Application: Individual Reflection: Blueprint for Professional and Personal Growth?Your Future as a Manager, with Executive Summary of Class and Management Accounting Skills

As you begin this Assignment, review the broad range of topics presented throughout the course related to using accounting information for decision making. Clearly, 8 weeks does not provide enough time to explore all the topics of this course as deeply as you might have liked.

you can take references form Zimmerman, J. L. (2014).Accounting for decision making and control(8th ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill.

For this final Individual Reflection, select concepts or topics that resonated with you during this course and commit to learning more about them. To bring this commitment to life, identify concrete action items that will support your goal to deepen your personal learning experience in the coming year. Then, consider the following:

• What can you do now to integrate the experiences and insights you had in this course with your personal and professional development goals?
• What are the most important things you are taking from this course that will shape your future and enable you to make a positive difference?

The Assignment:

All components of the Assignment must be turned in as one document:

1. The executive summary: Write an Executive Summary of the course (2-3 paragraphs) that addresses the following questions:

• • Which content and Assignments in this course improved your understanding of using accounting information to make decisions for your organization (or one with which you are familiar)?
  • What impact has your improved understanding had (or you anticipate it will have) on the value you will bring to your role within an organization?
  • In what ways does the content from this course affect a manager's ability to create positive change within an organization?
  • To what extent can the content from this course help you contribute to social responsibility and positive social change?
  • How have the content and Assignments changed the way you will use accounting information to make management decisions?
  • How have the content and Assignments shaped your goals now and how do you anticipate they will shape your goals in the future?

1. After considering what you have learned in the course, create a focused and succinct strategy for your professional or personal life that will enable you to improve profitability for an organization or improve your personal financial resources while demonstrating social responsibility. This strategy could take the form of increasing revenue or reducing expenses. As part of your strategy, be sure to include responses to the following:

• • List three areas you could focus on for your strategy relative to your own organization, an organization for which you would aspire to work, or your personal life. Describe the importance of each of the focus areas chosen, including how they will enable you to demonstrate social responsibility and positive social change. Provide examples with support from the resources.
  • Describe how you will measure progress toward your success.

1. Your action plan: Write a detailed action plan for one new goal for professional and personal development. (You will continue to build on the list of goals you selected in your previous course.) Include the following in your action plan:

• • Describe your specific goal for professional and personal development with an explanation as to why you selected this goal. Be sure to provide concrete and specific examples of why the goal is important, the extent to which this goal enables you to be an agent for positive social change, and the personal or professional value you expect from achieving each goal, and how the goal relates to the resources reviewed in the course.
  • Provide at least two objectives for the goal you have identified. Also, provide a rationale that explains how your objectives support the goal.

General Guidance on Assignment Length:

Your BPPG, including the Executive Summary (which will typically be 2-3 paragraphs in length and no more than one page if single spaced), your Strategy and your Action Plan will typically be 3-6 pages (1.5-3 pages if single spaced). Refer to the Week 8 Individual Reflection Rubric for this Assignment for specific grading elements and criteria. Your Instructor will use this Rubric to assess your work

DIRECTIONS FOR FINAL PAPER ASSIGNMENT: Prepare the Blue Print for Professional Goals, including a and and creating a plan to achieve it. Guidance on Assignment Length: The Executive Summary should typically be 2-3 paragraphs (one page s Student Name Criterion Posted by Deadline and Followed Other Discussion Instructions in Classroom and Syllabus (Both Must be Met for Assignment to be Graded) Yes Exemplary Criteria (100% of Possible Points) The author presents an exemplary Executive Summary with rich, articulate, and well-reasoned responses to all of the questions posed in the assignment and eloquently embeds them into a cohesive and compelling Executive Summary, with direct and relevant references to the Course and Program Outcomes. The author goes beyond the requirements of the Element (1a): Content of Executive posed questions to provide a comprehensive summary of his/her main Summary lessons from the course and how those support his/her achievement of at least two course outcomes. The author provides a rich assessment of the main ideas or conclusions he or she has taken from the experience in Accounting for Management Decision Making and clearly assesses how these will affect his/her practices now and in the future. The author begins the Executive Summary with a clear and compelling statement of its purpose and presents a succinct and cohesive summary that focuses on the main outcomes he/she ascertained from the course and his/her experience in engaging in the assignments and discussions. The author makes it explicitly clear why he/she chose to highlight the content and topics and provides supporting details and examples. The Element (1b): Format of Executive Executive Summary is clear and organized; concise (no more than 3 Summary paragraphs); and the author writes in non-technical language and defines any language that may not be familiar to his/her audience. The author discusses each main point in the order in which it was encountered in the classroom, and organizes his/her thoughts so that the reader can follow the summary logically and with clarity. The author presents a brief conclusion at the end of the summary that enables the reader to synthesize the information provided. Element (2): Strategy The author creates a focused and succinct strategy for his/her professional or personal life that will enable improved profitability for an organization or improved personal financial resources while demonstrating social responsibility. As part of your strategy, the author includes responses to the following: o Which content and Assignments in this course improved your understanding of using accounting information to make decisions for your organization (or one with which you are familiar)? o What impact has your improved understanding had (or you anticipate it will have) on the value you will bring to your role within an organization? o In what ways does the content from this course affect a manager's ability to create positive change within an organization? o To what extent can the content from this course help you contribute to social responsibility and positive social change? o How have the content and Assignments changed the way you will use accounting information to make management decisions? o How have the content and Assignments shaped your goals now and how do you anticipate they will shape your goals in the future? Element (3a): Action Plan The author delineates at least one new specific goal for personal and professional development and assesses the importance of the goal(s) For each new goal, the author provides concrete and specific examples or observations that support why the goal is important. The author assesses the personal or professional value he/she expects from achieving the goal(s). The author cohesively integrates resources from the course into his/her definition and assessment of the new goal(s). Element (3b): Action Plan Objectives The author defines at least two objectives for each goal that he/she identified and provides well-reasoned and detailed rationale that explains how the objectives support the achievement of the goal(s). The author evaluates at least three of the most important lessons he or she is taking from this course and explains how those lessons will shape his or her future and enable the author to make a positive difference. The Element (4): Social Change Impact author provides at least three concrete and specific examples illustrating how the learning supports his or her goal(s) for being or becoming an effective agent for positive social change within an organization, community, or more broadly. The author exhibits evidence of thoughtful reflection and critical analysis related to his/her learning experience and knowledge/goal development. He or she integrates specific, relevant examples and insights drawn from personal or professional experience. The reflections demonstrate specific ways he or she is processing content from the course in context of his or her own experiences; analyzes how the experience may affect future learning or decisions; and evaluates the value the learning resulting from the course has in various scenarios the student expects to encounter in his or her professional life. The author analyzes connections between theory and practice; and draws logical conclusions related to how he or she has been impacted by the experience in the classroom or program based on Element (5) Relevance and Critical well-reasoned arguments. The author identifies and evaluates opportunities for future change or growth or anticipated progress toward Thinking specific goals. Course readings, concepts, and activities, and additional research from the Walden Library are effectively used. Writing is clear, logical, well-organized and appropriate for graduate level Element (6) Standards of work. Writing spell-checked and proofread. Sentences are complete and Scholarship Note: Sub-standard grammatically correct. Words are chosen for their precise meaning. Tone is writing or APA will result in lower professional and free from bias (i.e., sexism, racism). APA style guidelines scores in other categories as are used. Each citation is referenced, and only cited sources are without these elements, the content referenced, aligned with APA format. When students reference/reuse their areas above are inherently weaker. own work, they provide self-reference per APA rules and Walden policy. 