Category: Writing

This unit aims to give you an opportunity to combine many facets of your acquired MBA skills into
the production of a high-quality research project.
Assignment 2 – the Literature Review – is designed to ensure that each team member masters the
skills of searching, locating, reading, summarising, and using relevant academic literature and
secondary data to create a compelling discussion and/or argument, thereby creating the context for
their further research in pursuit of the answer to their research question(s).
Your lecturer will LEAD and FACILITATE you through the process, week by week. The learning will be
progressive, so for best results you will need to be in weekly contact with your lecturer during class
time at your campus.
Assignment Structure should be the following:
1. An opening statement of the Research Problem and research Question(s) – these should
now be more detailed than what you had in your Topic Approval.
2. Discussion of major theories, models or streams of influence around this topic. This provides
your lecturer with evidence that you have gone deeper than your initial search now to find
literature that leads you toward answering your research question
3. Draw the reader’s attention to any contrasting views expressed in prior research in this area
and give your view of how differing opinions can be brought together to help answer the
research question and ultimately resolve the research problem. [the more comprehensive
your literature review, the better. Whatever you do NOT find out in this literature review
will leave you with more work to do when you move to the next part of the project, i.e.
methodology]
4. Report how it has brought you closer to an answer to your research question(s).
5. Ensure all in text citations are correctly referenced.
6. Add a comprehensive List of References, in Harvard referencing style. [Students please be
warned that errors in referencing attract suspicion of plagiarism/academic misconduct
and may require detailed investigation, prompting a request for further information from
you regarding your sources. It is always essential that academic integrity is upheld and any
breach thereof may lead to a mark of ZERO and a report of academic misconduct. Don’t
take a chance!]
7. Append a statement indicating ‘who wrote which sections of this report’
Attachments:
5440651_1_Assignment-2—Group-report-on-Literature-Review-2020-1-.pdf

This is an individual effort where you are required to write in a scholarly manner, the research design chapter of your thesis, or a research paper on research design, based on the selected research problem from assignment 2. You are expected to engage in library and Web searches of appropriate and credible academic and industry sources, for example, the Web of Science or the Web of Knowledge. The assessment is designed to develop research skills, written and oral communication abilities, independent and critical thinking, organizational abilities, as well as to acquire an understanding of the research topic you selected. Submission Instructions: 1. The assignment should be organised using the following guidelines: • The cover sheet must identify the student (name and number) and assignment. • The assignment is expected to be written in an essay style and to have the following components: Abstract, introduction, main section which is the research design (include headings as per the marking scheme), conclusion and references section. • Reference sources must be cited in the text and listed appropriately at the end in a reference list in an acceptable style. • The assignment must use12-point font size minimum and at least single line spacing with appropriate section headings. • The abstract and references list are not included in the word count.
Attachments:
5438822_1_Assignment-3-3.docx

The following guidelines are designed to help you with Assignment (3) and to clarify what is expected
from you. Please pay attention to the following instructions:
1. The assignment is expected to be written in a report style and MUST have the following
components:
a. Introduction (briefly state in one paragraph what the research problem is, the theory
you plan to use, and your research questions/hypotheses/objectives just to remind the
person marking your work what your study is about. This information is straight from
Assignment 2).
b. Main section (this should be broken down into sections with headings from the
marking scheme as follow:
(1) Draft research design
(2) Planned sample, population or subject selection
(3) Planned instrumentation and materials for data collection
(4) Planned variables in the study
(5) Plan for data analysis
(6) Plan for data presentation
Please use these headings rather than your own.
c. Conclusion (briefly summarize your overall design in one short paragraph).
d. References
2. References must be cited both in-text and in a references list, using an acceptable referencing
style.
3. Read the blue comments below for guidance on what each criterion requires you to do.
4. Note: Although there are no marks for the ‘introduction’ and ‘conclusion’, it is a good practice
to include these two sections in your report. This is an opportunity to develop and demonstrate
your report writing skills.
Attachments:
5438805_1_Assignment-3-Explained-Canvas.pdf