Writing Assignment & Final Proposal

MANAGEMENT RESEARCH PROJECT III MPA613 Hall #7 Oral Presentation of the Research Case Study

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Introduction to Hall

• Developing professional oral presentation skills for success in education and work

• Learning to develop the proper format in formal presentations of research case studies orally (the equivalent of the graduate thesis oral defense)

• Understanding the development of professional lecture slides

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Introduction to Hall • Develop lecture slides properly • Understand visual aid competency • Consider different media integration for the

delivery of professional oral presentations • Integrate biblical principles (the Christian

Worldview) in the development of visual media presentation methods

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Topics we’ll cover in Hall 7

• Understanding professional oral presentations from a Christian Worldview

• Appreciating honor and integrity in the development of visual aids in oral presentations

• Developing a professional oral presentation of scholarly research

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Topics we’ll cover - continued

• Consider various media options for delivering interesting and informative oral presentations

• Learn the proper development of competent lecture slides for oral presentations

• Articulating completed research studies through a formal oral presentation

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Hall Objectives

• Understanding the need for honor, integrity, and truth through the Christian worldview in delivering oral presentations

• Developing professional and scholarly writing and oral presentation skills

• Learning to develop proper forms and formats for oral presentations and lecture slides

• Continue the development of scholarly research skills in presenting a completed research project through a professional, formal presentation

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Biblical Foundation

• “The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness” (Proverbs 15:2).

• “Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge” (Proverbs 23:12)

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Lecture Information Begins

• Because of the age of technology, professional educators advise that oral presentations stimulate the audience’s attention through visual media applications and engagement of the audience, or participation. How do you do that?

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Visual Aid Development

▫ Professional educators recommend that each slide contain no less than one (1) major topic or subject, and not more than three (3) to five (5) topics or subjects for the viewing audience because more than five (5) subjects and/or sub-topics is too complex for the viewing audience to filter and analyze. To do that we must analyze the size of the fonts and the themes or scripts of the font chosen for the lecture slides.

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Fonts -Explained

• Size of fonts: At the top of the page of Microsoft PowerPoint slides is a tool bar. Let’s examine various sizes of fonts for presentation sizes ▫ Size 10 is way too small to view

▫ Size 14 is still way to small, especially for a classroom or auditorium audience sitting in the last row

▫ Size 20 is getting better, depending on the amount of information you want to include on each slide

▫ Size 24, Size 28, Size 32, Size 36, and Size 40 and 44 are adequate ▫Size 44 is getting too big!

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Fonts -Explained

• Font Themes or scripts are also important. This is a size 32 font, Georgia script, or Theme. Traditional PowerPoint slide Themes are Georgia or Trebuchet. Examining some other scripts: Arial Black, Berlin Sans FB Demi, AlgeriAn, Rockwell Extra Bold, Brush Script MT, Goudt Stout, Stencil, Times New Roman, all size 32 font

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Fonts -Explained

• Font Themes or scripts – continued • Blackladder ITC script, Chiller script, Edwardian Script,

Freestyle Script, French Script MT • It is important to use block faced

scripts for clarity and avoid hand- writing or penmanship scripts for ease of audience viewership

• Additionally: Georgia plain script, bold script, bold italacized, plain italacized

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Fonts and Scripts - continued

Once you choose a font theme for Headings, you may choose another font theme for the body of the visual presentation

Consistency throughout the visual presentation is important in maintaining uniformity and standardization

Too much variety and diversity is a distraction to the audience

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Slide Development - continued

• The control bar at the top of the page allows you to choose from a variety of slide designs

• The control bar also allows you to insert pictures, clip art, shapes, charts, tables and sounds, even movie clips and animations.

• To become proficient in developing professional oral presentations supported by visual media requires practice for attaining familiarity and competency

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The Formal Research Project The Oral Presentation • In developing your personal oral presentation of your

completed research case study, please follow the guidelines provided below, and in the Syllabus at the end of Week 8 - Major Components of Research Case Studies. This handout in the syllabus provides an outline of the major topics to be addressed and presented in your oral presentation. We will individually examine each major subject, subsection, and subcomponent of subsections of the project.

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Example of the Formal Research Oral Presentation = Graduate Thesis Oral Defense

Start with: Section I. Overview of the organization and your

focus. A. Statement of purpose – description of

situation, the issue or problem you researched, your reason for selecting it, and a needs statement (justification for the study, what problem would be it solved). (Add appropriate biblical principle)

▫ Produced within a single slide!

