Individual Assignment: Peer Reviewed Paper

Project: Choose a peer reviewed paper on any topic in Industrial Psychology. The paper needs to be from the last 5 years (after May 2003).

Product 1: Power Point Presentation or other Computer Enhanced Presentation

• Audience: Upper Level Management
• Length 3-5 minutes
• Purpose: Convince upper level management to implement what was suggested by the article.
• Professionalism Grade
  • Resume
  • Professional Dress: You should be dressed appropriately for a job interview.
  • Introduction of Peer
• Deductions
  • Under length: 1% per 10 seconds
  • Over length: 1% per 20 seconds
  • Use of a Serif Font -2%
  • Unreadable Text -5%
  • Lack of audience focus -5%
  • No use of technology -20%

Project 2: Paper

• Length 3- 10 pages Double spaced, 11 or 12 point Font, APA Format
• Audience: Professional Peers
• Purpose: Explain how this paper fits into the broader area of industrial psychology.
• Five references including the article itself.
• The first page is a summary of the article.

Tips

The easiest way to find a peer reviewed article is to

look it up through the RMU Electronic Library using Proquest. Use the Advanced search in order to limit the search to professional journals.