1. TTMG 5001 Principles of Management for Engineers Session 8: Nov 2 Fall 2011

2. 5/11/2007Slide 2weiss@sce.carleton.ca Session 8 objectives Upon completion of the session, you will know about your classmates’ literature reviews what you need to do to your content, slide format, and delivery to improve presentation quality 2X the next time your group presents and you will be able to identify skills you need to develop and strengthen identify where you stand relative to other students improve your assignment assess the work of your classmates

3. 5/11/2007Slide 3weiss@sce.carleton.ca Agenda 1. Presentations of literature review version 1 assignments 2. Lessons learned

4. 5/11/2007Slide 4weiss@sce.carleton.ca 1. Presentations of literature review version 1 assignments Slides are posted in Session 8 on Moodle You have 10 min to present, which will be followed by 10 min of discussion (professor, students) Format for comments: – First, state what you liked about the presentation – Then, provide suggestions for improvement Same format at writers' workshops for poets

5. 5/11/2007Slide 5weiss@sce.carleton.ca Presentation and topics

6. 5/11/2007Slide 6weiss@sce.carleton.ca 2. Lessons learned What we need to do to content to improve 2X What we need to do to slide format to improve 2X What we need to do to delivery to improve 2X

7. 5/11/2007Slide 7weiss@sce.carleton.ca Content Lessons learned across the readings Deliverables should be your deliverables Contributions should be your own, not those of the articles (eg identify and describe the decisions made by intention or default when developing products) Give compelling evidence in the relevance section Focus. Don't pick a topic that is too broad Avoid repetition: objectives, deliverables, contributions Make clear why streams differentiate Avoid big words, using them loosely (eg disruptive)

8. 5/11/2007Slide 8weiss@sce.carleton.ca Format Use Academy of Management reference style Define acronyms Be consistent with capitalization No periods at end of bullets Use positive statements (tell me what I should do) Fewer words are better. Don't crowd slides Don't start bullets with "the"

9. 5/11/2007Slide 9weiss@sce.carleton.ca Delivery Don't read the slides: anchor presentation Keep to 10 min Come across as interested in the topic Answer concisely: if you don't know say so