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MGMT8110 – Global Perspectives

Essay Submission

MGMT8110–Global Perspectives Professor Name: Rupinder Sodhi

email:[email protected]

Winter2019

Final Essay Assignment

Worth 20% of final grade of this course

Delivery Method: Uploaded to Assignments Section of eConestoga, under category Final Essay Submission

Due Date: Sunday, April 7, 2019 not later than 11:59 PM

Late Submissions: After Class deadline: 10% loss in marks for per day late

After 3 days: The final essay automatically receives a zero mark

Essay Requirements

The essay is a well-structured research paper that opens with an introduction (introduces the thesis statement), well-researched arguments (minimum 2-3) with a clear cut conclusion in support of your thesis statement.

Based on your group essay proposal, write and submit an essay which has the following elements:

1) Introduction: An introduction paragraph that catches the readers attention and states the relevance of your topic (any background or current issues), identifying your thesis statement.

2) Body: The body should be formatted with arguments which support and defend the Thesis Statement. These arguments need to:

i. Be well organized and flow from a logical start to a strong conclusion.

ii. It also needs to demonstrate the significance of your topic from a global business perspective.

iii. Clearly support, defend or justify the thesis as present.

iv. Be analytical and show your abilities to develop clear ideas with originality of thought.

v. Include evidence to demonstrate width/depth of research.

MGMT8110 – Global Perspectives

Essay Submission

3) Have good quality writing:

i. Grammar, punctuation & spelling are virtually flawless.

ii. Language and word choice are appropriate throughout.

4) Be well formatted and pleasant to read:

i. Has an opening and concluding sentence.

ii. The essay follows scholarly conventions including proper citation methods and is virtually flawless.

5) Be original:

i. Your paper can use quotes from your research, but cannot comprise more than 10% of your paper.

ii. Make sure you take advantage of the Originality Check available on eConestoga.

6) Have the following length and format: i. Between 10 to12 pages excluding title page and reference pages in

Times New Roman or Ariel, 12 point font & double-spaced

ii. Title Page must include:

✓ Course Name, Code and Section

✓ Semester – Winter 2019

✓ Essay Title

✓ Group No.

✓ Name of the Groupmates

✓ Professor Name

✓ Date of Submission

7) Create a thread: Starting from the thesis statement, create a thread of logic that will follow through the essay. This thread will be built on your research findings.

i. The thread needs to be directly related to your thesis.

ii. Creating a thread means it will have an introduction, body, conclusion – all focused on supporting the thesis statement.

8) Wrap up:

Wrap up your essay with a strong concluding paragraph that summarizes your arguments and affirm your thesis statement. In references use the APA standard formatting (sixth edition).

Your Essay will be evaluated using the following rubric:

Excellent 9-10pts Good 7-8 pts Average 5-6 pts Poor 1-4 pts

Essay Arguments (50%)

Organization

Essay proceeds logically from

start to finish and is

coherent throughout.

Essay includes some logical

inconsistencies, but they hardly

detract from the overall coherence of the argument

Significant logical

inconsistencies in parts of the

paper make the

overall credibility of the argument somewhat dubious.

The essay is illogical, incoherent,

and as a result completely

unconvincing.

Thesis Quality

Thesis, whether implicit

or explicit, is absolutely

clear and highly original.

Thesis, whether implicit

or explicit, is clear and

deliberate. Essay

effectively recognizes a

variety of points of view.

Thesis is identifiable in

some form, with effort.

Essay does not contain–either

implicitly or explicitly-a

thesis.

Objectivity

Essay demonstrates a

masterful grasp of all

sides of the issue.

Essay effectively recognizes

a variety of points of

view.

Essay is clearly, albeit

unintentionally, partial. It

either fails to deal with

contrary points of view

out of ignorance or deals with them unfairly.

Essay is deliberately not

impartial. The author has used

the paper as a pulpit instead of

as a framework for rigorous

critical analysis.

Analysis

Analytical abilities on display

are clearly superior and

reflect an originality of

thinking.

Analytical abilities on

display demonstrate an

ability to separate ideas

into their component

parts.

Analytical abilities on

display are inconsistent.

Some ideas are clear and

fully understood; others

arenot.

Paper reproduces arguments

from other sources without any

evidence of

understanding.

Evidence supporting arguments and thesis statement (35%)

Depth

Essay draws from sources

that represent the best

information on the subject.

Quantity

exceedsexpectations.

Essay draws from a

legitimate variety of

information. Quantity of

sources meets or exceeds

expectations.

While the essay might draw

from a number of sources,

but the information

obtained is largely surface

level.

Essay is drawn largely, if

not exclusively, from

inappropriate material.

Breadth

Essay draws from an

impressive variety of

sources and perspectives.

Essay draws from an

acceptable variety of

sources and

perspectives.

Sources either come from

a single perspective or

are insufficient to meet

the demands of

theassignment.

Sources are both

excessively limited in

quantity and

representanexcessively limited point of view.

Synthesis

Presentation of the

evidence demonstrates a

masterful understanding

of its themes,

bothspecific and general.

Presentation of the

evidence demonstrates

a clear understanding

of its themes,

bothspecific and

general.

Presentation of the

evidence demonstrates

a flawed

understanding of either

its specific or general

themes.

Presentation of the

evidence demonstrates a

flawed understanding of

both its specificand general

themes.

Relevance

Evidence is directly

applicable to the analysis

throughout

Evidence is largely

applicable to the

analysis throughout.

Some of the evidence is

clearly tangential and

detracts from the

credibility of the

argument.

Evidence does not

contribute to a fulfillment

of the goals of

theassignment.

Quality of Writing (10%)

Grammar & Language

Grammar,

punctuation

, spelling are virtually

flawless. Language and

word choice are

appropriate throughout.

Limited flaws in grammar,

punctuation, and/or spelling

do not detract from the

overall message of the

essay. Some minor

problems with language

and word choice are noted,

but notproblematic.

Significant flaws in some

of grammar, punctuation,

spelling, language and/or

word choice.

Paper is incoherent because

of flaws in grammar,

punctuation, spelling,

language, and/or word choice.

APA Citation

Essay follows scholarly

conventions including

proper citation methods

which are virtually free

from flaw.

Only minor flaws in terms of

scholarly conventions

including citation methods.

Significant flaws in terms

of scholarly conventions

(likely including problems

with citationmethods).

Paper displays a blatant

disregard for scholarly

conventions.