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If you have chosen the paper option in your plan of study, you will need to familiarize yourself with the various requirements of the project. You should plan on a year's time to complete the paper. Since the paper's final draft is due very early in the semester, you will need to have the paper in an advanced stage of construction a semester before you expect to submit it. (See the submission calendar for deadlines.)

You first need to decide whether you wish to do a study researching a specific research question(s), design and develop a training production, or do an in-depth literature review on specific Training & Development / Organizational Development topic.

You will need to follow a standard format. The process is outlined below:

WRITING THE PAPER

  1. Decide on a topic and get approval from your paper adviser.
  2. 2. Become familiar with the paper format requirements by reading this guide carefully
  3. 3. Write the proposal, which consists of:
    * Chapter 1. Background and justification for study
    * Chapter 2. Review of the literature
    * Chapter 3. Design for the study / training solution product
  4. Get approval for proposal from adviser, then schedule meeting of committee. Make sure to provide each member with a copy of your proposal two weeks in advance of the meeting.
  5. Meet with the committee and note any changes requested.
  6. Make changes and continue with study / product development.
  7. Change tense in Chapters 1,2, &3 from future to past tense.
  8. Write Chapter 4. Results of the study and statistical analysis / training solution product.
  9. Get approval of paper from adviser, then schedule meeting of committee. Make sure to provide each member with a copy of your finished paper two weeks in advance of the meeting.
  10. Meet with committee to defend paper and make note of any requested changes.
  11. Make changes and get adviser's approval to get signatures.
  12. Pay binding fee at Bursars' office.
  13. Get signatures.
  14. Bring receipt for fee and one signed signatory page for your file to your adviser.
  15. Submit two complete papers on thesis quality paper or thesis on disk for eThesis to the library. See electronic submission information below.

 

 

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