Summarizing and Paraphrasing

BUS 300 GWAR-Assignment 2

Summarizing and Paraphrasing Business Research on an Ethical Issue.

Purpose:

One of the objectives to achieve our learning outcomes is:

Understanding the ethical issues related to business communication.

Therefore, students will choose a study in their concentration, completed between 2014-2019,

based on an ethical issue in their business concentration.

Students will, read, summarize and paraphrase the study.

Rationale:

In the professional world, one is often charged with summarizing research or other professional

publication for an employer/supervisor etc. to present at a meeting or conference. Or, one may

have to present a summary of a study in their own words. The practice is to directly and

purposefully apply the professional writing skills practiced in the midterm and to avoid any issue

of plagiarism in a professional career.

Assignment time frame, five weeks. Final version due 11/24/19-We don’t want to work into

the Fall Recess.

• Selection and reading of research, two weeks.

Starting with the Outline, all drafts will be submitted in the fully formatted

document.

• 10/29/19-Outline due (formatted document with selected study accessible);

Therefore, research selection must be approved and complete.

• 11/5/19-Reading completion and paraphrasing examples in draft one due.

• 11/19/18-Draft two due all sections drafted, summarized and paraphrased.

• 11/24/19-Final draft due.

• Debriefs and writing labs TBA

• Specific instructions and approaches on how to summarize each section of a

completed study will occur during lectures.

For example: how to summarize a literature review etc.

Follow all previous implemented formats (APA, fonts etc.). No Templates.

Procedure part (other procedures delivered in lecture).

• Stay aware of “do not use words”.

• Use action verbs.

• Stay away from pronoun use.

• Use clear concise professional writing skills. This is not an opinion or critique paper.

The submitter’s voice is not present in this summary/paraphrasing.

• Use an, objective- voice perspective.

• Do not speak to the reader

• Except for data (figures; percentages etc.), no direct quotes are to be used in this

assignment. Paraphrase the approved study.

• Five page minimum (excluding title and table of contents pages).

• Start with Google Scholar

• Do not pay for a study, there is plenty of free accessible research to choose.

• Select a study already in APA format, otherwise convert manually.

Research selection requirements:

• Research to be summarized/paraphrased must be submitted in iLearn no later than

10/29/19.

• Professor will approve studies in the “feedback/notes” entry in each student’s iLearn.

• Range 2014-2019 (no exceptions)

• Must be completed research; a study that addresses an ethical issue in the

concentration area. General Business Concentration may choose from any of the

LFCoB concentrations. To help with focused summaries, choose a study that includes the

following clearly stated sections/headings:

Note: The33 selection must be a study, not an informative article. The selection should

include most of the following.

Note: Researchers sometimes fold sections into another, for example, their analysis

maybe be folded into the discussion. Select a study that contains all the below sections.

• Introduction containing the Identification of a problem/issue to be investigated in the

Business area/concentration.

• Literature Review Section AKA Conceptual Framework/Background Research

• Methodology

• Findings or Results

• Analysis

• Discussion

• Conclusions

Note: The selected study must be accessible to the professor (within one or two

clicks). Submitted studies for approval (in the submission file) must open.

After selection using the above as a guide, the assignment document will include all

headings and subheadings the researcher uses, all sections must be summarized.

Hint: A study is much easier to paraphrase and summarize then the researcher has

implemented many levels of headings. For example, a section that has levels 1-4

headings allows the person summarize to paraphrase/summarize in a more focused and

clear manner than a long section which contains a level 1 heading only.

Your document:

Title page

Title and Author(s) of the Study

Summarized and Paraphrased by

FN LN

Submitted to

Professor

University

College or School

Course/Semester/year

Table of Contents

Insert all researcher(s) levels of headings with corresponding pagination.

Submitter’s Statement (page number 1)

• State where this study can be found, provide an accessible link. The link must open to the study

starting with the outline submission.

• Why was this research chosen to review? What is the benefit of reviewing research in the

respective business field for the student? (accounting, finance etc.).

• If there is an abstract/executive summary make a brief statement of its purpose.

• What is the contribution of this study for the audience and field (Accounting, Finance etc.)?

Summary of the Study

(After this heading, use every heading the researcher(s) implemented; should match or close to

the headings below)

(Works cited by the original author must be utilized in the summaries, paraphrasing must contain

the citations of the author)

Introduction

Summarize/paraphrase in your own words (we will go over how to complete this section

during lecture; include citations).

Literature Review

Summarize/paraphrase in your own words (we will go over how to complete this section

during lecture; include citations).

Methodology Summarize/paraphrase in your own words (we will go over how to complete this

section during lecture; include citations).

• Why and how were the participants selected?

• Participant description or data that has been analyzed

• Research design

• Instrumentation

• Limitations/delimitations

• Validity

• Ethical Considerations

Findings (aka Results)

Summarize/paraphrase in your own words (we will go over how to complete this section during

lecture; include citations).

Discussion or Analysis (the headings the researcher uses)

Summarize/paraphrase in your own words (we will go over how to complete this section during

lecture).

Conclusions

Summarize/paraphrase in your own words (we will go over how to complete this section during

lecture; include citations).

References

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Note: all sections in which the researcher(s) have a heading or subheading(s) must be

summarized/paraphrased including citations.

All information on this document is required.

All information delivered per the below information is required.

Outline instructions, procedures and approaches-delivered in lecture.

Draft one instructions, procedures and approaches-delivered in lecture.

Draft two instructions, procedures, and approaches-delivered in lecture.

Changes to the information on this document and any aspect of this assignment is at the

discretion of Dr. Garcia.