Reflection is a cognitive process that promotes critical thinking through writing. The purpose of this assignment is to allow students to reflect and make inferences and predictions based on an understanding of the knowledge they have learned in this course. Students should support personal opinion, inference, and prediction by inclusion of relevant content knowledge presented in professional, published works.
Format: Reflection paper should be 3-5 pages (excludes title and reference page) and written in APA style format. Citations and references must be included.
Milestones and Due Dates for Reflection Paper:
There are 3 parts for this assignment.
Part 1: Selecting a Company (20 points; due Module 3): Students select acompany or organization, which allows access to economic data, such as sales, prices, employment, interest rates, etc. Examples of industries clearly impacted by the macro economy include: automotive, home building, steel, airlines, and household appliances.
Part 2: First Draft (40 points; due Module 5): Students will conduct independent research using online and library resources for the selected company or organization. Then, students will submit at least a one- page summary containing a brief industry/company history, and a brief industry/company overview. Also, the paper should define basic nationwide macroeconomic indicators as well as find time series data for the last 10 to 15 years and time series data for firm level indicators.
Part 3: Reflection Paper (100 points; due Module 7): The paper must address the following items:
