Research Paper
1. Prepare a three to four page outline or summary (not including the title page and reference page) on the topic below. Develop a research question and provide supportive statements that clarify and elaborate upon, in an orderly manner. The research outline assignment must be written in MS Word, APA format, with a 12-point font (Arial or Times New Roman).
2. Prepare an annotated bibliography in APA format. The annotated bibliography should have a minimum of five peer reviewed resources that you locate from the library. The summary of each reference should be around 150-200 words long. All citations must be done in APA format (6th edition). This should be submitted in a Word document (or equivalent) in 12 point font, single spaced (note your paper will be double spaced, but the bibliography may be single spaced).
TOPIC: My specific area of interest is family including marriage and parenthood intertwining business and psychology disciplines.
Title: How Starting a Business can affect Marriage and the Family
While studying business gives you skills to work in a business environment, studying psychology helps you acquire the intellectual and personal skills necessary to work well with people, understanding what hinders and motivates them. My husband and I have been creating and working on our business plan for a while. We have set financial and business goals but we very rarely talk about how it will affect our home, our family, our relationship, and our children. We have the roles we will play and how things will flow but we need to dig further into the time it will take and how that will affect the family. How our roles will be in the home and how we will make sure our children are not negatively affected. Starting a business can be financially and emotionally straining on families. Also I can dig into our different businesses involve their families more. Some restaurants allow the children to work there and hang around more while an accounting firm would not be the ideal place for children to be involved.