ResearchPaper:
• Identifyanorganizationwhoseleadersapplya uniquemanagementtechnique.Theselectedorganization must haveenough written aboutit ontheweb,inmagazines, orin journal articles toprovideenough informationfor a research paper.Theorganization maybea non-profit. Researchtheorganization and writeapaper including thefollowing:
oBasicinfo-brief history,product(s),geographical scope ofoperations,etc.
oIdentifyand describewhatisuniquein theorganization’s managementtechnique.
oConnecttheorganization’sunique managementtechniquetoone(ormultiple)ofthefour
managementfunctions:planning, organizing,leading, or controlling.
oSummary- Your assessment oftheuniquemanagementtechniqueapplied?
§ Importantsection.
§ Separatesub-heading.
§ Usetheknowledge gainedfromclass.
§ Whatdoyou seeasthepositivesand negativesofthemanagementtechniquesapplied?
• Spelling and grammar willaffectgrade.
• Writepaper froma businessstandpoint.
oUsebusinessterminology(Examples:profit,return,market,marketshare,strategy,etc. Useterms fromclass).
• A minimum ofthree published articlesrequired assources
oWeb sitesourcescan be used in additiontothethreepublished articles.
o“Open-source”web sites (Wikipedia)notallowed.
• APA format.
oIncludea bibliography.
oParenthetical referencing.
oAbstractnotrequired.
• Formatting
oTitlepage
§ Goodtitle
§ Course
§ Date
§ Author
oSubheadsrequired
§ Bold
§ Flush left
oHeader
§ Rightside
§ Author’slastname
§ Pagenumber
§ Titlepage notincluded in pagenumbers
oFont–12ptTimesRoman
§ Doublespace
oBoarders–normal
oStaple–upperleft(nobinders)
oFor sampleof format,seeexampleons-drive(riwillia)
• Basepaperon research,notpersonal experience.
• Threetofive pagesoftext(notincluding thebibliography),doublespaced.
• Papers will beranked and graded with arubric. You arecompeting againstyourclassmates.Ralph will select bestpapersforpresentation toclass.
o If selected,if present when called to present,and if presentation is good,the lowest quiz/homework grade after the drops will be converted to 100.
o No Power Point needed for the presentation –summarize the paper and share your assessment of the management
• Papers will be submitted on d2l to a drop box and will be checked for plagiarism
oPlagiarism could result in a zerograde for the assignment
o It is the student’s responsibility to know what plagiarism is and guard against it!