Mindmap to Storyboard Assignment

BUSI 830

Mindmap to Storyboard Assignment Instructions

Overview

Scanning and scoping your literature review is one of the most difficult tasks in conducting a research project, as the pool of sources is so vast, yet narrowing the focus is challenging. A visual representation of your research (potentially useful literature and then research focus) will help you see and understand relationships. This assignment will provide an opportunity to exercise this task of ‘visualizing’ your literature review through midmapping to storyboarding. Biblical integration is NOT required in this assignment.

Instructions

After reviewing the required material stated in this week’s module, complete the following using the current APA format. This assignment is broadly taken from Thomas’ (2025) Do It Yourself (DIY) 4.1 (Brainstorm a Mindmap on Your Topic) and 4.2 (Drawing a Storyboard) exercises. You may use any pay or free online mapping or storyboard generating software (NOT AI). Your ‘drawings’ may be digital or hand-drawn, then scanned/photographed and copied/pasted into your MS Word document, applicable sections.

Part 1 – Drawing a Mindmap:

· Begin with your prima facie (research question) question from Module / Week 2 – Case Study Methodology Assignment (or a more appropriate edited version based on the instructor’s feedback of that assignment)

· Select a minimum of 10 core sources

· Broadly synthesize the sources to discover themes, disagreements, dilemmas, ideas, lines of inquiry, etc.

· As you organize these sources, draw your mindmap (See Thomas’ (2025) Figure 4.2 Key Features of a Mindmap

· Besides your prima facie question, your mindmap should contain at least 5 ‘nodes’ drawn from your prima facie question

· As you continue to organize and arrange material by relevance, you should include at least 5 ‘buds’ which should sprout off of at least 2 ‘nodes’. You may need to do more research.

Part 2 – Drawing a Storyboard:

· If required, adjust your prima facie question to fit your desired research direction (see the Thomas (2025) Table 4.1 – Prima Facie Questions to Revised Topics)

· Chart a storyboard narrative of your intended literature review

· Besides your revised prima facie question, your storyboard should contain a minimum of 10 ‘nodes’ or ‘waypoints’ and 4 key references. Again, you may need to do more research.

· Your storyboard narrative should integrate a range of relevant issues

· Provide an audit of your activities. More than a simple log of decisions, this should annotate your critical reflection and analysis that resulted in edits, changes to your research question, evolution of your research aims, and why.

Required Format

Cover page

Prima Facie Question

Core Sources

Mindmap

Revised Prima Facie Question

Storyboard

Audit

References

Additional Requirements

Use the provided Mindmap to Storyboard Assignment Template.

· Materials submitted to fulfill requirements in one course may not be submitted in another course. Concerns about the propriety of obtaining outside assistance and acknowledging sources should be addressed to the instructor of the course before the work commences and as necessary as the work proceeds.

· In addition to the course texts and the Bible, the required references above will be from peer-reviewed scholarly sources that have publication dates no older than 5 years, exception: irrefutable seminal sources.

· Sources of information from Wikipedia, dictionaries, websites, blogs, and encyclopedias will not be accepted.

· Submit your final document for grading with file name syntax: LastNameFirstInitial Assignment Name #. For example: SmithJ_Assignment Name.doc (no .pdfs)

Grading Metrics

Consult the accompanying rubric for how this assignment will be graded. Also, any form of plagiarism, including copying and pasting, will result in zero points for the entire assignment. All quoted materials must be properly cited in the current APA format.

Note: Your assignment will be checked for originality via Turnitin plagiarism tool.

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MINDMAP TO STORYBOARD 20

Mindmap to Storyboard

Your Name

School of Business, Liberty University

Author Note

By submitting this assignment, I attest this submission represents my own work, and not that of another student, scholar, or internet source. I understand I am responsible for knowing and correctly utilizing referencing and bibliographical guidelines. I have not submitted this work for any other class.

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MINDMAP TO STORYBOARD 1

Mindmap to Storyboard

Introduction is not required. Remove all guidance verbiage in this document. Keep all headings.

Prima Facie Question

Begin with your prima facie (research question) question from Module / Week 2 – Case Study Methodology Assignment (or a more appropriate edited version based on the instructor’s feedback of that assignment)

Core Sources

Select a minimum of 10 core sources

Keys to finding ‘relevant’ sources will be to discover themes, disagreements, dilemmas, ideas, lines of inquiry, etc. NOTE: The author, year, and title will be sufficient to list here – you’ll provide the entire APA reference in the Reference listing below

Mindmap

As you organize these sources, draw your mindmap (See Thomas’ (2025) Figure 4.2 Key Features of a Mindmap

Your mindmap should contain at least 5 ‘nodes’ drawn from your prima facie question

As you continue to organize and arrange material by relevance, you should include at least 5 ‘buds’ which should sprout off of at least 2 ‘nodes’. You may need to do more research.

If you use sources in your mindmap, the author, year, and article title should be sufficient

Revised Prima Facie Question

If required, adjust your prima facie question to fit your desired research direction (see the Thomas (2025) Table 4.1 – Prima Facie Questions to Revised Topics)

Storyboard

Chart a storyboard narrative of your intended literature review

Besides your revised prima facie question, your storyboard should contain a minimum of 10 nodes or waypoints and 4 key references. Again, you may need to do more research.

Your storyboard narrative should integrate a range of relevant issues

Audit

Provide an audit of your activities. More than a simple log of decisions, this should annotate your critical reflection and analysis that resulted in edits, changes to your research question, evolution of your research aims, and why.

References

Format references using the current APA style. Ensure all DOIs or journal URLs are active hyperlinks. (Note the hanging indent)