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Management

What we will discuss

• Communication theories and techniques
• Problem solving and decision making theories

and techniques

• Practice the techniques you learn—become

skilled

• Motivated to learn
• Acquire the knowledge
• Acquire the skill

Our task is to extract you from your

universe so that you can see how you

view the world and can understand

how others view their world.

Contents of the course

• Project
• Exams
• Class discussion and participation

Research Paper

The step by step process

The Situation

• You have just gotten your MBA and a new promotion You work for the government of your home country.
• Your boss has received an invitation to represent your country at a symposium and to prepare a paper for presentation. The paper will be published in their professional journal if it is good enough and will be read by senior government officials world wide.

Your Tasks

• Identify general topics of interest to you,

stated as “what should be done about

_______?

• Prepare an argument, explaining why you

believe this topic is the one that should be

addressed by your group. (15 bullet points on

one page.)

Your Tasks-continued

• Meet with your group and arrive at a

consensus – What should be done about

___________?

Your Tasks-continued

• Obtain my approval, for the topic.
• Become an expert in one facet of the topic.

Your Task- How to become an expert

. Do a literature search on line and in the

library.

• Select a problem or issue
• Develop a thesis statement
• Prepare and submit a Term Paper Prospectus

The form is on the web site

Examples of Research Questions

• Yali’s question:
  • “Why is it that you white people developed so much cargo and brought it to New Guinea, but we black people had little cargo of our own?” or
  • “Why did human development proceed at such different rates on different continents?”

Examples of Thesis Statements

• “History followed different courses for

different peoples because of differences

among people's environments, not because of

biological differences among people

themselves.”(Diamond p.25)

Your Task

• Rewrite the section after the peer review and

instructor comments

• Submit the final product of section I.
• Complete a draft of the paper and submit for review
• Prepare final paper and submit for grade

Form for the Paper

• Introduction
• Definitions and Limitations of the problem
• Analysis of the problem
• Possible solutions
• Criteria for judging the solutions
• Evaluation of the alternatives
• Conclusions and Recommendation