This is step 1 of your final exam substitute for this course, which is a project that involves exploring with a group of fellow students an issue related to gender and management. Read more about the Final Exam Substitute Project. The purpose of this assignment (which carries no marks itself but whose absence will result in the deduction of marks from your final paper) is to ensure that you do not postpone work on the final paper until it is too late. By the day this paper is due you need to be clear on the specific area of the general topic that you will be researching, your thesis statement (which makes clear the precise stand your paper is taking on the issue inherent in your topic), and your plans for dealing with any potential problems you may have foreseen in your group.

Specific Instructions
For this assignment, the group will submit a proposal for the final paper, including your specific topic, your thesis statement, the medium each group member will use, and, starting on a separate page, a description of the group's plans for dealing with problems that can arise in group work such as members not pulling their weight. 

Writing the Paper
This is not a formal writing assignment. Write in good English but you are not writing an essay. 

Send Your First Peer Evaluation Too
Send this to me at  lripley@yorku.ca, one submission from the group as a whole. This is a good time to send a peer evaluation as well. If everything is going along fine, just send it along as one report from the group, stating that all is well. If there are problems, write to me as individuals, sending your individual email to me at the same email address.