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MGMT 601: Assignment #4 – Book Review – 20% of your Final Grade

Choose a book that matches a topic from the syllabus, write a critical review of it, use the rubric to formulate your paper. Makes sure that you that you write about leadership, not management. These terms are not the same.

Before you start working on your review, you should thoroughly explore the grading rubric at the end of this instruction and clearly identify key elements based on which your review will be assessed. The marks come from answering what is asked of you in the rubric.

In your review, briefly describe the content of the book, identifying key assumptions and conclusions, the most important ideas of the authors, and your opinion on them. The main focus of your review is to provide a critical analysis of the book, using criteria mentioned in Part A and B of the grading rubric below. Your analysis should lead to a justified conclusion: whether you will recommend this book to your colleagues and classmates or not and why. You also need to assess relevance/applicability of the concepts of the book in both overall business settings and personal work settings.

Requirements

· Critical thinking must be demonstrated in each section to get a good mark

· Address each of the categories below:

· Purpose and Audience, Authority, Accuracy & Reliability, Objectivity, Currency, and Coverage. The body of this paper should use the headings given in the grading rubric.

· The paper should be at least 3000 words and should be written as a professional book review.

· Submit your paper via Turnitin before the due date; late submissions are penalized by 10%/day

Marks are Assigned as per the Grading Rubric in the Instruction Below

Part A (40%) - Identify the most interesting aspect of the book, supporting your thoughts with reasons and examples. Provide a summary of an important theme the author makes about the subject. Use three key words to support this theme. Give your opinion supported by reasons and the author’s perspective. 4 - 7 pages total for this section.

Part B (20%)

· Personal: How can you use what you have learned at work and in your business career?

· Why (or why not) would you recommend this book to others?

Part C (30%) - Address each category as shown in the grading rubric

· Intro, Summary, Analysis, Recommendations, Conclusion (see notes, many of these headers will change names)

· Purpose and Audience, Authority, Accuracy & Reliability, Objectivity, Currency, and Coverage

Part D (10%)

· Professionalism, Grammar, & Format

Grading Rubric for Assignment #4

Criteria Unacceptable (0) Satisfactory (2) Good (3.5) Excellent (5)

total

Part A – Summary, analysis, and conclusion - Total 4 to 7 pages

Summary Summarize an important aspect of the book (i.e. 1 key theme with 3 key terms). Make sure to introduce the theme. Then discuss in 1.5 to 2 pages that theme. Then discuss in 3-5 pages discussing the 3 key terms related to that theme.

Note

· Do not use point form, use full sentences and full paragraphs. Remember: complete paragraphs need more than 5-10 sentences and 3 cites each for this part.

Example

Intro (do not use a header for intro)

Tell the reader the most interesting theme you found in the book. Tell me the purpose of writing the book is to explore this theme, and then tell me three key terms that make up this theme. For instance:

The purpose of this book is to discuss mindfulness in America, during chaos. Minnis (2020) defines mindfulness as (define)... Minnis (2020) discuss how mindfulness depends on three compassion, listening, and understanding. Then define these three terms from Minnis (2020).

Summary (change heading to your main theme)

APA Level 1 Heading: (use the main theme as your header ie. Mindfulness)

· Write 1.5 to 2 pages on one theme

· Define and discuss this theme.

· Tell the reader what the author had to state about the theme in the book.

· Why it is important for leaders in training?

· Make sure to tell me your opinions on them (and everything else asked for as seen below) as well as how that theme relates to the three key terms you chose.

Level 2 headers: for each of the 3 key words - Write 3 to 5 pages in this section

· Discuss what the author had to state about the key words in the book, how the key word is defined and used, why it is important.

· Also make sure to use what is required below, to discuss each of the three terms, how they relate to each other, and the main theme).

Also for the theme and each key word:

· Give opinion of summarized aspects

· Support opinion with reasons for your opinion and citations from the book

· Give position on author’s perspective

· Discuss reasons for thoughts

/40

Part B – 7 marks each - Unacceptable (0) Satisfactory (3) Good (5) Excellent (7)

· Identified most interesting aspect of the book, provided justification for the choice (this is done in part A – moved 15 marks to part A for your effort)

Level 1 Header: Personal Analysis: (i.e. Mindfulness in My Life)

· Relate the 1 theme and 3 keywords to your

1. personal life

2. your work/organization

3. to yourself as a leader; and

4. as an employee or with your employees

Level 1 Header: Recommendations and Conclusion

· Gave personal recommendation with reasons for opinion

· tell the reader what you think they should take away, how/what they should try in their life as leaders in training, why this is important to them

· Demonstrated critical thinking in all/ some/few/no areas

/20

Part C Level 1 heading: Critical Analysis

Discussed required information

Demonstrated critical thinking in discussion of points

Level 2 Headings (as below)

1 paragraph

· What is the purpose of the book?

· Is the purpose stated or implied?

1 short paragraph

· Who is the book’s intended audience?

· Why did authors target that audience?

· How do factors of purpose and audience affect tone and content?

6 marks

Purpose and Audience

·

Authority

1 paragraph

· Do the authors have adequate qualifications/expertise?

· How do authors’ qualifications indicate that they have authority in the field? (look them up)

1 paragraph

· Is the work cited in other writings? Criticised? Lauded? (give examples and provide citations here)

6 marks

Accuracy & Reliability

1 short paragraph

· Does the book offer trustworthy information?

· Is a biography/reference list available so information can be verified?

· Check if data, statistics, and facts are documented (and timely)

4 marks

Objectivity

1 - 2 paragraphs

· Is the information biased or objective? How? Is that appropriate?

· Are the book’s opinions supported by research? Facts? Why?

· Is that appropriate?

· Examine the evidence presented. Is it adequate or credible? Why or why not?

5 marks

Currency

1 -2 paragraphs

· Is the information current? Should it be?

· How has theory changed from older books?

· Are the current research findings/ theories evident? Should they be?

5 marks

Coverage

1 -2 paragraphs

· Does the book adequately cover its topic?

· Are important aspects of the topic omitted?

· Are omissions acknowledged?

· Does the book significantly contribute to the field/discipline?

· In what way?

4 marks

Part D – Professionalism - 2 marks each - Unacceptable (0) Satisfactory (1) Excellent (2)

· Grammar – 2 mark

· Formatting: use of headings and appropriate content – 1 mark

· Clarity, Effectiveness, Internal Consistency – 2 marks

· APA Citing - correct and properly utilized – 3 marks

· APA references - correct and properly utilized – 2 marks

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This assignment is worth 20% of your final mark. Total

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