Seminar in Immersion Paper Writing

Dr. Meynard Jowell F. Bitas

Why do Immersion Writing?

 The heart of this course is an independent research project in which enrolled

students study in an in-depth a question or problem (GAP) dealing with an
advanced aspect of broadly defined management or entrepreneurship.
 Ultimately, students will produce a significant independent capstone project
final paper, which should reflect deep understanding and new knowledge of a
selected topic. The capstone project final paper is, thus, a valuable
intellectual experience and also a vehicle through which a student can
demonstrate broad-based research, analytical, and writing skills and
enhanced business judgment (to peers, faculty and prospective employers or
investors).
Our Goal

 To stimulate personal and professional reflection and integration of knowledge learned;

 To act as an opportunity during the MBA experience to take stock one has learned in
various courses and learning opportunities and then explore further and enlarge this
knowledge base and to integrate meaningfully disparate streams of learning acquired;
 To focus on balancing and leverage local knowledge and opportunities provided by
today's global interconnectedness, scale and speed.
 To provide an opportunity to subsume such seemingly contradictory forces as rational
and analytical professionalism and the creative spirit of entrepreneurialism
 To demonstrate a mature ability to undertake successfully a blend of class assignments
and discussion and significant individual-based work
 To improve one's ability to share effectively individual findings with a larger group
What will be the Process:
Process Milestone
1. Introduction and Overview Immersion 1

2. Topic Discussion Immersion 1

3. Topic Proposal Ideas and Discussion Immersion 1

4. Submission of Topic Immersion 1

5. Overall Project Discussion (Immersion Concept Paper) Immersion 2

6. Research and Topic development – Individual Work Immersion 2

7. Final Presentation (Immersion Concept Paper) Immersion 2

Title

 The students must think about the title that interests them and the readers.
A concept that can be manageable and can be workable in 1 year. The
students together with the assigned adviser will work together in writing the
Immersion Concept Paper.
 Tips for the students: Focus on topics connected with your own work
experience. Think about situations where your knowledge from the actual
work can be applied. Your Immersion Concept Paper should highlight the
knowledge and skills you obtained during the Masteral course and how you
can apply this in a prospective workplace.
 For example, it may be an Issues of concern (e.g., Stressful workplace,
Absenteeism, the leadership style of the boss, etc.
Sample Titles

 Elimination of Work Fatigue

 Systemic Boredom at Work
 Tool kits for a Stress-Free Workplace
 Reflections of an Overwork Accountant
 Reflections of a Workplace-Home Fated University Professor
 Enjoying Life While at Work
 You Tube: On My Way to Stardom
 The Life and Times of a Workaholic PhD Holder (Pang-habang buhay na Dalaga): No Punch Intended
 Facebook (FB): What would my world be without you?
 Joseph Masaya, the Vlogger: From Nobody to Media Influencer
 While you were sleeping: IoT
 My Bossy Boss: Nobody but Me!
 My life is going to Changes: The Pandemic Domino Effect
How to create an Immersion Concept
Paper?
Students will need to submit a proposal to their adviser, a 1-page title proposal.
Usually, it is a paper of 400 words or more. How to write a 1-page Immersion Concept
proposal?
 Discuss the chosen topic and why you choose to write about the particular topic.
 Share the experience or background in the proposed topic.
 Highlight the scope of information available, such as a review of related literature
and sources.
 Proposal and what methods you plan to use, for example, a historical, narrative,
situational documentation of the issues under scrutiny.
 Set the target time to achieve the completion of the Immersion Concept Paper. In
the Concept Paper, you need to develop a literature review and methodology that
you plan to use in paper writing.
How to create an Immersion Concept
Paper? (Part 1)
 Information Gathering. Identify the sources and search for information
related to the proposed Immersion Concept Paper. Look through textbooks
and a list of recommended review of literature from the Master courses.
 Come up with a structure. The structure of every Immersion Concept Paper is
important. A clear structure will help the students logically divide their work
and concentrate on each part.
Immersion Paper Outline (Part 2)

Title Page
I. Introduction
II. Review of Related Literature
III. Methods
IV. Results, Analysis and Discussions
V. Conclusion and Recommendations
VI. Reference List
 The process of writing an easy and stress-free
immersion paper
Introduction What input do Why do you How
you need? need to important is
establish the your output?
process?
Input Process Output
 Issues of concern (e.g., Stressful workplace,
Absenteeism, leadership style of the boss,
etc.
Historical I would like It mitigates
 Significant contribution to the discipline (e.g., background of to establish a or eliminate
Participative selection of solutions, conducive issues of process that issues of
Workplace environment, adaptive leadership concern
Style, etc.)
significantly concern
Supported by
Relevant contribute s (irritants)
 Interesting and intriguing research problem Literature to the
(e,g., stress-free workplace, enhanced demonstrating discipline
Participative decision-making a CLEAR sense -The process
of what has are
been done and knowledge
context of the generation
study. and practical
application
 The process of writing an easy and stress-free immersion
paper
What input do Why do you How
you need? need to important is
establish the your output?
process?
Review of Related Literature Input Process Output

Serves as support to the issues CLEAR Identifies key Consistency

raised. knowledge of findings and
scholarly and balanced
Gives credence to the issues work relevant significance to critical
raised to the the study. review to
research support the
Consistency and balanced questions. issues raised
and give
critical review of relevant studies
credence to
the findings
 The process of writing an easy and stress-free immersion
paper

Methodology What input do Why do you How

you need? need to important is
establish the your output?
process?
Input Process Output

Documentatio Identifies Clear

A historical, narrative, n of areas of adequate presentation
concern importance of of the issues
Situational documentation of the the issues to under
Issues under scrutiny enhance the scrutiny
workplace
References
Some Tips
Introduction:
 It is important to discuss the historical background of issues of concern, supported by relevant literature.
It is best to demonstrate a clear sense of what has been done in the context of the study.
Review of related literature
 It is recommended to summarize the findings of the existing information on the topic. Make general
conclusions and brief analysis of each source that is valuable for the audience. Keep being critical of the
sources and note the gaps in the information. 
Methods
 It is best to analyze the process of the research. The reader should understand what you have done and
how: collecting data, analysis, evaluation, etc. Justify the methods you chose and discuss the positive and
negative sides of the chosen method.
Results and Discussion 
 It is important to describe the data of the study, if the study needs to perform statistics or other data,
visualize it in tables and charts. Adding a description and an interpretation of the data can help the
readers understand what the paper intends to do.
Conclusion and Recommendation
 The students will have to summarize the findings and make recommendations for readers, further
researches and applications. Find the connection of your results with the issue under scrutiny.
 The process of writing an easy and stress-free immersion
paper

Oral Presentation What input do Why do you How

you need? need to important is
establish the your output?
process?
Input Process Output

Defends Passed and

Preparations research with meet
Preparations
mastery and expectations
Ability to answer questions confidence by
providing easily
understandable
and well detailed
explanations of
the relevant
parts of the
paper.
Are you ready to write your immersion
paper?