Your submission will include the top-level outline shown below along with an expanded bullet point list of the content of each section at a minimum. Include appropriate citations and a reference section. See the Document Contents section of this guide for additional guidance.
Your submission will include the following:
Title Block
- Last Name, First Name
- Cognate
- Research Paradigm
- Planned Research Design (Case Study or Consulting Project) ? Proposed Topic
The body of the document will include:
- Business Practices
- The Problem
- Concepts
- Theories
- Constructs & Variables
- Related Studies
- Anticipated and Discovered Themes (For Case Study Project Only)
- Potential and Discovered Causes (For Consulting Project Only)
- Summary
- References
Note: You will be submitting a full literature review when you update Section 1 in BUSI 888, so you are encouraged to continue to work on your literature review going forward.
Your document will be submitted as an MS-Word .docx with the following title format: Lastname_Literature Review Outline_DDMMMYYYY.docx
Send an email to your Research Chair indicating that the submission was made. Include the following in your email:
Last Name, First Name
Task 5 Submitted
Course and Section (i.e. BUSI 887-A01)
Your chair will provide comments in Canvas within six days of receiving your email.
Once your document is reviewed by your chair, any comments received will be collected by you in a Change Matrix document. As the comments are addressed, a brief description of the changes made will be added to the Change Matrix document for review by the chair. Once you have made the necessary revisions, resubmit the document using the same format described above along with the Change Matrix.
Send an email to your Research Chair indicating that the resubmission was made. Include the following in your email:
Last Name, First Name
Task 5 Resubmitted
Course and Section (i.e. BUSI 887-A01)
Your chair will provide comments in Canvas within six days of receiving your email.
Your Research Chair will post a ‘1’ in Canvas once the document is approved. That will be your signal to submit the next task.