This application assignment requires you to share a newsworthy story OR a work

 This application assignment requires you to share a newsworthy story OR a workplace experience that demonstrates how one course concept from Module 5 has been used in practice.  The concept that you select must come from either Chapter 9 or Chapter 10 and be 500 words of content.
News Story Option (if chosen): 
News story must be from a credible source within the last 4 years      with appropriate citation.
Context must be provided on why the story is immediately relevant to      the topics being covered.
Responses which are purely opinion and anecdotal are not considered      to be substantive in nature.
Two external sources to support information required In      addition to the news story from a credible source.
Original news story from an external source plus two additional      external sources required.
Assigned textbook chapters from the course do not count as      external sources.
Workplace Experience Option (if chosen):

DO NOT SHARE CONFIDENTIAL OR PROPRIETARY INFORMATION with the      class If you decide to introduce a workplace scenario that you have dealt      with or are dealing with at present.
Use discretion when sharing work related information.  Use      aliases instead of real names to maintain privacy.
Two external sources required to support your information in      addition to workplace experience. 
Workplace experience plus two external sources required.
Assigned textbook chapters from the course do not count as      external sources.
Assignment Structure:
Make sure to identify your concept in the title or first sentence of      your Application Assignment.
Assignment must provide only a brief summary of      your work related news article/workplace experience to      frame your discussion so that what you are discussing is clear but      is not the majority of the post. 
Primary focus of the assignment is not describing your      story in great detail but rather meeting the relevant      criteria outlined in the application assignment rubric using      your work related article or workplace experience as the context.