MSA 699

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MSA 699

• MSA 699
• Applied Research Project in Administration
• A successful MSA 699 will . . .

• MSA 699

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MSA 699

• 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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MSA 699

• Must be researchable (applied research and
  literature research)
• You may employ quantitative or qualitative
  research or a combination of both

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MSA 699

• Must be management in content, dealing with
  resources or allocation/utilization of resources
• Must have a decision maker involved

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MSA 699

• 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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MSA 699

• 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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MSA 699

• Must comply with the students code of
  ethicsmust give credit for the works of others
• Must comply with the current APA style guide

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MSA 699

• Must comply with the elements of the Students
  Guide to the MSA Capstone Project.

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MSA 699

• The project must actually have something to
  say-not just words
• Must be submitted in a timely fashion (must be
  submitted by the semesters end---no extensions
  or Incompletes)

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MSA 699

• 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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MSA 699

• 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 approvedonly literature research

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MSA 699

• 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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MSA 699

• 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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MSA 699

• 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 spacedno 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 fontsan 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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MSA 699

• Before mailing
• Ensure that you have a reference/source for any
  conclusion Most people think . . . In nearly
  every case . . .

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MSA 699

• 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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MSA 699

• 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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MSA 699

• 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 over-use 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.
MSA 699

• https//www.citiprogram.org

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• Good Luck!!!!!