Research Paper

Instructions given by professor

MGMT 540 research paper

1. Select a topic to investigate. Any topic or issue is acceptable that is connected to the course material. (i.e. intercultural competence in the workplace, multicultural leadership skills, critical media literacy skill for business leaders, mergers and organizational culture, organizational culture, the impact of language and communication for business, multicultural teams, etc.)

2. Consider a context, such as place (i.e. country or organization), industry type (i.e. finance, technology), or management practice (i.e. leadership, operations, negotiations, decision making, strategy)

3. Consider a question that you think is interesting such as a “why” or “how” question that moves beyond matters of fact into an inquiry mode.

4. Provide a rationale why the research question is important to you.

5. Research and write an essay that investigates your research question, broadly. You will not be required to conduct an exhaustive study. The objective is to demonstrate ability to research, write, and think critically about an issue. This exercise is like doing a literature review, because you will not be engaging in research with live participants.

6. Provide reference list. Use appendices.

For example,

Topic: Organizational Culture

Research question: How does organizational culture impact senior management decision making in country x. How can decision making be managed in global organizations?

Significance/Rationale: To understand how external social and cultural factors might impact corporate success

and many more…

Assignment 3 Research paper

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Please fill in brief answers (maximum three sentences each) to the following questions and hand this form to your Instructor before leaving the class today.

1. What is your chosen topic?

The Impact of Language and Communication for Business

2. What is the context (country, organization, business/industrial sector or strategy, marketing operations etc) for your study?

I would like to research for Indian Multinational Corporations.( Take 2-3 INDIAN MNC)

3. What is the “how” or “why” question you have selected? Explain why this is important to you.

Selected Language and Communication for Business as a topic to find problems created by languages barrier and ways to overcome it and also focus on HR Strategies of the selected MNC.

4. What is the primary level of analysis you are thinking of adopting (micro, meso or macro)?

Macro level Analysis

5. Where are you intending to obtain data or evidence to support your study? (Evidence might be in the form of cases, research reports, academic (or other reputable) articles, or other verifiable sources).

Proposed: Scholarly Articles, Research Reports, Peer Reviewed articles

You need to find some good cases of Indian MNC from credible sources such as Scholarly Articles, Research Reports and also consider their HR strategies.

You need to send me all the article and reports from where you will take the data.

And put in-text citation and signal phrases.