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BUSI 701

Functional Area Paper Assignment Instructions

For this paper, you are going to expand on one of the discussion forums that you have already written. You will choose one of the topics from your previous discussions (Marketing, Accounting, Finance, or Management) and elaborate on the current trend in this area.

Your paper should include an introduction of the topic that includes a historical definition based on literature, a discussion of the current research in the field (last 5 years only), and a section that addresses future questions that will need to be addressed and/or explored in research.

This paper should draw on a minimum of ten substantial journal article resources and will be 10 to 12 pages in length (not including the title page, abstract, or reference pages) observing all APA style conventions.

You may use any articles or writings that you wrote about in your previous discussion forums in this course.

The organization of your paper should be as follows:

Title Page

Introduction: Gives an overview of your topic and discusses the organization of your paper. You would also include your historical definition here based on the literature.

Current Research: In this section, you will include identified themes you have found in the research articles that you reviewed. You will support each of these themes with your research articles (See Functional Paper Video in Module 5: Week 5 for more information).

Future Questions: In this section, you will discuss the future research areas that were present in the articles you synthesized. You should list and discuss the question and use multiple articles to provide support. These should come directly from the research (See Functional Paper Video in Module 5: Week 5 for more information.

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

BUSI 701

Discussion Assignment Instructions

Initial Thread

Provide a 600 to 800-word summary (formatted according to APA guidelines) of the new research in this area from a minimum of five new peer reviewed journal articles and identify questions that need exploring in future research.  

 

Your discussion should be organized in a three-paragraph format:

Introductory Paragraph: gives an overview and definition of the topic you chose. At the end of the paragraph it gives an idea of how your forum is organized.

Current Trends Paragraph: In this paragraph, you will discuss the themes that you found in the research from the 5 articles related to your topic. This paragraph should be a synthesis of the research and not just a listing of annotated summaries.

Future Research Paragraph: In this paragraph, you will discuss areas of future research by referencing the 5 articles that you identified. The future research areas should be based on the findings of the authors of those articles rather than general ideas you may have.

* A reference section should then be included at the end of your discussion.

* No attachments should be used in this posting.

Reply

You will review your classmates’ initial postings and choose one classmate to complete the following for your reply:

Write a 250 to 300-word response to your classmate. Your reply must make a recommendation to your classmate of a peer reviewed journal article that provides additional information on their topic. In your response, you should give a summary of the article in your own words and discuss why it is relevant to their forum topic. It must be different than articles they reference in their forum. Include an APA formatted citation at the bottom of the reply.