Written and Oral Presentation

Individual Research Paper & Presentation In the early part of this course, you spent time reviewing how to: 

 Conduct basic business related research utilizing our library’s resources 

 Execute proper professional correctness in terms of writing and grammar 

 Avoid plagiarism issues with proper summarization, quoting and utilizing proper citations. It is now time to exhibit those skills by following the guidelines below. 

This assignment is worth 100 points total (65 points for the paper and 35 points for the oral presentation). 

Utilizing our Texas A&M Library databases found at: http://tamuct.libguides.com/index. 

Then click on A-Z Databases and utilize the following:

** Recommended Top Five Library Databases  Academic Search Complete  ProQuest  JSTOR  EBSCO Host **  Business Source Complete ** 

(Login: Is your Canvas sign-in and password) 

You must:   Find three scholarly, peer reviewed journal articles (one may be an internet article) dealing with communication issues in business. The problem cannot be ‘made up’ – it must be real. 

o The articles may discuss good or bad communication techniques or ; 

o Describe instances where companies struggled or had great success in communicating. o The articles must be within the last 5 years and can be within any industry. 

o Each article can be about a different problem within a business After reading the articles, you need to prepare the following: 

A 6 page individual research paper: (1 Cover Page, 4 Body, and 1 Reference page) 65 points. Use the template provided for this assignment. 

 Your summaries should demonstrate: 

o Mastery of professional correctness 

o Proper summarization of your articles and the communication issues 

o APA style in general (a cover page, double spaced, 1 inch margins, Times New Roman or Arial 12 pt font, use of in-text citations, and a reference page).