The student council would like to encourage all students who haven’t already attended a thesis formatting seminar to do so. Many people don’t know anything about the regulations and issues concerning their thesis and this is best opportunity to clarify some of those issues. Juniors, you may think that this doesnt apply to you, IT DOES. You dont want to wait until the last minute to get all the information about thesis issues. Once you get started with research you will have enough to do without worrying about formatting questions. This is your opportunity.
Jojo will be giving two seminars. The first on Thursday Feb 26th at 9am and the second on March 1st during the last two hours of SBM 2-4 pm.
The following is an email from Jojo concerning the seminars:
Following the required format for your IIMBA proposal and thesis is vital for your smooth sailing in the program (or a smoother sailing at least: if you do not follow regulations, it will not be approved until you do…however long it takes you). These skills can be developed during your reports in your other classes, so even if you are a junior, it is advised you come - as next year I (Jojo) will not be here to hold your hand, and you will be responsible to teach your juniors.
A few questions for you to consider:
- Do you know how to easily find journal articles (useful and of quality)?
- Do you know how to use the Thesis template and MS Word’s style function to ensure your formatting adheres to IIMBA’s strict format regulations?
- [If you are using or would like to use EndNote]: Do you know how to use EndNote and ensure no errors in your citation format will occur?
- Do you feel confident you can figure the above out by just using the step-by-step tutorials I have created and provided to you before (and are once again attached here)?
If you have answered ‘no‘ to one or more of the above questions I strongly urge you to attend one of the two seminars listed below. Perhaps you already attended one of my previous seminars – but if you are now going to do your proposal, or think a refresher would be helpful (because you perhaps have not started using the skills yet and have forgotten most of what was covered), you should come.
If you already sent your proposal to the format checkers and did a terrible job formatting (you know who you are!! I definitely know who you are~~), you MUST come to one of the seminars.
I have attached the ppt I will go through (I will be expanding on it of course), with some of the E-resource and other tricks; you are encouraged to print it out before you come to the seminar so you can take notes on it to highlight important issues. I have also attached a zip folder containing the template and the tutorials (if you have older versions – older than this February, please delete them and replace them with these; for the template the most updated one is v2!!).
If you would like to come to BOTH seminars (to imprint it in your memory), you are of course more than welcome to.
The seminars are below. If you want to just come for a specific portion of it (because you are a pro in the others) that is ok…but I do not guarantee the exact times will be followed (may be a bit faster, may be a bit slower).
Peace.
[PS. If you are in contact with any super seniors, please forward this email to them, as I do not have their emails]
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Seminar I: Thursday, February 26, 9AM [as we do not have a class scheduled at that time]
9:10-10:00 E-Resources, finding articles, downloading articles, Journals/articles (good vs bad) and how to know the difference; adobe acrobat professional
10:10-11:00 EndNote (what it is, exporting citations, creating new references, vital aspects to be aware of, citing and editing sources in Word)
11:10-12:00 Word styles and formatting (importance of consistency, templates, styles function, Thesis template, other useful tips and tricks)
Seminar II: Sunday, March 1, last two hours of SBM (about 2-4pm or 2:30-4:30pm depending on when they take a break and when Dr. Pan hands it over to me)
1st hour: Thesis template (word styles function and other items that you must take note of…ie table of contents etc)
2nd hour: EndNote (what it is, exporting citations, creating new references, vital aspects to be aware of, citing and editing sources in Word)
If there are people who are there and want to go over E-Resources and all that we can stay an extra hour and go over it (if at least 7 people stay)
Incoming search terms:
- MBA thesis presentation
- michael turton and ncku
- thesis ppt NCKU IIMBA
More than welcome to bring along your own laptop…i will aim to not fly through it all to the extent I did previously (take it a bit slower so it is easier to follow along…though yes, it may be a bit dry at times).