Identify an issue in their field and write a short paper supporting their stance on that issue.

Issue Paper on “Preserving Project Continuity Beyond the New Normal: Leveraging Artificial Intelligence and Big Data for Development Project Management.”

Background
Developing the ability to communicate is essential to a doctoral level education. In addition to generating knowledge by conducting original research, students must learn how to convey new ideas and make persuasive arguments.

This assignment helps to foster those skills by requiring students to produce an Issue Paper.

An Issue paper is a document that explores a specific topic, typically by examining its social, economic, political, or historical dimensions. They inform by evaluating all sides of an issue before arriving at a conclusion.

Students will identify an issue in their field and write a short paper supporting their stance on that issue.