Management 303

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B ring Your Own Article Report

This assignment requires you find, read, and analyze an article published between 2007 to present from academic journals. I recommend using the MU Library e-database search, clicking on the “Articles & More” tab and checking the “Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) Journals” box below the search box. You may also consider contacting Ms. Susan Hurst, Business Librarian in the B.E.S.T. Library should you require additional assistance in your search.

You will need to look for an article that directly speaks to one or more of the topics we are discussing in class (see course schedule for useable chapters/topics), and bring that article for pre-approval before the submission date (worth 2pts).

After you have read your article, you will use this document to type detailed responses to each question posed.

Students will submit a hardcopy of their FULL article (including references, graphics and appendices) with this completed report attached to the top.

To receive full credit for this assignment, all of the minimum requirements must be meet (i.e. article is on an appropriate topic as outlined by discussion chapters; article is from an scholarly peer-reviewed academic journal with a publication date in 2007 or after; article is at least six double-columned pages in length (not including graphics, appendices or references).

QUESTIONS

What lead you to choose this particular article? (1pt)

How does the article directly relate to the topic(s) being discussed in class; and how does the article directly or indirectly relate to at least two other topics we have or will discuss in other chapters this semester (*note this may require reading ahead to make links)? (4pts)

What are your general opinions of the article (e.g. was it helpful or more confusing for you in understanding the topic)? Explain your answer. (2pts)

Does the article appear biased? Do you think the authors took an appropriate research approach to this research or could the research benefit from a different/additional point of view (i.e. interviews with a people in various company positions, evaluating other material/types of data, e.g. surveys, questionnaires or organizational documents)? (2pts)

Describe two poignant thoughts from the article that were enlightening for you (i.e. light bulb moments, or different yet interesting way of looking at something etc.) and why they were enlightening. (4pts)