MGMT 8910M Week 10 Assembly Check Example

Twenty-Three Pieces Into One File: An Assembly Check for a Dissertation on Telehealth Adoption in Rural Primary Care Clinics, With a Versioned Manifest and a Seam Log That Reads Each of Twenty-Two Joins and Repairs the Thirteen That Fault

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Walden University

MGMT 8910M: Dissertation Development Process

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Twenty-Three Pieces Into One File: An Assembly Check for a Dissertation on Telehealth Adoption in Rural Primary Care Clinics, With a Versioned Manifest and a Seam Log That Reads Each of Twenty-Two Joins and Repairs the Thirteen That Fault

What Was Assembled

The master file joins chapters one and two of the proposal with the parts of chapter three accepted so far, about sixty pages in all. The dissertation asks how managers of rural primary care clinics decide whether to keep offering video visits once temporary payment rules end. It was drafted as 23 separate pieces over two terms. Two short documents precede the file: a manifest listing each piece with its version number and date, so that anyone reading the master file knows exactly what it contains, and a seam log reading each of the 22 joins between pieces.

The Manifest

Table 1

Manifest of Assembled Pieces (Selected Rows)

Seven of 23 pieces are shown. The full manifest lists every piece, including the four chapter-three pieces still in draft, which are not in the master file.

The Seam Log

Each join was read by reading the last paragraph of one piece and the first paragraph of the next, then asking whether a reader would notice the seam. Nine joins read cleanly, and the log says so. Thirteen show faults, which fall into a small set of types.

Table 2

Seam Log, Faulty Joins (Selected)

Five of thirteen faulty joins are shown. Most repairs added or cut one sentence.

What the Faults Have in Common

Most faults trace to pieces written at different times for different purposes. The repeated introduction of the framework, which Venkatesh et al. (2003) proposed as a unification of earlier technology acceptance models, happened because section 2.3 was drafted first as a standalone summary and section 2.2 later borrowed its opening. The tense shift appeared where a piece written as a proposal met a piece revised after the committee asked for present tense in the literature review. The missing bridge between broadband and reimbursement reflects a real gap in the argument, not only in the prose: Kruse et al. (2018), reviewing barriers to telemedicine adoption worldwide, found both technical and payment barriers, and the dissertation had treated them in separate sections without saying how they relate. The bridging sentence is a first repair; the committee may ask for a fuller paragraph.

Next Check

After the four remaining chapter-three pieces are accepted, they will be added to the manifest and the seam log will be extended to their joins. Williams and Bizup (2017) recommend reading for the beginnings of sentences and paragraphs to test whether a document's topics connect; the next pass will apply that test across the whole file, not only at the joins.

References

Kruse, C. S., Karem, P., Shifflett, K., Vegi, L., Ravi, K., & Brooks, M. (2018). Evaluating barriers to adopting telemedicine worldwide: A systematic review. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, 24(1), 4-12. https://doi.org/10.1177/1357633X16674087

Venkatesh, V., Morris, M. G., Davis, G. B., & Davis, F. D. (2003). User acceptance of information technology: Toward a unified view. MIS Quarterly, 27(3), 425-478. https://doi.org/10.2307/30036540

Williams, J. M., & Bizup, J. (2017). Style: Lessons in clarity and grace (12th ed.). Pearson.