projects. Therefore, the APA rules for formatting, quoting, paraphrasing, citing, and listing of sources are to be followed.
