Overview

The business story you draw from for this activity allows you to analyze a problem and gap in a specific business context while describing practitioner (business) and scholarly (academic) frameworks applicable to your identified problem. You will build on your earlier experience assessing a gap in practice by finding and evaluating appropriate frameworks for a different problem and gap in practice you choose.

Employer Expectations

The following skills, which apply to this assignment, frequently appear in articles, job posts, and university reports related to employer expectations of a doctoral degree holder:

·         Know how to forecast and evaluate risks including financial risks, time-oriented risks, or risks that might affect professional relationships. Know how to identify procedures and methodologies that will help avoid or mitigate these risks.

·         Know how to filter through research data and identify relevant information. Know how to gather and understand information, and how to utilize this information to devise the most appropriate actionable intelligence.

Preparation

If you have not done so, practice choosing which framework best describes a problem and gap in the activity Practice Aligning Frameworks.

Also, review the business story you selected for the Evidence for Gaps in Practice assignment, or choose one of the other two businesses and review the corresponding business stories.

Select a second problem and related gap in practice from the same business story you used in your first assignment or choose a problem and gap from one of the other two businesses. Choose from the problems and gaps linked and labeled for this assignment, which relate to the assignment topics.

Research practitioner (business) and scholarly (academic) articles that inform your selected gap in practice.

Instructions

Write a 5–7 page analysis in which you:

·         State the specific business problem and the gap in practice.

·         Identify two frameworks, one practitioner and one scholarly, from your researched articles that inform your selected gap in practice and provide evidence for the selected gap in practice. Discuss how they apply to current trends in the field of strategy and innovation. Then add these sources to your Capstone Literature Matrix [XLSX] Download Capstone Literature Matrix [XLSX], fully completing the matrix categories.

·         Explain why the frameworks you identified properly align with the selected specific problem and gap in practice. Why are these the right frameworks versus others?

·         Based on your selected problem, gap, and frameworks, identify a related business problem and potential business project appropriate for the field of strategy and innovation.

·         Describe why removing your personal biases from the literature discovery process might help you in identifying more relevant research to provide evidence for your topic and project.

Submit your analysis and literature matrix in the assignment area.

Additional Requirements

As you complete your assignment, be sure your submission meets the following guidelines:

·         Capstone Literature Matrix: Submit the completed literature matrix filled for your selected articles.

·         Written communication: Use error-free doctoral-level writing, with original (nonplagiarized) content, logical phrasing, and accurate word choices.

·         APA formatting: Format all references and citations according to APA style and formatting guidelines. Refer to Academic WriterLinks to an external site. as needed.

·         Font and font size: Use a consistent, APA-compliant font, 12 points.

·         Length: Submit a 5–7 double-spaced page analysis plus your literature matrix.

·         File naming protocol: Follow the standard naming conventions for any files you upload. Refer to the Submissions RequirementsLinks to an external site. for details.

Competencies Measured

By successfully completing this assignment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and rubric criteria:

·         Competency 1: Create academically sound annotations into a matrix of literature to support business research of problems and practices occurring in the field of strategy and innovation.

o    Make annotations in a literature matrix that convey how the literature provides adequate evidence for the problem, gap, and project need.

·         Competency 2: Critically integrate existing relevant literature to determine an important and meaningful gap in practice for strategy and innovation.

o    Identify examples of scholarly and practitioner frameworks that provide evidence for a chosen gap in practice.

·         Competency 3: Identify personal bias to create project topics in strategy and innovation based on need versus want.

o    Describe the role of removing personal biases in the project discovery process.

·         Competency 4: Analyze and assess gaps in practice in strategy and innovation to consider specific actionable responses to the gaps.

o    Explain why selected frameworks properly align with a specific problem and gap in practice.

·         Competency 5: Analyze trends in the field of strategy and innovation as drivers of business problems and gaps in practice.

o    Discuss how selected scholarly and practitioner frameworks apply to current trends in the field of strategy and innovation.

·         Competency 6: Integrate results from multiple sources to formulate a problem and rationalize a business project in the field of strategy and innovation.

o    Identify a business problem and project appropriate for the field of strategy and innovation.

o    Use varied sentence structures and correct grammar to convey clear meaning and engage readers.

o    Applies APA style and formatting to scholarly writing.

Grading Criteria / Expectations:

1.      Identify examples of scholarly and practitioner frameworks that provide evidence for a chosen gap in practice.

-Your paper MUST Identify examples of scholarly and practitioner frameworks that provide evidence for a chosen gap in practice, and notes what distinguishes them from other frameworks.

2.      Discuss how selected scholarly and practitioner frameworks apply to current trends in the field of strategy and innovation.

-Your paper MUST Discuss how selected scholarly and practitioner frameworks apply to current trends in the field of strategy and innovation, using applicable examples.

3.      Explain why selected frameworks properly align with a specific problem and gap in practice.

-Your paper MUST Explain why selected frameworks properly align with a specific problem and gap in practice, and identifies assumptions on which the rationale is based.

4.     Make annotations in a literature matrix that convey how the literature provides adequate evidence for the problem, gap, and project need

-Your paper Must Makes annotations in a literature matrix that convey how the literature provides adequate evidence for the problem, gap, and project need, providing more than two examples. Makes annotations in a literature matrix that convey how the literature provides adequate evidence for the problem, gap, and project need, providing more than two examples.

5.   Identify a business problem and project appropriate for the field of strategy and innovation. Identify a business problem and project appropriate for the field of strategy and innovation.

      – Your paper MUST Identify a business problem and project appropriate for the field of strategy and innovation, briefly explaining the pros and cons of the proposed project.

6.   Describe the role of removing personal biases in the project discovery process.

      -Your paper Must Describe the role of removing personal biases in the project discovery process, using applicable examples. Describes the role of removing personal biases in the project discovery process, using applicable examples.

7.   Use varied sentence structures and correct grammar to convey clear meaning and engage readers.

      -Your paper MUST Use varied, complex sentence structures and virtually flawless grammar to convey clear, unequivocal meaning and engage readers.

8.   Applies APA style and formatting to scholarly writing.

      -Your paper MUST Apply APA style and formatting to scholarly writing. Exhibits strict and nearly flawless adherence to stylistic conventions, document structure, and source attributions.