Proposal+Format

     ** Title of Your Performance Improvement Intervention  **      ** Your Name **  ** Your Student Number **  ** Your Walden Email Address ** <span style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"> <span style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"> <span style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"> ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">This Course Number and Name ** <span style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"> ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Your Instructor’s Name ** <span style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"> ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Walden University ** ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Date **

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"> ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Executive Summary ** <span style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">On this page you will provide a brief summary of this proposal in no more than one page. This is similar to the Abstracts you have written for other projects. Think of this as your 60 second commercial. You have one page in which to convince someone of the value of your intervention. It is suggested you restate the problem, solution, cost, and benefits. Creativity in your summary will be appreciated.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"> ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Title of Your Performance Improvement Intervention  ** <span style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"> ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Name of Organization **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"> <span style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;">** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Problem Summary **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"> <span style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Include a summary of the problem being experienced by this organization that you would like to address with your Performance Improvement Intervention. State the problem in general terms, as described from the organization’s point of view. <span style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;">** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Background of Organization ** <span style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Include a detailed description of the background of the organization from an historical perspective to demonstrate that you have a good understanding of the organization you will be working with. In this section include the following information: (a) when was the organization founded? (b) Where is it located? (c) Who is the organization’s clientele? (d) What information about the company would be useful to help you plan an appropriate intervention? (e) What is the URL of the web site for this organization? And (f) Do you have access to any public relations materials or annual reports for the organization? If so, where can you obtain these? <span style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;">** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Stakeholders and Decision-Makers. ** <span style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0.25in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Who are the people that will be affected by your plan? Which people in the organization make the decisions to implement the plan once it is developed? Who are the key personnel in the organization that can provide you with insights into the performance problem for which you will propose an intervention? List their names as possible interviews later in the project. <span style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;">** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Performance Gap: Cause Analysis ** <span style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">What is the gap between where the organization currently is and where they want to be regarding the problem stated? States as the following: <span style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0.5in;">** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Actual Current Performance. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Describe the current situation that includes the identified performance problem. <span style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0.5in;">** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Desired Performance. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Identify would the performance look like is the problem were resolved. <span style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0.5in;">** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Performance Gap. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Explain the difference between actual and desired performance. The Gap is what will be solved by your intervention. <span style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0.5in;">** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Cause Analysis. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"> Why did the people you interviewed think this problem developed in their company? Why does this gap exist? <span style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;">** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Organizational History and Background ** <span style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0.5in;">** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Goals. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Describe the organizational goals as they relate to the problem you are resolving. Relate this to the gap you identified that is the subject of your PII <span style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"> ** History. **Start writing immediately after this level 3 heading and describe the history of the organization you are working with. <span style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0.5in;">** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Mission and Vision. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"> What is the mission of this organization? Describe the Vision of the organization. Most organizations have adopted a mission and vision statement that provides a foundation for the decisions that are made. <span style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;">** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Three Intervention Strategies  ** <span style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">You will include a paragraph briefly introducing your three intervention strategies here and then explain each in more detail. <span style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in; text-indent: 0in;">** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Low end intervention. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Write your explanation here in sentence form. <span style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in; text-indent: 0in;">** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Middle end intervention. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Write your explanation here in sentence form. <span style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in; text-indent: 0in;">** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">High end intervention. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Write your explanation here in sentence form. <span style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in; text-indent: 0in;">** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Justification for Intervention Strategy  ** <span style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Share which of your three intervention strategies you selected to propose to the organization. Describe the strengths and limitations of each of the strategies you selected. Share why the intervention strategy you selected is more likely to resolve the problem than the other two. Include data from documents provided by the organization, interview data, or other information gleaned from the Web to support your choice. <span style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Share the strengths and weaknesses of each of the two intervention strategies you didn’t select. Describe why you rejected it supporting your decision with data and sound reasoning. Write one paragraph for each of the rejected intervention strategies. <span style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Demonstrate how your chosen interview strategy best meets the organizational goals stated in the performance gap in Module 2. ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">The Manager’s Many Roles ** <span style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"> Project management techniques: Explain your role as project manager for this intervention strategy. <span style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Resource management techniques: Describe the resources that will be used for this intervention and how they will be tracked. <span style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Delivery system management techniques: Identify the medium for the delivery of the intervention strategy and how the technology will be implemented within the instructional context. <span style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Information management techniques: Describe how information related to this intervention strategy will be stored, accessed, and processed. This may include information that l be used for evaluation of the intervention. ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">The Manager as Change Agent ** <span style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in; text-indent: 0.5in;">** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Financial and Budget Information. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Tentative budget for your intervention strategy, along with supporting documentation; consider technology purchases, personnel training, additional support, and other considerations specific to your proposal. <span style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Supporting documentation for your budget, including links to Web sites where purchases can be made and the costs of implementation. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"> <span style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in; text-indent: 0.5in;">** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Project Assessment. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Describe how the project objectives will be evaluated. <span style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"> Describe the formative evaluation plan you will use. Include your formative evaluation instrument in an Appendix. <span style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"> Describe the summative evaluation plans you will use. Include your summative evaluation instrument in an Appendix.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">References <span style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">All references you used to develop your PII should be included in this list. Please remember to use APA 6th formatting for your references. <span style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">You will also use hanging indentations for your references as shown in this example.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"> ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Appendices ** <span style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">NOTE that you may not need all of the Appendices listed below. Select the ones that are relevant to your project and include that data to support your work. Letter your appendices in the order they are referenced in your document. Each Appendix will begin on a new page. All of you will include Appendices A through E. Select the other topics and include them as relevant. You will letter the Appendices in the order you mention them in your paper, once you decide which ones you will use. <span style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"> <span style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Appendix A: Formative Evaluation Instrument <span style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Appendix B: Summative Evaluation Instrument <span style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Appendix C: Interview Questions <span style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Appendix D: Interview Transcripts or Summary <span style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Appendix E. Budget <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"> <span style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"> <span style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Appendix ?: Detailed and appropriate technical information for implementing your intervention <span style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Appendix ?: Layout sketches, if relevant <span style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Appendix ?: Specifications of equipment and purchases <span style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Appendix ?: Data charts and graphs, as relevant <span style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Appendix ?: Resources that support your proposal