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Crafting
The Final Paper
ORGA 417
Yonatan
Reshef
University
of Alberta
School of Business
CATEGORY |
INFORMATION |
ANALYSIS |
A GOOD ANALYSIS IS CRITICAL TO
WRITING A HIGH-QUALITY PAPER.
THIS IS WHERE YOU BRING EVERYTHING
TOGETHER; WHERE YOU ANSWER YOUR RESEARCH QUESTION; WHERE YOU CORROBORATE A
CAUSAL ARGUMENT.
A FRIENDLY ADVICE – AVOID CAUSAL
ARGUMENTS, FOR YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO CORROBORATE THEM.
IN OTHER WORDS, IT IS MUCH MORE PRACTICAL
TO POINT OUT AND EXPLAIN SOURCES OF DIFFERENCES BETWEEN EMPLOYEE
INVOLVEMENT (EI) IN DECISION MAKING IN JAPAN AND THE US, THAN TRYING TO
EXPLAIN THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EI AND EMPLOYEE COMMITMENT. |
RESEARCH |
YOU CANNOT WRITE A RESEARCH
PAPER WITHOUT USING VARIOUS SOURCES TO SUPPORT YOUR ARGUMENTS.
USE MORE THAN JUST INTERNET
SOURCES; USE HARD DATA TO GROUND ARGUMENTS
MAKE SURE THAT YOUR SOURCES ARE
INTEGRATED INTO THE DISCUSSION
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ORGANIZATION |
WRITE A BRIEF INTRODUCTION
WHICH CLEARLY STATES YOUR RESEARCH QUESTION/ARGUMENT
USE HEADLINES
MAKE SURE THAT THE FLOW BETWEEN ISSUES
AND THEMES IS
SMOOTH
VERIFY THAT ALL THE ITEMS THAT ARE
INCLUDED IN THE REFERENCE LIST ARE USED IN THE PAPER; AND THAT ALL THE
ITEMS USED IN THE PAPER ARE INCLUDED IN THE REFERENCE LIST
CONCLUSIONS – DO NOT INTRODUCE NEW IDES
IN THIS SECTION |
PRESENTATION |
YOU CAN EASILY MAKE YOUR PAPER
LOOK BETTER BY PROVIDING A TABLE OF CONTENTS; INCLUDING PAGE
NUMBERS; USING TITLES; LEAVING GENEROUS MARGINS (I.E., 1" ALL
AROUND); DOUBLE SPACING THE TEXT; USING 12 CPI FONT SIZE; NEVER ENDING A
PAGE WITH A HEADLINE |
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AND PERHAPS MOST IMPORTANT, START WORKING ON YOUR PAPER TODAY
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