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Example of the Formal Research Project Oral Presentation -continued

Continue with: B. Research question or management decision to be made – the

question you asked to try to solve the problem mentioned in the statement of purpose. The question should not be open-ended or too broad. In the case of a program or policy decision, it should be stated succinctly, with supporting items for analysis (the elements that you had to investigate for the decision to be made). The research question helps to narrowly define the scope of your research. Written in third person, past tense.

• (Add appropriate biblical principle) ▫ Produced within a single slide!

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Example of the Formal Research Project Oral Presentation -continued

Continue with: C. Hypothesis – an educated guess (or

assumption ) of what you thought the research would reveal. Written in the third person, past tense because you research is now over, complete, finished.

• (Add appropriate biblical principle) ▫ Produced within a single slide!

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Example of the Formal Research Project Oral Presentation -continued

Continue with: D. Plan of study 1. Major descriptive tasks ( needed to complete the

research) 2. Working objectives (needed to complete the

research) • These should be presented as succinct bullet lists, not long

narrative, descriptive summaries in complete sentences • (Add appropriate biblical principle) ▫ Produced within a single slide!

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Example of the Formal Research Project Oral Presentation -continued

Continue with: II. Theoretical perspective (the base of knowledge

to which your research contributed).

• (Add appropriate biblical principle) • Produced within a single slide!

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Example of the Formal Research Project Oral Presentation -continued

Continue with: A. Literature Review

• Review of current theory or literature (secondary research sources)

• List a minimum of ten (10) existing sources • May present narrative summary of what each

provided or contributed to your research case study

• (Add appropriate biblical principle) • May be produced in a two slides!

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Example of the Formal Research Project Oral Presentation -continued

Continue with: III. Research Methodology (Add appropriate biblical principle)

A. Data Collection – Explain in narrative summary how you collected your primary data

▫ Explain your protocol for collecting data (quantitative or qualitative)

▫ List Primary sources of data (bullet list) ▫ List Secondary sources of data (bullet list of general categories

you used)

• May be produced in a two-three slides!

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Example of the Formal Research Project Oral Presentation -continued

Continue with: B. Data Management and Analyses These are narrative summaries on how you managed the

primary data once you collected it and the type of analyses you applied to the data, either

Quantitative and/or Qualitative, using Inductive Reasoning or Deductive Reasoning • (Apply an appropriate biblical principle)

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Example of the Formal Research Project Oral Presentation -continued

C. Case study application discussion 1. List the advantages of case studies (both

primary and universal advantages) 2. List the limitations of research case

studies (both primary and secondary limitations)

• (Apply an appropriate biblical principle) • May be produced in a two-three slides!

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Example of the Formal Research Project Oral Presentation -continued

IV. Research Case Study Presentation (Add appropriate biblical principle)

• This is a summary of the individual research narrative story of what the researcher did and how s/he did it. Written in the third person, past tense, it is the integration of all research components learned to-date in a completed capstone analysis. It is usually the most lengthy, voluminous section of the written capstone project because it is the researcher’s own research story.

• May be produced in a three-five slides!

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Example of the Formal Research Project Oral Presentation -continued

V. Findings (Add appropriate biblical principle) • First, the researcher’s primary findings must specifically

answer the research question and the preliminary research hypothesis. Secondarily, the individual case study findings must agree with and reinforce the secondary research sources (the literature review), or disagree and refute the secondary research sources on the research subject.

• May be produced in a two-four slides! • May add two-four graphs, charts, or tables

demonstrating most important Findings

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Ending the Presentation

• Congratulations! You have now successfully completed a professional oral presentation, with visual aids, of a formal research case study!

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Recap of Hall 7

• Developing professional oral presentation skills for success in education and work

• Learning to develop the proper format in formal presentations in orally delivering completed research case studies

• Understanding the development of professional lecture slides

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Recap of Hall 7 - continued

• Consider different media integration for the delivery of professional oral presentations

• Develop lecture slides properly • Understand visual aid competency • Integrate biblical principles (the Christian

Worldview) in the development of visual media presentation methods

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What next?

• Take the Hall Quiz • Complete your detailed reading • Answer the discussion questions • Complete the writing assignments

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References

• MPA613 Syllabus – Major Components of Research Case Studies

• The Holy Bible (King James Version)

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Concluding Hall 7 “Lead me , O Lord, in thy rigtheousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face. For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue. Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions; for they have rebelled against thee” (Psalms 5: 8-10)

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