reverse logistic

Final Paper (Problem Analysis)

Assignment Instructions

This analysis project requires you to tackle a problem within your field of study by first exploring the problem, its causes, and its impacts. Then, if you want, you can recommend one or more practical solutions to solve the problem. After deciding on the problem you wish to tackle, begin building questions about it. Your goal for the analysis is to answer the questions through your sources. Finding multiple angles and perspectives is ideal so that you explore those possibilities in the final paper before settling on your recommendation. Be sure to identify what is at stake.

Here are questions to help guide your analysis:

1. What is the problem being addressed (explain, describe, and “prove” that it exists)?
2. Who is affected by this problem?
3. Why does this problem exist? (Identify the root causes.)
4. Why does the problem persist? (Identify the major factors that contribute to the problem’s ongoing presence.)
5. What is at stake if the problem is not solved?

If you choose to address a solution (you don’t have to), you may find these prompts helpful:

1. Who can take action?
2. What should they do, exactly?
3. Why would this help?
4. What are the positive and negative aspects of your solution(s)?

• PURPOSE: To analyze a problem and possibly provide a solution
• AUDIENCE: Classmates and others interested in the field
• LENGTH: 750-900 words (Times New Roman font). Please do not go significantly (~10%) under or above the word count requirement. This word count includes only the paragraphs in your final essay (not the Works Cited/References page or previously submitted sections).
• SOURCES: 5 (five) sources from the APUS Library (These may include sources you used in previous Assignments. Going under this number will cost points in grading.)
• FORMAT: The citation style that is appropriate for your discipline. Most papers will use APA style.

Submit your Assignment as one Word document attached to the Assignment link so it can be automatically processed through Turnitin. You can save your paper with a title like this: Your Name Portfolio Final Paper. Do not submit multiple files or PDF files.

Turnitin Scores

Because parts of the portfolio (items 1 and 2) have already been processed in Turnitin, they are now part of Turnitin’s database. That means that, when a portfolio is submitted, Turnitin will identify the phrasing it has previously “seen” (such as items 1 and 2 of the portfolio).

Turnitin scores are likely to be high for all portfolios. Don’t panic. Review the Turnitin report, and you will likely see that much of the matching phrasing is from work you previously submitted. Your instructor understands this and will focus on the Turnitin matches in the final paper.

As mentioned above, if the Turnitin AI score is high, your instructor is likely to give you the opportunity to re-write the assignment.