Article Review
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article_review.docxARTICLE REVIEW ASSIGNMENT
· This is a writing assignment and involves the reading and review of an article related to our course learning outcomes;The review is a 3-page paper, and details follow.
· Almost all research articles start with a short summary; followed by a description of the problem or issue being researched; followed by a description of the methodology and research itself (e.g., a mail survey or interviews); and end with conclusions to be drawn from the research. Sometimes the conclusion is labeled as such; in other cases, the author will write the conclusion as the final page of so of the article. Read both summary and conclusion first. This will give you a good sense of what you will be reading. This is not a novel. Reading a summary and the conclusion will not spoil the plot.
· Your 3-page review will be in two parts. Separate these with headers – labeled “Summary” and “Analysis.” The first half should be a summary of the article. It should address these questions: what problem is the author addressing? What is his/her methodology for addressing the problem? And what are his/her conclusions?
· In the second half of the paper, you should present a brief analysis of the article. There are many, many ways to do this. One is to respond to this question: how does this article and its research relate to or fit into the broader field of strategic management.
· I am not interested in how you “feel” about the article or your “opinion” of it (e.g., no - “In my opinion, this is a very good article”). I want reasoned thinking in your response to the question above that guides the 2nd half of your paper. No use of the first person, “I”
1. Format. 1. Include a cover page and follow the format indicated in Appendix A of the course syllabus. Text should be double-spaced, paginated after the cover sheet, 1” margins, etc.
2. If you quote from the article, use the parenthetical citation form outlined in Turabian or APA. Because you will be using only a single article, all you need to do after the quote is cite the page number on which it occurs. For example: Smith states, “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog” (126). Note that the page number is listed without a “p.” and the final punctuation mark, the period, comes after the parenthesis.
