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TP 2: Outline What do you propose and why?

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Assignment Overview In TP 2, you do the majority of the research and analysis work that you need for the term project. If you do TP 2 well, the rest of the project is primarily refining and polishing.

In the outline, you will state your position (is your answer yes or no?), and describe why you have the position you do, supported by five strong arguments. Each of those arguments will be backed up by evidence that you have found through your research.

Requirements for TP 2: Outline For this assignment, you will create an outline in a document template that you will download. (Download the " TP 2 Outline Template " in the Assignment section of Blackboard.) The template has the following sections:

A. Controversy This is your TP 1 subject question.

B. Pro & Con Statements

These should also come from TP 1. You only need to include one pro and one con.

C. Position Your position is a brief statement, answering the question directly. (Should the company do it or not?) The position statement should not include arguments.

D. Argument Summary List

This list will consist of five (or more) numbered items giving reasons why you have the position you do.

E. Evidence Summary Statements

The evidence summary statements summarize each piece of evidence. You should have two pieces of evidence for each argument.

V. Evidence Detail The evidence detail will have ten sections, one section for each evidence summary statement. Each evidence detail section should include a source.

All items are expected to be grammatical, correctly spelled, and consistently formatted, etc. Each item is explained in more detail below.

Detailed Instructions

A. Controversy, B. Pro & Con Assuming you completed TP 1 correctly, these will come directly from TP 1. If you got feedback asking for revisions, include your revised subject and pro and con here.

C. Position This is a brief, clear statement of your position. That is, you are stating what you think is the right answer to the question. For example:

The physician practice should integrate with the hospital's clinical information system.

Note that this is a single statement that is brief and directly answers the question in the controversy . Do not summarize your arguments in this statement (for example, "...because it will save money for the hospital"). Just state your position. Your arguments will be summarized in list form in the next step.

D. Argument Summary This is a numbered list summarizing the five or more arguments that you have developed, through research and analysis, that support your position. The argument statements should directly support your position, and be clear and brief. Each argument summary statement should be supported by two evidence summary statements.

For example, here are five argument summary statements:

1. Increase patient safety and satisfaction 2. Improve workflow and patient throughput 3. Expedite reimbursement and reduce expenses 4. Address security of protected health information 5. Improve compliance with healthcare regulations

The argument summary list (and the supporting evidence) is the core of your presentation, so it needs to be done carefully and well. A good argument summary list will have the following characteristics:

● There are at least five numbered arguments. ○ You may have more than five, but fewer than five is inadequate, so points will be deducted

accordingly if you have fewer than five arguments. ● They answer the question "Why?"

○ That is, why is your position the correct one to take? This means they don't answer the question "how," they don't give implementation steps, they don't give general overviews of the situation. You may need to do some or all of those things to make your presentation complete, but the list of five things are five arguments why.*

○ If your argument contains the words "should" or "must," then they are not arguments related to "why." Instead, they are implementation recommendations. You may make them as a later part of your presentation, but they will not count as part of the list of five arguments.

● Each one generally fits on a single line. ○ That is, they are stated concisely and precisely. You may not be able to make each argument fit

on a single line, but you should try. If one of your summarized arguments requires three or four lines, it probably isn't summarized enough.

● They are parallel in grammatical structure. ○ As this is a university class, you should be writing at a university level, which includes making

grammatically parallel lists. That is, every item in your list should be a full sentence, OR every item should be a verb phrase, OR every item should be some other type of phrase or clause, but always the same type and tense. Don't mix sentences with verb phrases, or past with present tense. If you do use full sentences, don't repeat your position in each one.

* A project presented in the "real world" to a real audience would need to include a number of other parts to be complete, including an implementation plan, with time frames, costs, etc., as well as contingency plans, in

case the plan didn't go as expected. However, that would require work that is outside the scope of this class, and would be researched and presented in stages in any case. Focusing on the "why," as this project does, is a good first step.

Your argument list items will probably be one of three types:

● Verb phrases, such as "Save money," "Protect the environment," "Create world peace" ● Noun phrases, such as "Money savings," "Environmental protection," "World peace" ● Full sentences, such as "Money will be saved." "The environment will be protected." "The world will live as

one."

For the list to be grammatically parallel, you should use the same type for each of your argument summary items.

