Week 5 Draft Work

BUSI 646

Research Project - Draft Instructions

Using your Annotated Bibliography and Outline, you will work on a Draft of the 1,500 words research paper, complying with the formatting and content instructions below.

Format

· Contains 1,500 words, not including words on title and reference pages

· Times New Roman, 12-point font is used

· Current APA format is used

· Pages are numbered

· Use you 4 Annotated Bibliography from peer-reviewed journals are cited (articles must be less than 10 years old)

· Block quotations are utilized for any quotes over 40 words, with the format as follows:

· Single-spaced with double space separating quotes

· Indented 5 spaces from the left margin

· No quotation marks

· Reference page is in current APA format, including active URL links

· Use your outline

Content

· Title page that includes:

· Running head (left aligned) and a page number (right aligned)

· Course number and name

· Case name

· Group number and all group member names

· Date submitted

· “Respectfully submitted to: (Instructor’s Name)”

· Abstract (in block format)

· Content of your topic and/or paper (for more information, review the associated grading rubric)

· Integrates concepts from the textbook that are related to your topic, including page numbers where the concepts may be found—credit will only be earned for concepts supported by text page numbers

· Uses in-text citations in current APA format to credit sources listed on the reference page as appropriate

· Conclusion

· References