There are lots of social problem in need of solutions (areas such as energy, environment, poverty, literacy, empathy to name a few). The question guiding this assignment is: in the next 5 years, what would you change to make the world a better place? What you would like to see happen & how do you plan to get there?
In other words, pick a social need/problem (in your local community or at a more global level) that you think needs to be addressed. It is up to you to identify and define the boundaries and scope of the social need. What can design, develop, create, etc to provide some type of temporary or longer term solution to resolve this need?
The Professor will be awarding points for needs that are novel, bold, original, valuable and interesting. To assess whether the need you identify meets some of these criteria, ask yourself- dose what I want to address or change deal with a particular social need in a new and original way?( think Kiva or Grameen here)
The assignment is structured in two parts- an idea memo and a paper.
1) Idea Memo: - Describe the social need that you want to address. Specifically, I want you to identify the specific social need and describe it. In other words, what is the problem, its importance and justify why it is indeed something that needs to be addressed ( what is not working now)-
Tell me about your recommended idea- it must be.....
a) Novel
b) Bold
c) Original
d) Executable/Viable
2) Paper:
Section 1: Idea
Using the content from your idea memo, describe the social need that you want to address in greater detail.
Section 2: Execution Plan
How would you go about implementing your idea using content you learned in this course (Strategy Implementation & Transformation)
Provide an action plan
Identify Critical Obstacles
Key Success Factors
Whose help/buy-in will you need?
What resources will be critical?
How will you assess impact?
Apply course content (insights from the classes, relevant course readings) explicitly wherever possible. Each paper must encompass the given format (double-spaced, 12 pt Times New Roman font, one inch margins.)