計畫撰寫 (Work Proposals)


　
Exercise 51
I. Pre-Listening Exercise
II. Listening Exercise
III. Post-Listening Exercise


Purpose:

Writing the hypothesis statement / 假設描述

　

I. Pre-Listening Exercise [Top]

Check the meanings of the following words and expressions:

  • evaluation model
  • brands
  • natural gas buses
  • cost effectiveness analysis
  • criterion
  • multiple attribute decision making (MADM)
  • technique for order preference by similarity to ideal solution (TOPSIS)
  • analytic hierarchy process
  • viable alternatives
  • ranking methodology
  • objective outcome
  • a more flexible procedure
  • decision makers

Consult page 145 of Writing Effective Work Proposals by Ted Knoy for some of these definitions.

II. Listening Exercise [Top]
1. Listen to the conversation by pressing the "Play" button and then answering the following questions. Press the "Final score" button to check your quiz results.


1. How can Sally’s model select brands of natural gas buses?
A. according to two methodologies of multiple attribute decision making (MADM)?
B. according to a cost effective analysis
C. according to the analytic hierarchy process (AHP)

2. What can the ranking methodology provide better than other methodologies can?
A. a more objective outcome
B. a more valuable reference for government
C. a less complex outcome

3. What does the ranking outcome enable decision makers to do?
A. identify the order preferences for alternatives
B. rank comprehensively all viable alternatives to bus systems
C. perform cost analysis more effectively

4. Each criterion can be evaluated in terms of what?
A. its complexity and viability
B. its cost and effectiveness
C. its objectivity and efficiency

5. How can the government use Sally’s model?
A. to provide a more flexible procedure with respect to an outcome’s complexity
B. to identify the order preferences for alternatives
C. to select brands of bus systems

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2. Listen to the story again as you read the audiotranscript on page 330 of Writing Effective Work Proposals by Ted Knoy.

III. Post-Listening Exercise [Top]
1. Read the audiotranscript with a partner or change some of the information to adapt it to your situation.

2. Write a hypothesis statement for your work or research project (6 – 8 sentences). View the accompanying two Power Point presentations on details of how to write this assignment.

3. Write four questions beginning with “What” regarding your plan to solve or address a problem in a work or research project, and then answer them. The question does not have to come directly from the listening exercise.
Example: What does the ranking outcome of Sally’s proposed methodology enable decision makers to do?
Answer: Identify the order preferences for alternatives
Example: What do you anticipate will be the main results of your project?
Answer: That our proposed approach increases the productivity of our company’s administrative processes

回計畫撰寫 Work Proposals