Editing Management Principles (Winter 2026) (section)

==== Final Paper: Reflection on Management Principles ====

You will write a reflective essay on your experience in the course and our course content. There are many ways to successfully complete this assignment. See the [[User:Kaylea/Assessment | brief reflection rubric]] for details on my expectations in terms of the content of the reflection. A successful essay will do the following things:

# Use content and concepts from the course.
# Use evidence from your experience and the company project.
# Cite your sources; these sources must be real, they must provide support for the statements associated with the citation, and they must be viewable by me. Note that AI tools are notorious for fabricating these and use of AI tools for this assignment is forbidden.
# Be 1000-1500 words. Under 900 is very unlikely to achieve the depth I am seeking here, and over 1600 words is unfair to others.
# Do not use AI tools.

If you are not sure what to write, think about what happened in the project and choose some of these prompts as jumping off points (do '''not''' treat the following as questions to answer in order!), being sure to combine both your experience and course content in whatever route you choose: Did any of the readings or activities surprise, frustrate, or intrigue you? What did you learn and where did you find your previous knowledge helpful? What kind of work did you end up doing, and how well did you do? Was the project easy or hard, which parts, how, and why? Walk through each topic we covered, and consider how course concepts applied (or fail to apply) to the situations you faced in developing your project. Did anything surprise you or change your mind during the project? Did you experience any failures or problems? How did you solve them? Based on your experience, what is your advice for the students who take this course next? What did you learn about yourself and the ways you prefer to work? Based on your experience in this course and your understanding of the world of work, what topics and lessons do you think will be most important in the future workplace, how, and why? How do you think you did as a manager, and how did your colleagues do? How did your performance compare to what we learned about what management looks like?

Do not write in a long single paragraph or send me a list of bullets; instead, write a standard essay with an introduction, key points, and conclusion. Choose and use a formatting standard and stick to it (APA, Chicago, ACM, etc.). Do not use AI tools. Do use examples and evidence. This should be an essay that only you could write, because it's about specific events in your experience of the course.

;Due: Sunday, March 22

;Turn in: a well-formatted essay via Canvas