OUTLINES & PROPOSALS

LECTURE 6.10.15

OUTLINING

• Used as summarized-plan• Used as reading aids• Pre-sorting devices

• What do you think some steps are in the process of outlining a document?

OUTLINING

• Brainstorm

OUTLINING

• Brainstorm

• Starting stage of organizing• Place similar items

together

OUTLINING

• Brainstorm

• Starting stage of organizing• Place similar items

together

• On the cutting board: Evaluation of ideas from brainstorming session• Do they strongly connect

to the topic of the plan?

OUTLINING

THE PROPOSAL

• The detailed plan

• Mapping out the details of your research, business project

• Consists of five major parts

INTRODUCTION

• Give reader background, history of topic

• What’s the problem? Is there one?

• Show why your work is important!

TITLE

• Bold, center title

• No more than 2 lines

OBJECTIVES

• Write a short sentence like “The goals of this project are”

• What are the objectives you want to reach?

• Are they strong? Why are you proposing?

• You can have just one goal, no need to have more than 3 (be brief in technical writing!)

CONTENTS

• “In order to achieve the goals presented in this proposal, the following titles will be discussed”…

• Headings• Just main headings or the inclusion of both main headings and sub-

headings• Main headings can be treated as chapters for your project• Any changes – table of contents should be altered

• If I wanted to do a study for the Ministry of Tourism in Jordan

• Record of Attendance (Main Heading)• Petra (Subheading)• Aqaba• The Dead Sea

REQUIREMENTS

• What does the project require?

• Labor? – techs?

• Machines?

• Materials?

TIME REQUIRED

• Divide project into major stages

• Mark how long each stage should last

TIME REQUIRED - EXAMPLE

• Headings• Just main-headings or the inclusion of both main headings and sub-headings

REQUIREMENTS: $

COSTS

• Calculate estimated cost of research

• List costs by each stage

Stages of Work JD

Stage 1 5000

Stage 2 5700

Stage 3 4300

Stage 4 5900

List the total cost ofproject

ACADEMIC RESEARCH PLAN

• Title

• Introduction

• Problem

• Significance of the research

• Objectives

• Methodology

• Contents

• Time plan

ASSIGNMENT for THURSDAY

• Making your own proposal

• You will be assuming the position of a researcher for the Ministry of Transport

• You will propose a project to investigate ways to improve traffic safety in Jordan.

• Get into groups and discuss what you might include in your proposal (what kind of information would you put in the introduction? What subtopics will you talk about?)

ASSIGNMENT for THURSDAY

• Study roads with walkways compared to those without

• Helmet law for those riding bikes

• Improve EMT response

• Improve commercial vehicle safety

• Reduce speeding-related crashes (reduce speed limit)