OVERVIEW

The written research summary and presentation assignment is designed to 1) allow students to investigate an

area of management or organizational theory that they have a deep interest in understanding more completely,

2) gain experience utilizing appropriate sources to research a topic for academic purposes, and 3) become

more comfortable with written and oral communications. The team must bring in materials on the topic that

exceed course materials in the area.

DELIVERABLES

1. Proposal – – 10% – Using the Assignment folder in Brightspace submit a proposal for

your presentation topic. The proposal must be no more than 1 page in length and include the following:

o Presentation / Topic Title

o Brief description of the topic (1 – 2 paragraphs) including why it is of interest to your team.

o At least one quality source (e.g. an academic worthy peer reviewed publication, not a popular

press magazine, Wikipedia, etc.) you expect to utilize for your presentation – listed as an APA

format reference.

o If more than one team submits the same (or essentially the same) topic, preference will be given

to the first submission made in D2L.

** Initial feedback on proposed topics and presentation dates will be provided by 19 September **

2. Outline – – 20% – Submit an outline of your presentation (3 – 6 pages

+ references) in the D2L Assignment that includes citations and references for all material utilized. If

your presentation includes class activities, they must be included in the outline. In addition to the outline,

the team will write at least one question about their topic that might be utilized for student group

discussions or on an exam and include their desired answer to that question. The quality of the question

will play an important role in the grade earned on this component of the assignment. Questions that

require students to simply recall facts or show limited comprehension will earn a score of ‘C’. In order

to earn higher scores, teams must design a problem or exercise that requires their peers to demonstrate

performance on the higher levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy of learning. More information about the

taxonomy and designing appropriate questions can be found online or in the library, I recommend this

source to start – http://www.edpsycinteractive.org/topics/cognition/…

3. Presentation File – 50% for file and presentation delivered on

November 30th, December 1stor 2nd – Students will present their topic to the class, ensuring that the

relationship between the topic, other course materials, and engineering is made clear. The presentation is

limited to eight (8) minutes. The format is: first 1 minute and 20 seconds of which must be a Pecha Kucha

style 4 slide presentation that puts your topic in the context of course materials, then a 5 minute

presentation on the topic, and then another 4 slides Pecha Kucha style on why the topic is important for

an engineering career. You will then have up to 2 minutes for Q&A. Must be in MS PowerPoint format.

4. Topic Summary – 20% – A written 2 page (single spaced,

1” margins, 10 point font) summary of your topic including references. This page will be posted

to D2L for use by your classmates and should be written in a text-book style.