Term Paper

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Term Paper

• CSUF
• MANG 516

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General Guidelines

• Choosing a topic
• The research and writing process
• The output

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Choosing a Topic

• Topic choice
• New, interesting, relevant, controversial
• Scope and depth
• Orientation
• Managerial--What is the significance?

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The Process

• Start early
• Conduct a preliminary research
• Use an outline
• Conduct an extensive research
• Recommended resources
• Articles, not books
• Recent articles
• Types of articles

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Organization of the Paper

• Executive summary
• Introduction
• Justification, importance
• Body
• Analysis synthesis
• Focus
• Logical flow
• Headings and sub-headings
• Conclusion and summary
• References

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The Output

• Organization of the paper
• Documentary, not editorial
• Interesting and persuasive
• References, footnotes and endnotes

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References
Articles As last name, As first name, Title
of the Article, Title of the Journal, date,
page numbers. Books As last name, As first
name, Title of the Book, publisher, date.