Module 2 - Term Paper Sub-Topic

Term Paper Sub-Topic:

20 points

Declare your term paper sub-topic by submitting your proposal (see Sample).  The term paper's main theme is "History / Importance of Project Management."

Please submit your assignment to the gradebook by attaching a MS Word Document.

FYI: Sample Term Paper Proposal (with expected format)

Date: month, date, year

 

To: Professor First Last Name

 

From:  Student Name

 

Subject of my paper: The U.S. Interstate Highway System

 

Why writing about this topic will be beneficial to me: I believe

the U.S. Interstate Highway system to be one of the most brilliant projects for

connecting people in the 20th century. As a large, successful project, I feel I

can learn a lot about what happens behind the scenes in order to get something

like this to succeed. Furthermore, it requires constant upkeep, which is not

dissimilar to modern IT projects, keeping the concepts relevant.

 

My thesis: The U.S. Interstate Highway System is a never-ending

project. Its roads have dramatically improved travel conditions across the

United States and enabled easier shipping and transportation, but the required

maintenance of the highways, building new highways, and the associated costs of

upkeep and construction are factors that will always be present.

 

Approach to the subject of my paper: My paper will demonstrate the

need for the interstate highway system and how it went from concept to relative

completion. It will include government involvement and authorization, as well

as costs and timeframe requirements. It will also cover maintenance of the

highways and the resource requirements for keeping them operational.

 

Intended audience: The audience is intended to be Professor Jack

Garrison, classmates of PPM 3010, and any interested parties.

 

Graphs or charts: Maps of the evolution of the highway system might

be included. Graphs of costs over time, if possible, might also be included.

 

Documentation style: APA

 

Types of sources I will use and why they will benefit my paper: I

will be using a collection of historical articles, scholarly articles,

information from government Web sites, relevant articles obtainable from Baker

College's eLibrary, and a map or two of the system.

 

Tentative

list of references:

 

Eisenhower Interstate Highway System - History. (n.d.). Retrieved October 5, 2011, from United

States Department of Transportation - Federal Highway Administration:

http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/interstate/history.htm

 

Seely, B. E.

(2006, May-June). How the Interstate System Came to Be. TR News , pp.

4-9.

 

Gordon, John Steele. "Through darkest America." American

Heritage July-Aug. 1993: 18+. InfoTrac U.S. History Collection. Web.

5 Oct. 2011.

 

"U.S. Interstate Highway System." American

History Online. Facts On File, Inc. http://www.fofweb.com/activelink2.asp?ItemID=WE52&;iPin=AMHC0014&SingleRecord=True

(accessed October 5, 2011).

NOTES; PLEASE THOROUGHLY REVIEW ALL OF THE STEPS. YOU WILL BE CHOOSING A SUB TOPIC FOR THE SUBJECT OF: "History / Importance of Project Management." AFTER THE SUB TOPIC IS CHOSEN YOU WILL BE FILLING ON THE TEMPLATE USING THE GIVEN EXAMPLE. I WILL BE POSTING (MULTIPLE) ADDITIONAL ASSIGNMENTS TO COMPLETE A FULL TERM PAPER ON YOUR CHOSEN TOPIC. PLEASE CHECK FOR GRAMMATICAL ERRORS AND CITE SOURCES.