Option #1: Critical InvestigationUse Paul and Elder’s (2012) intellectual standards to find a topic or problem that is clear, relevant, significant, and precise. Select an issue that you wish to investigate critically (social, professional, or personal). Examples of topics:How can I secure a job in accounting when I have no experience in the field?What proposals has the city of Denver made to reduce water consumption? How might this impact individual consumers?What financial changes do I need to make to retire at the age of 62?Should wolves be reintroduced to Rio Blanco County?How can I manage my children’s cell phone usage?How can the pay gap between men and women best be addressed in my company?What are the most effective ways to address anxiety and depression? How can I use these to better my health?IMPORTANT: The Final Portfolio is not a traditional “term paper.”Your final portfolio submission should include the following sections:Title pageIntroductionEngagement with issue or problem using scholarly sources and the intellectual standards proposed by Paul and Elder (2012): What is the issue? Why is it significant? Why is this issue relevant to you (and/or your community)? What have you learned about the depth and breadth of the issue or problem from scholarly sources?Engagement with your own assumptions or thinking about the issue. What assumptions do you bring to this subject? What concepts are "at work" in your mind as you investigate this issue? Why is this subject of interest to you and how might this skew your investigations? These questions constitute some of the issues covered by Paul and Elder (2012) in their "elements of reason.”Engagement with scholarly sources: How do the scholarly sources aid you as you think about the issue fair-mindedly and with depth? What have you learned from the scholarly sources that have helped you analyze the issue?Conclusion: Reflect on your issue or problem and how the sources informed your thinking. What have you learned? How can you apply the intellectual standards and elements of reason to this issue or problem to come to creative solutions? What critical questions remain?References PageDetails:You may write in the first person for your Final Portfolio Project.Your paper should engage a minimum of six scholarly sources that are not required or recommended readings for this course. The CSU-Global Library (Links to an external site.) is a good place to find these sources.Your paper should be 7-8 pages in length and formatted according to the CSU-Global Guide to Writing & APA (Links to an external site.).Refer to the Revision Checklist (Links to an external site.) for an overview of items to consider as you add final polish to your draft.Consult the Sample APA Paper (Links to an external site.) for a more complete list of requirements. You may wish to review the APA Template Paper (Links to an external site.) for help formatting your essay according to the requirements. If you need assistance with your writing style or you need writing tips or tutorials, visit the CSU-Global Writing Center (Links to an external site.). Review the grading rubric to see how you will be graded for this assignment.THis is the Final assignment but it's not due for 4 weeks. We did the first milestone a few weeks ago about the wage gap.... Here is the next piece due this sunday:Options #1 and #2: Revised Topic and Outline (We chose Option 1)OverviewHUM101 requires a Final Portfolio Project. This project will focus on an issue (social, professional, or personal) that you wish to investigate critically.Please read the full Portfolio Project description in the Module 8 folder page to preview your Portfolio Project assignment. Also, review the Portfolio Project grading rubric, which you can also access in the Module 8 folder.For this Portfolio Milestone, you will submit your revised topic and a draft outline of your Final Portfolio.Directions:Include the following in your milestone submission:A title pageAn outline of your project which includes:Main points and sub-pointsOne paragraph describing your revised topic selection and a question or thesis (Links to an external site.) statement to investigate critically.One paragraph describing how you will use the intellectual standards to critically investigate the topic. You may wish to refer to Paul and Elder (2010).One paragraph providing an overview of how your assumptions and questions on this issue could skew your critical thinking on this issue (Paul & Elder, 2010).A reference page which includes three new scholarly references to investigate your critical thinking question or thesis. The CSU-Global Library (Links to an external site.) is a good place to find these sources.

After reading and viewing the module materials, you are now familiar with the product levels (core, actual, augmented) and attributes (quality, features, style, and design) specific to marketing purposes. More commonly, attributes can be described as descriptive (i.e. color, shape, texture, sound, taste), process (i.e. marketing, selling), social (i.e. responsibilities, politics), price (i.e. cost to the manufacturer or consumer), and ecological (positive or negative impact on the environment).DirectionsChoose a product or service and try to improve it. Your chosen product or service may be aimed at either consumer or business customers. You might benefit from viewing the 'SCAMPER' resources again. Look at each product attribute through different product levels, and ask yourself again and again, how and why? How else can this be accomplished? Why does this have to be this way?Use the SCAMPER methodology and create a Powerpoint® presentation that includes a mind map and analysis of the product life cycle stages.Use the SCAMPER methodology as a checklist of idea-spurring questions. The SCAMPER methodology was originally designed by Alex Osborn and later on rearranged by Bob Eberle, and the version listed below is adapted from Michalko (2006):Substitute somethingCombine it with something elseAdapt something to itModify or Magnify it Put it to some other useEliminate somethingReverse or Rearrange itAs you brainstorm, ask yourself the SCAMPER questions and document what new ideas emerge.ReferenceMichalko, M. (2006). Tinkertoys, a handbook of creative thinking techniques. Berkeley, CA: Ten Speed Press. You will submit a mind map for this assignment. If you are not familiar with mind-mapping, do an Internet search on how mind maps look and what they are used for. Visit, for example, mindmapping.com (Links to an external site.) which is designed to inform you about mind-mapping and provide ideas that can help you create and benefit from mind maps.You may use any Internet mind-mapping tool of your choice to present the outcomes of your reflective thinking. You may find, for example, one of the following tools helpful:bubbl.us (Links to an external site.)mindmup (Links to an external site.)mindmapfree (Links to an external site.)The central idea of your mind map is your chosen product, bearing in mind that it may also be a service. Build the first seven branches around the SCAMPER dimensions. Continue building branches or nodes around the mind map, with the first layer being one hierarchical layer of thought down. Further layers and subsequent branches are then further levels down in logical thought. Including callouts in your mind map provides “meta” commentary on a branch or idea. Callouts are placed “across” the hierarchy of thought, rather than above or below any of the branches. Relationships within mind maps show how concepts link together.Your mind map is expected to focus on improving a product/service and should contain at least seven branches and two layers in addition to the central idea (first layer). There are no right or wrong answers, and not all the connections and interconnections between different layers, branches, and nods are likely to make sense to an external reader. That being said, within the mind map you are expected to present at least three logical ideas for concept testing.Assume that one of your ideas proceeds through the new product development process with flying colors and is ready for commercialization. Describe how it will evolve through the product life cycle and how marketing strategies change.