Final Project

The final project includes both a 10 – 12 page paper (not including title page or references section) and a PowerPoint presentation with 8 slides of content.  Utilizing independent research and course materials, compose a paper with two sections. 

Paper, Section 1.

The first section (5-6 pages) is to be a compare/contrast essay where you illustrate the similarities and differences in organizational components, actions, and attributes promoting a healthy culture and organizational components, actions, and attributes not promoting a healthy culture. What role does leadership have in transforming workplace culture to promote a healthy organization? Even though leadership has brought a heightened awareness of how to deal with mental health issues in the workplace and set the stage for a healthy organizational culture, disorders and problems will still occur.

Paper, Section 2.

For the second section of your paper (5-6 pages), reflect on and provide a synopsis for five of the following issues or disorders. Include ethical and legal considerations leaders may need to consider during the transformation of organizational culture.

• Job Stress and Health
• Work/Family Conflict
• Depression
• Bipolar Disorder
• Generalized Anxiety Disorder
• Social Anxiety Disorder
• Specific Phobias
• Panic Disorder
• PTSD
• Schizophrenia
• Antisocial Personality Disorder
• Borderline Personality Disorder
• Eating Disorder
• Traumatic Brain Injury
• Insomnia
• Substance Abuse
• Social Dysfunction
• Violence
• Passive-aggressive Behavior

For each issue/disorder you selected, indicate what behaviors call attention to the potential disorder or issue, as well as possible interventions and treatments for each disorder/issue. Explain how you personally will deal differently with these issues in the workplace than you would have before this class. Support your ideas with at least one scholarly source for each disorder or issue.

PowerPoint presentation.

Next, imagine that you are presenting the results of your paper to a class of college students who are learning about psychopathology in the workplace. Create an 8-slide PowerPoint presentation (not including title slide or references slide) that highlights the key concepts of your paper. Incorporate at least 100 words of speaker notes for each content slide.

Post your PowerPoint presentation in Doc Sharing (as well as in the Dropbox) so that your peers may view your work. *Please note: Your paper should only be placed in the Dropbox, even though your PowerPoint presentation will be placed in both the Dropbox and in Doc Sharing.*

Point Value: 30 Points

Now that you have completed your report, it is time to design and present your findings. Your task is to organize and develop the three (3) parts (introduction, body, and closing) of an effective presentation, based on your Justification Report (Assignment 2.3). Chapter 12 in our text provides overall information on presentation format, content, and delivery. Please do not simply cut and paste your justification report content to the slides. Instead develop clear, concise content that enhances your presentation narration or notes. Remember that your slides are meant to be highlights and your audience should not spend a great deal of time reading from the slides but instead listening to you present the concepts.

Create an eight to ten (9-10) slide presentation in which you:

1. Ensure that your PowerPoint presentation fulfills the appropriate length requirements and professional style requirements.
2. Open with an engaging introduction of the topic of your report. Include one (1) title slide and one (1) introductory slide.
3. For the body of your presentation, cover the main points of your report. Create slides that reinforce and illustrate your main ideas. Follow basic design principles for effective slide content.
4. For your single closing slide, finish with a memorable wrap-up statement that refocuses on the purpose of your report.
5. Use PowerPoint voice-over and / or the notes section to present your slides.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

• Include a title slide containing the title of the assignment, your name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The title slide is not included in the required slide length.
• Format the PowerPoint presentation with headings on each slide, and two to three (2-3) relevant graphics (photographs, graphs, clip art, etc.) throughout the presentation, ensuring that the presentation is visually appealing and readable from 18 feet away. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
• Slides should abbreviate the information in no more than five or six (5 or 6) bullet points each.
• Slide titles should be based on the criteria being summarized (e.g., “Four Key Attributes,” “Responses to Budget Issues,” etc.).

Assignment Checklist

• Descriptive titles on each of the slides
• Text contains concise, precise content
• Graphics convey the idea described by the slide text
• Statements in bulleted lists have a parallel structure
• The font size is easily read from a distance
• There are no more than three (3) different font styles in the presentation
• The color and background convey a formal business tone
• Animation effects are used in moderation
• There are no misspellings or typographical errors

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Assess strengths and weaknesses in the student’s own oral communication and in the oral communication of others.
• Use sentence variety, effective word choice, and correct grammar in oral communication.
• Analyze verbal and nonverbal techniques that enhance oral communication within a business and / or professional context.