2014 Laureate Education, Inc. Print for Professional Goals, including an Executive Summary of the Course,Strategy, and Defining at least one goal re typically be 2-3 paragraphs (one page single spaced), Your Strategy, and Action Plan will typically be 3 to 6 pages (1.5 Total Points Possible Total Points Received Err:508 Proficient Criteria (85% of Possible Points) Err:508 Opportunity for Improvement Criteria (75% of Possible Points) The author presents an Executive Summary of the course that addresses the questions posed in the assignment, providing his or her analysis of the main lessons of the course and how those relate to his/her achievement of course and program outcomes. The author provides cursory coverage of some or all the questions posed as part of the requirements for the Executive Summary or does not address all of the questions, although does provide a competent summary of one or two. The author begins the Executive Summary with a clear statement of its purpose and presents a summary that focuses on the main outcomes he/she ascertained from the course and his/her experience in engaging in the assignments and discussions. The executive summary is clear, concise (no more than 3 paragraphs), and written in non-technical language. The author discusses each main point in the order in which it was encountered in the classroom, and organizes his/her thoughts so that the reader can follow the summary logically and with clarity. The author presents a brief conclusion at the end of the summary that enables the reader to synthesize the information provided. The author summarizes a few main points from the classroom, but does not create an Executive Summary aligned with the expectations as outlined in the document provided in the classroom. The author creates a focused and succinct strategy for his/her professional or personal life that will enable improved profitability for an organization or improved personal financial resources while demonstrating social responsibility. As part of your strategy, the author includes responses to the following: o Which content and Assignments in this course improved your understanding of using accounting information to make decisions for your organization (or one with which you are familiar)? o What impact has your improved understanding had (or you anticipate it will have) on the value you will bring to your role within an organization? o In what ways does the content from this course affect a manager's ability to create positive change within an organization? o To what extent can the content from this course help you contribute to social responsibility and positive social change? o How have the content and Assignments changed the way you will use accounting information to make management decisions? o How have the content and Assignments shaped your goals now and how do you anticipate they will shape your goals in the future? The author provides a cursory or only partially strategy, but does not clearly link the strategy to the course or social responsibility. Some mention of how he/she will measure success may be included. The author identifies a new goal for personal and professional development with an explanation as to why the goal was selected. The author provides concrete and specific examples of why it is important, the personal or professional value he/she expects from achieving each goal, and how the goal relates to the resources from the course. The author provides a new goal and a cursory description of why it is important. The author defines two objectives for the goal(s) that he/she identified and provides rationale that explains how the objectives enable the author to achieve the goal(s). The author defines one or two objectives for each goal that he/she identified and some cursory rationale as to how the objective(s) support the goal. The author may not make a strong connection or does not do so in all cases. The author links his or her knowledge from the The author describes lessons he or she is taking from this course. The author course to goal(s) for making a positive change, describes how those lessons will shape his or her future and enable him or but may not provide specific or relevant her to make a positive difference. The author provides examples illustrating examples or clearly show how he or she will use how the learning supports his or her goal(s) for being or becoming an effective the learning from the course to further his or her agent for positive social change. efforts to promote positive social change. The author exhibits a perfunctory reflection and analysis of his/her learning experience and knowledge/goal development and includes examples, experiences, and insights. The author draws from the classroom experience and content to describe patterns or connections between theory and practice. Conclusions, based on stated rationale and evidence, are made related to how the author has been impacted by the experience in the classroom or program. The author identifies opportunities for future change or growth or anticipated progress toward specific goals set by the student. New questions may be presented based on ideas presented from the class. The author describes his/her experience and goals and may share some examples and insights. He/she draws from the classroom experience and content and makes some attempt to identify patterns or connections between theory and practice. At best, the author vaguely points to opportunities for future change or growth or anticipated progress toward specific goals. Writing is not very clear, logical, well-organized or appropriate for graduate level work. Writing was not spell-checked and proofread. Too many Writing is somewhat clear, logical, well-organized and appropriate for sentences were not complete and grammatically graduate level work. Writing was not spell-checked and proofread. Most correct for graduate level work. Word choice sentences were complete and grammatically correct. Most words were could be better. Tone is professional and free chosen for their precise meaning. Tone is professional and free from bias (i.e., from bias (i.e., sexism, racism). APA style sexism, racism). APA style guidelines are used. Most citations were guidelines were not used or used consistently. referenced, and only cited sources are referenced, aligned with APA format. Some citations were referenced, and many When students reference/reuse their own work, they provide self-reference cited sources were not referenced, or aligned per APA rules and Walden policy. with APA format. When students reference/reuse their own work, they provide self-reference per APA rules and Walden policy. nd Defining at least one goal related to what you have learned in this course General will typically be 3 to 6 pages (1.5 to 3 pages if single spaced). Percentage Score Err:509 Evaluation (Assessed Percent of Possible Points) Points Possible Points Received 25 100% 25.00 10 100% 10.00 Faculty Feedback 30 100% 30.00 10 100% 10.00 15 100% 15.00 15 100% 15.00 15 100% 15.00 10 100% 10.00