Research Paper Assignment (Due on December 14th at 11:59 PM)
The purpose of this assignment is to encourage you to read and write a report about a peer-reviewed business article. Each group is assigned to a recently published practice-based business article in operations management.
The team needs to read the article carefully and write a 2–3-page report (around 1200-2000 words) about it. At the end of the report, the team must include 1-2 paragraphs on their own thoughts of the article by discussing its strengths and weaknesses; providing suggestions for potential future directions/improvements for the article is a plus.
Grading criteria:
Content:
The report needs to give a well-structured summary of the article that could include:
A brief introduction about the context of the paper.
Describe the company’s background, problem studied and the research questions.
A brief background of the problem (if available) and explain how this paper is contributing to the theory and/or practice.
How is the problem solved? /what methods are used?
Summary of the results and findings of the paper.
Concluding remarks and the team’s thoughts on the paper as described above.
Writing:
Use a standard font such as “Calibri”, “Times New Roman”, etc. with size 11-12.
Writing should be formal and without typos.
The report must have a smooth flow from the beginning to the end to help the reader understand the important contents easily. Break down your text to different paragraphs when necessary. A good report starts with an introduction, gives background information, explains the main content, and ends with a clear conclusion.
Your report should not be too short or too long. (1200-2000 words).
Make sure to cite the original article(s) at the end of your summary using one of the standard referencing styles (APA, MLA, Chicago, etc.). If necessary, use standard in-text citations as well.
Copy any Figure(s) from the original article if you are discussing it (them) in your report.
Use your own words. Do not copy sentences from the article. In special circumstances it is fine to quote from the article by using “…”, but do not do this unless necessary.
Submission: You must submit a PDF or Word file of your report. Please make sure to submit before the deadline.
Instructions about the research paper presentation will be announced separately.