Principles of Management

You will write a research paper of 8–9 full pages on a management topic approved by your instructor. The topic should be unique to the topics covered in the course and have a management focus. Submit your request for your desired topic to the Research Paper Topic Approval Discussion Board by the end of Module/Week 1. A sample paper is available in the Assignment Instructions folder and should be referred to for proper formatting.

Paper Requirements:  

· The paper is to be your original work and written solely for this course. Although past papers can be referenced, papers previously submitted cannot be used to fulfill this assignment.

· The paper must be written using current APA format and include a Title Page, an Abstract, and a References list (See APA sample paper).

· The Title Page is not numbered. All other pages are numbered using Arabic numerals.

· The paper must have a minimum of 8 full pages (double-spaced on 8 ½ x 11 paper) and a maximum of 9 full pages.

· It must be submitted as a Word document (.doc).

· The finished paper must be uploaded, as an attachment, by the published deadline.

· Headers must include short title and pagination. No other header is required.

· It must have 1-inch margins (right, left, top, or bottom).

· Do not use bullets or listing anywhere in the paper.

· It must be written in third person.

· It must use size 12 font in either Times or Times New Roman.

· The body of the paper is left-justified only.

· Paragraphs must be indented 5 spaces.

· Any charts, pictures, etc. must be put in an appendix and do not count toward the minimum number of pages.

· Show block quotations of more than 40 words as follows:

· Use single spacing within the quote and double spacing surrounding the quote.

· Indent 5 spaces from left-hand margin.

· Do not use quotation marks.

· References must be as follows:

· A minimum of 5 different references must be used.

· Three of these references must be published from peer-reviewed professional journals or books within the last 3 years.

· Remaining references must be obtained from professional journals.

· Textbooks cannot be utilized as a reference.

· Reference Section

· Double-space between references.

· Single-space within references.

· Abstracts or web blogs may not be utilized as resources.

Submit this assignment via SafeAssign by 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Monday of Module/Week 7.

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