Fluent Essays

In this assignment, you will write 1500-2000-word White Paper, according to the criteria and steps outlined below. Format: Your paper should document all research in APA format, with a complete reference list at the end. Your White Paper must demonstrate accurate and effective synthesis of research material, with correct use of paraphrase, quotation and citation. The layout and design of your White Paper is more flexible and should reflect the nature of the industry and/or organization or group you have chosen to represent. Step 1 - Positioning 1. Select an industry or field that you might be interested in working within. This might be technology, health, manufacturing, marketing etc. Try to be as specific as possible (smart technologies, maternal health, ??). 2. Next, choose a perspective you’d like to work from within your industry or field. You might choose a business perspective, a more generalized industry interest-group or lobby group perspective, a non-profit perspective, or a research/think tank perspective. 3. From these choices, do some research and select a company, organization, lobby group or policy group that you would like to hypothetically represent when writing your White Paper. Step 2 – Content 1. Select an issue or debate relevant to the group or organization you have chosen. Conduct extensive research into this issue/debate. What you examine will depend on what you’ve chosen, but may include causes, effects, factors, range of positions, and history of action related to that issue. You must use at least FIVE credible industry-level sources suitable to your topic and your organization. You must include at least ONE well-labelled and appropriately styled visual representation of information. You can use quantitative (numerical data) and/or qualitative information in your visuals. Your visuals can be graphs, charts, infographics etc. – any visual representation of any kind of information/relationships/trends etc. 2. You will synthesize this research strategically to highlight the needs of the group or organization you have chosen.While the White Paper is a synthesis of research material, it also contains a persuasive component, indicating (sometimes subtly) an argument, policy approach, practice, or position for the industry or organization. For example, your synthesis may highlight a direction of action for your group or might justify the work already being done by your group. This will be the most difficult decision in planning your White Paper. 3. Finally, then, link your synthesis and the position you have taken on the issue to the strategic interests of the organization you have chosen. You may link a product or service of their organization or a particular policy position that is in the interests of the organization, etc.White Paper Marking Criteria Comments Strategic Position/Argumentation (5 points) ● Paper develops an effective and logical position in the context of the chosen industry/organization and chosen goal for the research ● The strategic work of the paper – the delivered message to the audience – is clear, consistent, coherent and logical Research (5 points) ● Focus and scope of the research is adequate and logical given the topic, goal and context of the paper ● Sources chosen are of good quality and relevant ● Depth of engagement with ideas from the research is adequate to the topic chosen and show industry-level engagement. Synthesis / Documentation (5 points) ● Synthesis skills are effective ● Paper is organized into logical categories ● Research is paraphrased and linked in effective ways to highlight knowledge ● Accurate and effective documentation of research material using APA format ● Quality paraphrase and quotation skills ● Accurate works cited Organization (5 points) ● Information is organized into effective sections and tied to the introduction and overall goals ● Paragraphs are well-organized and rhetorically effective Clarity & Mechanics (5 points) ● Effective sentence structure ● Clean and consistent formatting ● No spelling/grammar issues ● Professional and industry-relevant tone