Literature Review Assignment
Instructions (2 Part Assignment; Outline Due June 9th, Literature Review Due June 28th)
Literature
Review: Outline Assignment (DUE JUNE 9th)
Overview
A critical skill
at the doctoral level is the ability to conduct scholarly research guided by
clearly articulated research questions
that address a specific issue or problem.
For this literature review, your research
will be guided by the following three Research
Questions:
1.
How
do individual and group decision processes aid or impede business decision making?
2.
What
are the latest developments in the process of strategy development and
execution?
3.
How
can my academic discipline, Information Systems (see note below), as a function within
the organization, influence the process of business strategy development and
execution?
The first two questions are explored from a broad business perspective, while the third question gives you
the opportunity to change your frame of reference to your specific
cognate in the
Doctoral Program.
Note: The third
research question deals with your Cognate (Information Systems) as a function
that is performed in a business. This is not exploring your degree program, the
courses you have taken, or higher education in any way. You will replace the
words ‘my academic discipline’ in Research Question 3 with your actual academic
discipline. Examples of academic disciplines include Finance,
Marketing, Accounting, Information Systems, International Business Management.
The purpose of
this research project is for you to create a scholarly piece of graduate level
research and writing which conforms to current APA format.
For this initial
assignment, you will be developing the outline for your literature review. Use
the Research Questions as provided in the instructions above. Your outline will
include a minimum of one level of indentation below each Research Question with
not less than two sub‐headings not
including the Summary. Following each
sub-heading you will provide a one to two sentence description of what you will
cover in that section of the literature review. Do not provide any narrative
beyond what is being requested and be sure to include citations for any factual
assertions you make in your descriptions. The sources documents for all
citations provided must be included in the Reference section. Your headings must be descriptive to allow a reader to understand
what is included each section and subsection. You can include more than two
subheadings for each Research Question and additional levels of indentation if
required for your discussion. In the final module you will be submitting your
completed literature review.
Use the format
below:
Introduction
Level 1 ‐ RQ1
Level
2 ‐ Sub heading 1
Level 2 – Sub heading 2
Summary
Level 1 – RQ2
Level 2 ‐ Sub heading 1
Level 2 – Sub heading 2
Summary
Level
1 – RQ3
Level 2 ‐ Sub heading 1
Level 2 – Sub heading 2
Summary
Conclusion
References
You must attach a word document (.docx).
Literature
Review: Final Assignment (DUE JUNE 28th)
Overview
A critical skill
at the doctoral level is the ability to conduct scholarly research guided by
clearly articulated research questions
that address a specific issue or problem.
It is important that you include and address the research questions provided. Changing
the research question changes the focus of the study, and the resulting
document will not meet the requirements for the literature review. For this literature review,
your research will be guided by the following three research questions:
1.
How
do individual and group decision processes aid or impede business decision making?
2.
What
are the latest developments in the process of strategy development and
execution?
3.
How
can my academic discipline, Information Systems (see note below), as a function within
the organization, influence the process of business strategy development and
execution?
The first two questions are explored from a broad business perspective, while the third question gives you
the opportunity to change your frame of reference to your specific
cognate in the
Doctoral Program.
Note: The third
research question deals with your Cognate (Information Systems) as a function
that is performed in a business. This is not exploring your degree program, the
courses you have taken, or higher education in any way. You will replace the
words ‘my academic discipline’ in Research Question 3 with your actual academic
discipline from your program. Examples of academic disciplines include Finance,
Marketing, Accounting, Information Systems, International Business Management.
What are we looking for in this literature
review?
A literature
review discusses published information in a particular subject area and
sometimes information in a particular subject area within a certain time
period. This literature review will be more than just a simple summary of
information from various sources as it will include an organizational pattern
that combines both a summary and synthesis of information. Please keep in mind
that a summary is a re‐encapsulation of the important information found in the
source, while a synthesis is a re‐organization and combining of that information to present a more complete
picture. Finally, the literature review will evaluate the sources and
advise the reader of the most pertinent or relevant points.
How will this
literature review be evaluated?
Your work will be
evaluated in the areas listed below. Be sure to review the grading rubric to
ensure that you have addressed all areas that will be evaluated. If you are
uncertain or have questions reach out to your professor right away for
clarification.
Content
Required page
count
Relevance of
Information
Academic Level of
Information
Quality of
Information
Sources of
Information
Structure
Organization of
Information
Adherence to Formatting
Instructions and APA Style Guide
Important note
regarding required page count: Assignments must meet the minimum page
count indicated in the instructions. Documents that are short of the required page
count as well as documents that address a different subject matter than
assigned in the instructions by altering the research questions will have the
Content area scores reduced as described below.
For documents that
fail to meet the content word/page count called for in the instructions, the
professor will multiply the score in each Content area by the percentage actualy
provided. Example:
·
The
instructions call for 10 pages of content and the student provides 5 pages of
content.
·
Content
score for Academic Level of Information is determined to be 16 out of 20.
·
That
Content score is multiplied by 0.5 for a final Content score of 8 out of 20 for
Academic Level of Information. This is done for each Content area in the
rubric.
·
The
professor will provide an explanation in the Comments section of the rubric.
Are there differences between plagiarism,
paraphrasing, and quoting?
Paraphrasing is
when you take a source or someone else’s idea and say it in your own words or
even combine the ideas of several
authors as well as your own. When you paraphrase, you will still give the author credit through the use of an in‐text
citation connected to the idea as well as a reference at the
end of the paper.
A direct quote from a source has quotation marks
around the quote. If 40 words or more in
length, it must be set in block quotation format.
You can refer to the APA guide
for more information on this.
At the graduate level, you should be relying almost exclusively on the use of paraphrasing to
allow synthesis of the original author’s views with your own. A direct
quotation should only be used in this literature review (or most other
documents you will produce) when paraphrasing would change the author’s
intended meaning. In other words, you should only use a quotation when it is
the only way to convey what the author intended to convey.
Plagiarism on the
other hand exists when the writer simply copies the words directly from the
source without giving credit with an in‐text citation and a reference.
Plagiarism is not permitted and the paper will not be accepted for grading.
Specific
Instructions:
·
Follow
the outline generated in the Literature Review: Outline Assignment to include
any feedback from your instructor.
·
Use
the Research Questions as provided in the instructions
·
Minimum
of 24 pages of written content, not including introduction, conclusion, front
matter, reference section, and any tables or figures provided.
·
No
less than 8 pages of content addressing each research question
·
Minimum
of 18 current sources not including course texts
·
No
less than 6 current sources for each research
question not including the course texts
·
1
inch margins, Double Spaced, 12 point font
·
Include
Cover Page, Abstract, Table of Contents, and Reference Section
·
Follow
APA (Professional Version) current edition for all formatting
https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/apa_style/apa_formatting_and_style_guide/documents/APA%207%20-%20Professional%20Sample%20Paper%20-%202020.pdf
Note: Your Literature Review: Final Assignment
will be checked for originality via the Turnitin plagiarism tool.
