代写 阿德莱德 COMMGMT 1001 Introduction to Management



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This activity is aimed at you becoming aware of and engaged with academic literature in the management discipline while developing the skills necessary to become a critical consumer of others’ work.
 
Research published in most academic journals goes through a process of “blind review”, whereby a number of experts assess the merits (strengths and weaknesses) of a paper prior to the editor accepting it for publication. This process is generally “double blind” where neither the author(s) Page 9 of 17 nor the referees know one another’s identity. For this assessment you are required to select and review an academic paper and provide a succinct and constructively critical review of its content. You can choose any scholarly paper for your analysis but it must be in line with the themes covered in the early course lectures. It is important for this assignment that you understand how to effectively use library resources. You may also find the Academy of Management Journal website useful for generally understanding the review process. It is recommended you discuss your chosen paper with your tutor to ensure it is a paper which explores what is and why or how one of the following concepts is relevant in a business context:
 
- Managing and/or management
- Teamwork and/or teams
- External environment and/or culture
 
You are required to unambiguously insert a working hyperlink at the start of your submission so your marker can easily access the paper you have selected to review. The maximum length of your review is limited to 750 words so you must think carefully about choosing your words while developing your meaning(s). Note the use of 3 references (minimum) in the text of your review which you must detail in a reference list using the Harvard referencing style (the reference list is not counted in your 750 word limit). The review you submit should have 3 sections comprising approximately 250 words each and use the following section headings with a word count at the end of each section.
 
 
Section 1: The Paper’s Theoretical Development and Contribution (250 words)
 
In this section you should constructively critique the theory development of the paper. Some questions that you may reflect on include:
- How well does the paper summarise a matter of conjecture or debate in the relevant academic literature?
 
 
- Does the paper provide an adequate summary of the literature to date? (Here, you might like to provide a couple of references to relevant papers that the authors have not included in their paper).
 
 - Does the paper bring together a new understanding of managerial phenomena that has not been put forward by other authors (i.e. is there something novel and original in the paper)?
 
代写 阿德莱德 COMMGMT 1001 Introduction to Management

 
 
Section 2: The Paper’s Development of Empirical Evidence (250 words)
 
The progression of science (including social sciences like management) is based upon the analysis of evidence. Good academic work will assemble and analyse evidence with great care. For the evidence to be useful it should have some wider applicability (i.e. it should provide generalisable results) and the study should be able to be replicated by another researcher. You can choose a qualitative (case based) or quantitative (numbers based) paper, but a knowledge of statistics is not a pre-requirement for this course and critiquing statistical methodology should not become a major focus of your review. Some questions that you might reflect on for this section include:
 
- If the paper is based on case evidence, is the case a useful one for this research? Is the case unusual in such a way that the evidence is highly specific to the case and not relevant elsewhere?
 
- If the paper is based on quantitative data (for example from a survey) are you confident that the survey has been well administered and is representative of the population under analysis?
 
- Have the researcher(s) taken care in assembling evidence? Are you confident that they have asked the right questions to the best respondents in the organisation/industry under investigation?
 
- If the case is based on secondary data (for example, an analysis of newspaper articles or other secondary materials) might there be some systematic biases present in the dataset (for example, SMEs are not as well reported as large firms)?
 
- Is the case study material or quantitative data analysed appropriately and well? Is the analysis something a journalist would do, or does it follow good academic processes?
 
 
Section 3: The Paper’s Contribution to Better Managerial Practice (250 words)
 
In this section, you should assess the importance and relevance of the paper’s contribution to the improvement of managerial practice. Some questions that you might reflect on for this section include:
 
- What contribution to better managerial practice and/or better organisational and social outcomes does the paper provide?
 
- What is interesting about the paper that is important for management, organisations and society?

代写 阿德莱德 COMMGMT 1001 Introduction to Management