Management-Disaster Prevention Emergency Management

Disaster Prevention Emergency Management

Final Paper Guidelines 

• The final conference paper will be completed in APA style. Writing and research skills are very important in any professional setting and especially in the field of Disaster Prevention Emergency Management 
• The student will pick the topic of interest to him or her that is related to the course material.
• Sample topics will be provided.
• Approval of the topic will be obtained from the professor.
• The paper will be typed, double-spaced and grammatically correct.
• The paper will have a cover sheet, body, and a works cited, reference or bibliography page. The body of the paper will be 10-12 full double-spaced pages
• At least seven references will be used and cited. No Wikipedia.
• The final paper will meet the following four specific requirements:

1. Identify References 

 
A key step in carrying out research is to incorporate peer reviewed academic articles. You can also include online newspaper articles, websites, books and journals. You should be able to clearly discuss the contribution of each reference. In many cases you can download the paper directly from a website. However, if there is a specific journal paper you cannot obtain, please let me know and I will try to locate and send it to you as soon as possible.
 

2. Establish Background 

 
Please provide background information pertaining to your “Disaster Response” topic. Background information should indicate the root of the social problem being studied, its scope, and the extent to which previous studies have successfully investigated the problem, noting, in particular, where gaps exist that your study attempts to address. Introductory background information differs from a literature review in that it places the “Disaster Response” research problem in proper context rather than thoroughly examining pertinent literature. Background information expands upon the key points you are considering for your topic. Sufficient background information helps your reader determine if you have a basic understanding of the problem being investigated and promotes confidence in the overall quality of your analysis and findings. Background information provides essential context needed to understand the research problem. Depending on the topic being studied, forms of contextualization may include the following dimensions:
 

• Cultural — the disaster response issue placed within the learned behavior of specific groups of people.
• Economic — the economic losses arising from the disaster (or relating to systems of production and management of material wealth and/or business activities)
• Historical — the time in which a disaster takes place (or was created) and how that influences how you interpret it. • Philosophical — clarification of the essential nature of being or of the disaster response phenomena as it relates to the research problem.
• Physical/Spatial — reflects the space around a disaster response issue and how that influences how you see it.
• Political — concerns the environment in which something is produced indicating its public purpose or agenda.
• Social – how do people construct disasters? How do they respond to them?
• Temporal — reflects issues or events of, relating to, or limited by time.

 
Background information can also include summaries of important, relevant research studies. The key is to summarize for the reader what is known about the disaster research problem before you conducted your analysis. This is accomplished with a general review of the foundational research literature (with citations) that report findings that inform your study’s aims and objectives.
 

3. Create a Debatable Argument/Thesis 

 
Claim: States your position in relation to the topic.
Data/Evidence: Support your claim with a fact, statistic, quote, percentage, etc. & cite where that information came from.
Justification/Warrant: Explain why or how the evidence/data supports your claim. Typically 2-3 sentences in length.
Counterargument: State a logical counterclaim. Use language to show this is a conflicting viewpoint (i.e. although, even though, despite, however, in contrast, etc.)
Rebuttal: Present data and analysis to discredit or prove the counterclaim is weak. Typically 2-3 sentences in length.
 

4. Establish Concluding Paragraphs

 
Provide a concluding topic sentence and at least two points to support the conclusion