Read your partner's paper and insert track change comments that address the key section in the rubric on the nature of a peer review.

Unit 5 Assignment

Details and Rubric

Applied Research Project — Peer Review View an introduction and summary of this Assignment. Peer review is another valuable component of the research process that is worthy of your study and understanding. This Learning Activity is designed to simulate the peer-review process.

After a researcher completes a study, but before it is published or presented, the paper is submitted to a group of professional readers. These professionals have expertise in the field as well as strong professional and academic writing credentials. For the purpose of this Assignment, you will each be taking on the role of a peer reviewer by reviewing a draft of one of your colleague’s Unit 5 applied research project papers. What qualifies you to be a peer reviewer? As you near the completion of your MSM program, you have gained a deep understanding of management theories, concepts, and practices. You have acquired the knowledge of how to conduct research into an organizational problem. Throughout your MSM program, you have elevated your writing skills. Moreover, your Discussion Board interactions have given you plenty of practice in reviewing the ideas of your peers. Now it is time to put your expertise and academic knowledge to work by reading and constructively critiquing the paper of a colleague. Be sure to review the directions and grading rubric for this Assignment.

Step 1: You and your peer review partner are assigned to a separate Discussion. Conduct your Discussion within this specific Unit 5 Discussion Topic 3 area. As soon as possible on Wednesday, please begin the Discussion with your peer review partner in this Discussion Topic 3 area.

Together, review and discuss the grading rubric for this peer review Discussion. Exchange and send to your partner your Unit 5 applied research project that includes the final component — implement alternative solutions. Please set an objective to accomplish this exchange of papers by Friday or Saturday.

Step 2: Read your partner's paper and insert track change comments that address the key section in the rubric on the nature of a peer review. Then, by the end of the day Saturday or Sunday, return your partner’s paper with your comments so your partner can benefit from your critique and make final improvements. Be sure to return the paper by posting it as an attachment on the Discussion Topic 3 Board.

Step 3: Finally, carry on a debriefing Discussion (by Monday or Tuesday) with each other, debriefing what you discovered about the peer-review process in preparing a research paper for publication or presentation.

GM599: Peer Review and Discussion

Item criteria Areas to be evaluated

Points Possible

Points Earned

Opening Discussion  Carry on a conversation with your partner in the specified Discussion

area.

 Exchange your applied research project with each other by Saturday/Sunday.

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Unit 5 Assignment

Track Changes  Read and review your partner’s paper and use track changes to insert your

comments. (If you do not know how to use track changes, please be in contact for a quick tutorial.)

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Nature of your Peer Review  Did the writer clearly state the organizational problem?  Is the logical flow of their discussion easy to follow?

 Did they advance greater understanding of the problem?

 What was the breadth and depth of the authors that they brought to the discussion?

 Did they advance plausible solutions to the problem?

 Did their concluding remarks leave key messages or lessons with you?

 What did you take away from reading your colleague’s applied research project?

 What are any other insights that you discovered?

 What suggestions do you have for your colleague with regard to their competency in research writing?

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Debriefing Discussion  Carry on a follow-up conversation with your partner to discuss what you have

learned from each other.

 Is a peer-review process of another person’s paper a worthy endeavor before they present or publish?

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LATE Paper Deduction -X

Total Points 65