Category: Writing

Select one of the following films (arranged in chronological order according to year of
their release):
Pillow Talk (1959), The Children’s Hour (1961), Splendor in the Grass (1961), Advise and
Consent (1962), Midnight Cowboy (1969), Cabaret (1972), Cruising (1980), Making Love
(1982), The Color Purple (1985), Desert Hearts (1985), Maurice (1987), Dangerous
Liaisons (1988), Longtime Companion (1990), Pretty Woman (1990), Far and Away
(1992), Like Water for Chocolate (1992), Exit to Eden (1994), The Road to Wellville
(1994), The People vs. Larry Flint (1996), Boogie Nights (1997), American Beauty (1999),
The Cider House Rules (1999), Far from Heaven (2002), Kinsey (2004), Brokeback
Mountain (2005), The 40 Year-Old Virgin (2005), and The Notorious Bettie Page (2005).
I’d recommend watching several trailers for these films online to get a sense of which
one you’d prefer to watch and write about.
Step 2: Find a means to watch the film you have chosen. I’m guessing that most of you have
some sort of video streaming service, but if you don’t there are many online services
where you can rent these films for under $5.
Step 3: Watch the film once all the way through without stopping.
Step 4: While the film is still fresh in your mind, begin to sketch out the outline for your essay of
the topics, thinking about which episodes and themes from the film you’ve just watched
could be used in your analysis.
Attachments:
5441061_1_Instructions-for-Final-Film-Project–1-.pdf

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