MIDTERM 7-9 PAGES

Your Midterm 7-9 Pages extensive research assignment is worth 20% of your final grade and has final due date of October 16, 2016 11:59 PM. You are required to analyze a case study of your choice; select one of the cases in Business and Society textbook Pages 439 to 535.  As you conduct your extensive research, do not focus on only answering the questions; but use the questions as a guide on what elements you will discuss in your writing.  Mandatory to integrate 10 outside credible sources: sites such as Cheng library/online; Google Scholar; published journals; business sites like Business Intelligence or Wall Street Journal; Forbes.com; and other business sources to back up your analysis.  Non credible sources will not be credited towards the 10 source requirements.

Note: The midterm Must have content that is your original work with credit to authors and submitted directly on Blackboard where Turnitin will check for Plagiarism.

The assignment expectations include all listed below:

• No Spelling errors permitted (use spell check)
• Grammar must be correct and flow concisely for easy reading
• Short clear paragraphs - sentences 3 to 5 make a paragraph
• First person “I” should be minimally used (suggestion - don’t use “I “ in your writing)
• Stay away from words such as: IF / IT / We / So / They /That / Them / As stated before / As noted before / As I said earlier / In my opinion / I am talking about / I am writing about the case study / I expressed my opinion that .. etc
• No direct quotes are permitted but you are allowed to paraphrase and give credit to authors accordingly
• You must use all 10 outside resources (you may cite the book but ensure you don’t count as part of the 10 sources)
• In-text citations and references should be credited – See link for guidance https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/02/
• Synthesis is mandatory – give multiple real time business and society events (sharing what is similar and what is different in the topic of discussion)
  • Provide exemplary work by sharing business related examples that match your case study and those that need some effort to improve.
• All personal opinions should be under Level header “Reflection” before you conclude your writing
  • No section should have your person opinion – except the reflection section (before you conclude your writing).

All assignments must be in APA – use the template that is available to you on blackboard is Mandatory. 

• Title page with “Running head title and page numbers followed title and page numbers

https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/

• Abstract - summary of your paper in 120 words or less (Mini story).
• Keywords - List the keywords (3 to 5) that you used through paper (Do not define them on this section)
• Use of Level heading – First, second, third, fourth (as shown on the APA template and below) for the Introduction and Body of Paper
  • Each level header is a topic to prepare the reader of the content you will address next
  • Use the level headers as you synthesize your writing – compare and contrast

        Source: Retrieved from http://core.ecu.edu

Reflection – Mandatory in the midterm case analysis

• Beneficial to provide personal opinions (Use "I" is permitted in this section)
• Conclusion –This section should recap the major points of your paper and should also interpret what you have written and what it means in the bigger picture.

 In-text citations – Must be used in your paper (not necessary to include in the abstract section)

            https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/03/

In-text citations at end of sentences:

• Work by 2 authors: (Mboga & Patrick, 2015).
• Work by 3 to 5 authors:

(a) The first in-text: (Mboga, Carnall, Orange,Apple,& Harrold, 2015).

(b) All subsequent in-text citations: (Mboga et al., 2015).

• Work by 6 or more authors – Mboga et al., 2015)

 In-text citation at beginning of sentences should be:

• Mboga (2015) noted that… or
• According to Mboga (2015) the data….

 References

https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/06/

All listed references must exist in the body of your paper as in-text citations and vice versa.

- Make sure you arrange your references in alphabetical order.

Few examples of correctly listed References

Citing books:

Mboga, R. C., & Victory, R. R. (2015). APA guide to preparing manuscripts for journal publication. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Online article

Mboga, M. (2015). 10 tips on writing the living Web. A List Apart: For People Who Make Websites, 149. Retrieved from http://www.alistapart.com

Online article with doi:

Mboga, D. (2015). Toward effective poster presentations: An annotated bibliography. European Journal of Marketing, 41, 1245-1283. doi:10.1108/03090560710821161

Newspaper

Mboga, T. (2015, October 11). Psychiatry handbook linked to drug industry. The New York Times. Retrieved from http://well.blogs.nytimes.com

Appendix / Tables & Figures

Can be listed below the Conclusion

You have had practice in your weekly homework; my expectation is for you to conduct an extensive research on the case study of your choice while using 10 outside sources to rigorously synthesize your writing. 

• This simply means you need to use multiple business and society real time examples to compare and contrast / or share similarity and differences throughout your writing.

My focus is your success and I’m confident that you will provide me with a rigorous research that is concise yet detailed to capture any readers’ attention.  Feel free to reach out to me if you have questions / concerns or need further assistance.

Good Luck as you Research and Learn. 

Dr. Jet