Please see the page about Parallel Lists for more examples of lists that are and are not parallel.

A special note about arguments for cost reduction

Reducing cost is a very common argument in these types of situations. Certainly, it is one of the most compelling arguments for managers.

However, if you talk about reducing cost, you should be able to give an indication about how much the cost will be reduced. A 2% reduction is very different than a 75% reduction. If you have no idea how much and cannot quantify it, then it is not a very good argument.

E. Evidence Summary

Every one of your five arguments should have at least two pieces of evidence. The evidence should be summarized with an evidence summary statement.

For example, if you have a chart showing that expenses are likely to be reduced by 10% if your proposal is adopted, then your evidence summary statement might be, "Expenses reduced by 10%."

Note that when you create the presentation (for TP 3 and beyond), you will use this evidence summary statement as the title for the slide that presents your evidence. Think of these as slide titles.

F. Evidence Detail This section should provide, for each of your five arguments, two or more pieces of evidence that prove your argument. In other words, this is the section where you show your audience that you have researched and analyzed the problem, and that you have solid evidence to back up your position.

Because you will have at least two pieces of evidence for each of five arguments, you will need a total of ten parts to the argument detail section.

Every one of the ten parts of this section needs the following:

1. The numbered argument summary statement (from section D) 2. The evidence summary statement (from the section E) 3. The actual evidence (see below) 4. The source of your evidence

For this presentation, good evidence consists of the following:

● Data and facts from reputable third parties, shown in bullet lists, charts, graphs, tables, etc. ● Quotes or opinions from industry experts ● Data or opinion from knowledgeable internal sources (from inside your organization), if applicable ● Your analysis, such as bullet lists of key factors, supported by data, quotes, etc.

These are examples of poor evidence:

● Your unsupported opinion (unless you are a noted expert on the subject) ● Facts or assertions without sources ● Marketing assertions from the promotional literature of the company that makes that product or service

○ You may use basic factual information from the "parent" company, but the majority of your comparative information (best, fastest, cheapest, etc.) should come from independent third parties.

If your evidence includes graphics (pictures, diagrams, graphs, etc.), you may include them in the outline or not, as you prefer. However, you will use them in the presentation you prepare, starting with TP3. All diagrams, graphs, charts, substantive pictures (that is, not clip art, but something that helps prove your argument), etc. should have sources listed below the graphic in the final presentation.

Each piece of evidence should be presented in the same order as your argument summary list, and should begin with your numbered argument summary statement. For example:

1. Increase patient safety and satisfaction (the numbered argument summary statement)

a. Patient satisfaction is a business priority (a summary of the evidence)

Health care executives list patient satisfaction as a top business priority

Technology is a key to patient satisfaction ● Reduces medical errors ● Promotes patient safety

EMR systems reduce errors and increase safety

(the actual evidence)

Source: Keizer, Gregg. "EMR Systems Today." Computerworld. International Data Group Inc., 17 Jan. 2013. Web. 17 Jan. 2013. <http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9235944/EMR_Systems_Today>.

Sources For the source, use standard bibliographic citations, but always include the URL for online sources. For most cases, I recommend you use EasyBib.com to create your citations. More information about the bibliography is available on the Bibliography Instructions page.

The final project should have at least five sources in the bibliography. As you collect information, collect the bibliographic information as well.

You do not need to have a unique source for each of the ten argument detail items (you can use the same source more than once), but each one needs a source listed.

Please note: If you are researching the product of a specific company, most of your information about the effectiveness of the product should not come from company sources. It should come from independent third parties.

What do you turn in? Submit your filled-out version of the TP 2 Outline Template document in pdf format . Points will be deducted if you don't use the TP 2 Outline Template.

If you have used the template, then it will be obvious what to include, but here is a summary of what you will turn in:

● Your controversy (the TP 1 question) ● One pro and one con statement ● Your position ● A list of five argument summary items ● A list of ten evidence summary statements ● Ten sections of evidence detail, each which includes

○ An exact repeat of the relevant argument summary item ○ An exact repeat of the relevant evidence summary statement ○ The actual evidence: statistics, quotes, bullet lists, explanation, charts, etc. ○ The source of that evidence, formatted according to the instructions in "TP 2 Bibliography

Instructions"