MSA 699
MSA 699
Applied Research Project
in Administration
MSA 699
A successful MSA
699 will . . .
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• Must be administrative in
nature (it must deal with
an administrative issue)
• Must related to your job
or to your MSA
concentration
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• Must be researchable
(applied research and
literature research)
• You may employ
quantitative or
qualitative research or a
combination of both
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• Must be management in
content, dealing with
resources or
allocation/utilization of
resources
• Must have a decision
maker involved
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• The decision maker will be
the one to whom you are
to make recommendation---so there must be
recommendations too.
• Someone must approve
your doing the study
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• Someone must approve
your conducting the
survey or interviews
• Research must be based
upon an approved
Research Review
Application (RRA)or IRB
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• Must comply with the
student’s code of
ethics—must give credit
for the works of others
• Must comply with the
current APA style guide
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• Must comply with the
elements of the
Student’s Guide to the
MSA Capstone Project.
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• The project must actually
have something to say-not
just words
• Must be submitted in a
timely fashion (must be
submitted by the
semester’s end---no
extensions or
Incompletes)
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Will consist of Five
Chapters
-Chapter I (The Problem)
-Chapter II (Literature Review)
-Chapter III (Methodology)
-Chapter IV (Data Analysis)
-Chapter V (Summary,
Conclusions and
Recommendations)
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You will develop the
Project in phases:
Proposal-Must be
approved-must have at
least 15 pages and at
least 10 sources (not
counting Wikipedia)
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The proposal will contain
three Chapters, Chapters I,
II and III.
(These will need to be edited
for the Project from “The
researcher will” to “The
researcher did”)
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After the Proposal is
approved, the Research
Review Application or
IRB must be filed.
No field research may be
conducted until the RRA or IRB
is approved—only literature
research
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• Data collection-after the
RRA/IRB is approved, you
may conduct your survey
or gather secondary data.
• Data Analysis-once data is
gathered, analysis begins
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Project Development-Now
the project is revised
(edited) and Chapters IV
and V are added.
The Project must reach 35 Pages
(only chapter pages are
counted), with 15 References
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• For the conversion of the
proposal to the Project,
rewrite Chapters I and III
to past tense (not future
tense) and Chapter III
should reflect work
actually accomplished.
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After Chapters IV and V are
written, we start the
review process and get a
FREE READ
The CMU writing center will
also be used along with an
EDITOR to ensure
correctness
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Before the paper is
submitted for grading,
ensure:
-The Free Read changes are
made
-APA style is correct
-Spelling and punctuation
are correct
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APR requirements now include:
• A title of 12 words or less
• A running head, to the left, of no
more than 50 characters (including
spaces and punctuation.
• Everything is to be double
spaced—no more, no less
• 1 inch margins
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APR requirements now include
(Cont.):
• Each paragraph is indented 5 to 7
spaces
• Times New Roman, 12 point font—
san serif may be used for figures
• Type is not to be flush right
• Indent direct quotes of more than
39 words
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-All sources are referenced
according to APA style.
-The Reference Pages lists all
sources used in the body of
the report, and all sources
in the Reference Pages are
in the body
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• Before mailing:
Ensure that you have a
reference/source for any
conclusion— “Most
people think . . .” “In
nearly every case . . .”
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Ensure that the project us
written in Third Person
(per APA style) and does
not use words like “I,”
“Me” or “My.” Rather,
words like “the researcher”
or “the author” are used.
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• Ensure that credit is given to the
work of others. If you are using a
direct quotation, you should have
included quotation marks, an APA
style citation with a page number.
• For paraphrased quotes, the APA
style citation is ample.
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– Ensure that the works of others have
been given credit by source citation.
(i.e. ,Williams, 2009)
– Even if you have rewritten the words
of others, credit must be given.
– If you have used the exact words of
another within the text of your
paper, you must enclose the words in
quotation marks, “ ”, give a proper
citation and it should include a page
number.
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– For example: “In the study we found
that four of five cats liked foods that
contained fish,” (Williams, 2009, p.
12)
– Failing to give proper credit for the
works of others, including the
quotation marks where needed, is
Plagiarism. A student may be
removed from the program for
Plagiarism.
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• Students should not “overuse” direct, or word-for-word
quotes.
• While there is no established
percentage for direct quotes,
MSA 699 Capstones should not
exceed 10% to 15% without
approval of the Monitor.
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Ensure that you have at
least 35 pages of your
work. Only the pages
within the Chapters count.
You now must have at least
15 references
If charts, graphs, etc.
clutter the paper, put them
in the appendices.
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Submit your project in the method
(electronic or hard copy) selected
by your Monitor.
If hard copy, provide two, unbound
copies and one electronic copy.
If electronic copy, the Monitor may
ask that you submit the project via
SafeAssign in the class Blackboard.
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–DO NOT require a
signature for delivery.
You may track the
package without seeking
a signature.
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Prior to Class, Students Will Enroll and
Complete the CITI Self Study and Present
Certification to the Monitor.
https://www.citiprogram.org
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• Good Luck!!!!!