Week 5—Final Project Outline

Hi all,

For you to see my outline, I have posted it below. Please know that this is a rough draft and highly likely to change as I do more research. Feel free to post your own outlines if you wish as your optional blog entry for this week. Of course, also blog about either Ch. 6 or 7 as well.

Ken Enochs

Ken Enochs

Research Writing

20 Jan 2014

Emergent Leadership as a Learnable Skill

Thesis (working): The emergent leadership behavior and language so valued by fast growing corporations can and should be learned by university students for a more successful life, both in college and in the working world.

1. Introduction
1. Opening
1. Hook
2. Topic identification/narrowing
3. Brief definition
4. Thesis
2. Writing Plan

1. Purpose of paper
2. Plan of development

2. Emergent Leadership
1. History and background
2. Definition(s) of emergent leadership
3. Value within the working world

3. Behaviours and Language
1. Goal setting
2. Idea communication
1. Initiating
2. Participating
1. Acknowledging
2. Soliciting
3. Building upon
4. Constructively pushing back
5. Following
3. Implementing
4. Rejecting

4. Classroom Applications
1. Task design
2. Group selection
3. Skills teaching
1. Behavior
2. Language
4. Evaluating effectiveness

5. Conclusion
1. Restatement of thesis
2. Summary of main points
3. Closing