Description
Instructions
You are to write a 7-page paper in proper APA 7th Edition format. For your paper, you will create a fictional character for a movie. The character should be in a management position. Your paper should utilize appropriate course material (and material from your research).
Ensure you address the following topics in your paper:
Describe the personality and background of your character (this is to help the reader understand the challenges your leader faces).
How did your character develop their management traits?
Identify three management traits the leader possesses, and explain why they are necessary for a successful manager.
Discuss how you can develop each skill or trait in your own life. Training, education, experience, etc. – but be specific (if you create goals, they should be SMART).
What are the possible disadvantages of having these traits?
How have you seen the selected traits utilized effectively in your own experiences in life?
How can you market the traits (for this, I would like to see resume bullets for each of the traits)? Put yourself in your character’s shoes, as if they were writing a resume.
How do you relate to your character? Could you be managed by him/her/it?
Have fun writing this and developing a character; I like imaginative papers!
Late papers are not accepted.
The paper must contain
-A title page, using APA 7th Edition Student formatting as outlined at Purdue OWL. (Note: Student papers use page numbers, NOT Running Headers)
-An Executive Summary- (On a separate page, placed between the title page and the main paper). An Executive Summary is a summary of the most important content in your report. They are written for upper management, so the manager can review your ideas and make a decision. The way I write an Executive Summary is to go to each paragraph, make a note of the most important point, and then take those notes and write my summary from them. You are summarizing your analysis for the manager. Do not just write a list of sentences that you have taken from your paper. For the papers in this class, an Executive Summary will be about three-fourths to a page and a half long.
The body of the paper must contain-
-An introductory paragraph (Do NOT label it Introduction. See the sample student APA paper at the website OWL Purdue),
-The discussion and analysis of your research, using APA headings and citations where needed,
-No more than 20% of your paper should be taken from other authors. Please check TurnItIn percentage after submission. If TII says you have more than 20%, look at your paper and see where you can add more of your ideas and analysis to bring the percentage down to no more than 20%. Then resubmit.
-A conclusion, labeled as such with an APA first-level heading.
-A reference page formatted in APA style- (On a separate page). If you do not have citations for your references, you will not receive credit for the research.
Plagiarized material will not receive credit and will be forwarded to the APU/AMU Plagiarism Department.
-A minimum of three references are required. These will support or refute your ideas in the paper. Two must be from the APUS Library. You, also, may use your text. Extra valid references may earn extra points. Wikipedia, Investopedia, Dictionaries and other sites like this are not considered valid academic sources. You may use them, but they do not count as your three valid references.
Please note that mere copying and pasting from a website is not research, and I am aware of AI and essay purchase websites, how to access them, and how to detect papers obtained from them. All papers are electronically checked using specialized software to see if you wrote your work. You must demonstrate original thought in your paper – a book report consisting of several pages of quoted work with no original thought will not receive credit.
Please Note: All student papers are automatically submitted to Turnitin. TurnItIn now has an AI detector, as well as a plagiarism checker.
Paper Topic: The topic for my paper is about a resilient and inspiring character by the name of Brianna Rodriguez. Determined to break the cycle of financial struggle for her children, she fought against adversity and followed her dreams of becoming the Athletic director at her local high school.
