1. Perhaps the most important chapter notes and PPT for this paper will be chapter 7, which is all about mergers and acquisitions. Make sure you use chapter 7 (as well as 8 and 9 as appropriate) to discuss the concepts you encounter in the assigned readings on mergers and acquisitions post pandemic.
2. Your paper should be 1200 words (4 pages). Create a cover page with the title and your name. Make the title interesting — the name of the position you’ve taken in th paper.
3. Write an introduction that tells me what you will cover in your paper and in what order. You are use the assigned readings to make an argument about the future of mergers and acquisitions given COVID-19. You’ll need to think about what the authors have to say. What kinds of businesses will be acquired, for example? Those that prospered during the recession —- or those that barely hung on?
4. Organize your paper with subheads to identify movement from one topic to another. Write a conclusion that summarizes the major points in your paper.
5. Use citations and references. In the body of your paper, when you are discussing a concept introduced by Jones, your citation will look like this: (Jones, 2011), If you quote Jones, your citation will look like this (Jones, 2011, p. 34). References must be fully written out and arranged in alpha order by last name of author or publisher, if no author, along the left margin:
Beals, J. (2021). “Mergers and Acquisitions after the Great Recession,” Strategy 45(2): 345-688.
Jones, G. (2011). Organizational Development and Strategy.New York: Cengage.