1. BA in Human Resource Mgmt Management Report Proposal

2. The Writing Context OccasionOccasionOccsionOccsion TopicTopic AudienceAudienceAudience PurposePurpose WriterWriter

3. The Writer: Writing Process PrewritingPrewriting DraftingDrafting RevisionRevision Editing & ProofreadingEditing & Proofreading

4. The Writer: Writing Strategies CognitiveCognitive MetacognitiveMetacognitive AffectiveAffective SocialSocial

5. Appeals LogosLogos EthosEthos PathosPathos BathosBathos

6. Your Thesis What’s your report gonna be about?What’s your report gonna be about? What guides the organisation of your ideas in the report?What guides the organisation of your ideas in the report? –Question  answer? –Claim or position  defence? –Problem  solution –Hypothesis  affirmation/negation

7. Methodology What kind of information to you want?What kind of information to you want? How are you going to get it?How are you going to get it? How are you going to analyse it?How are you going to analyse it? How is this information going to answer your question? Defend your claim? Solve your problem? Affirm or negate your hypothesis?How is this information going to answer your question? Defend your claim? Solve your problem? Affirm or negate your hypothesis?

8. Rowena Murray’s Page 98 Paper My research question is … (50 words)My research question is … (50 words) Researchers who have looked at this subject are … (50 words)Researchers who have looked at this subject are … (50 words) They argue that … (25 words)They argue that … (25 words) Debate centres on the issue of … (25 words)Debate centres on the issue of … (25 words) There is work to be done on … (25 words)There is work to be done on … (25 words) My research is closest to that of X in that … (50 words)My research is closest to that of X in that … (50 words) My contribution will be … (50 words)My contribution will be … (50 words)

9. Outline TitleTitle BackgroundBackground Initial Literature ReviewInitial Literature Review Research Aims, Objectives, Questions (read: Thesis)Research Aims, Objectives, Questions (read: Thesis) Method(s)Method(s) ReferencesReferences

10. The Ethical/Political Issues Paper Analytical—What are you analysing?Analytical—What are you analysing? Evaluative—By what criteria do you measure the ethical/political considerations?Evaluative—By what criteria do you measure the ethical/political considerations? Argumentative—You must argue that you have considered the most important issues and have accommodated each of the concerns sufficiently.Argumentative—You must argue that you have considered the most important issues and have accommodated each of the concerns sufficiently.

11. Freewriting Freewriting is private, stream-of- consciousness, desert-island-type writingFreewriting is private, stream-of- consciousness, desert-island-type writing It’s wide openIt’s wide open Write non-stop for five minutesWrite non-stop for five minutes Prompt: What political/ethical issues might I have to contend with, and I will I satisfy readers that no one will get hurt and I won’t commit political suicide?Prompt: What political/ethical issues might I have to contend with, and I will I satisfy readers that no one will get hurt and I won’t commit political suicide?

12. Academic Expectations ComplexityComplexity FormalityFormality ObjectivityObjectivity Precision, including accurate representation of degrees of certaintyPrecision, including accurate representation of degrees of certainty ExplicitnessExplicitness Inter-textuality and accountabilityInter-textuality and accountability

13. Resources www.uefap.comwww.uefap.comwww.uefap.com http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/ http://classweb.gmu.edu/WAC/somguid e/http://classweb.gmu.edu/WAC/somguid e/http://classweb.gmu.edu/WAC/somguid e/http://classweb.gmu.edu/WAC/somguid e/