The final synthesis paper draws conclusions

The final synthesis paper draws conclusions and makes recommendations based on the insights that you’ve
discovered in papers one through four. This is your opportunity to now tell the reader, what it all means. Based on
your research of the topic pull it all together in this final paper. The paper should have much less emphasis on the
additional research such as references and be more focused on your synthesis of everything that you’ve learned in
this course. What conclusions have you reached and why. Lay out your rationale for the points that you make. Based
on your research and what you’ve learned in the entire MSA program. Make your recommendations and provide
your insights as it relates to your topic.

This is a critical analysis paper, not a recap. There should be a small section of the paper that provides a
general recap but it should not be cut and paste from any of the previous papers. Just a brief overall
synapses of each paper.

* Approximately 12-15 written pages for the final critical analysis (Most students need this
minimum)

* Overall integration of the previous 4 papers and explains the relationships between this Final
Critical Analysis paper and the MSA core courses (your key learning).

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No Literature Review in this paper
Executive summary (no more than 1 page)
Table of Contents
Make sure you have an introduction and background

* What is the issue we’ve been tackling the last 4 papers (culture of safety)

* How is it tied to your concentration (Master of Science in Administration)
Overall recap

¢ Briefly recap the 4 previous papers, major takeaways (paragraph each)
Critical analysis

¢« Make sense of what you learned

¢« Stakeholder analysis

*« Major headings would be 601,603,604,602

¢ The overall effect on the different stakeholders from those different
papers

Implementation details – what are you going to do with the information
* How would it be communicated through the organization
* How would you engage the employees?

Focus on the takeaways and make concrete recommendations