Your research paper may be written on one of the following topics: The Evolution of Management Thinking Historical Trends of Management Managing in a Global Environment Innovative Management for a Changing World Corporate Culture Managing The Adaptive Organization Managerial Strategy Decision Making and Problem Solving; a manager’s perspective Managerial Planning and Goal Setting Managing Diversity I encourage you to ask yourself the following questions as you decide on a topic.  Do I find this topic interesting?  Although simple, this question is essential.  Your personal interest about an issue or topic can and will make a big difference when you are researching and writing your paper.  Is the topic personally or professionally rewarding?  Will the research project answer questions about problems at work or provide you with a vehicle for professional advancement?  Projects on work-related issues often result in visibility or frameworks for discussion with fellow professionals. The paper should contain the following sections: I. The Introduction Describe why you chose this particular topic.  Why do you think that it is an important issue in management responsibilities and practices? II. The Review of the Literature The  Review of the Literature  involves locating, reviewing, and evaluating resources that provide both background material and information on related studies.  You must include a minimum of 8-10 sources in the review with the majority of sources being journals and periodicals rather than books.  You may  not  use websites as sources in the review; however you will be using search engines, such as EBSCO, to locate appropriate sources.  Amberton has many online sources which you can locate via the library tab on Amberton University’s website.  As you review your sources, look for the major subtopics of the material and organize your literature under these various subtopics.  It is important to organize your literature review in the sequence best ordered for a logical flow of the information.  An article-by-article presentation, stringing them together, is much less appealing than a review organized by subtopics. All material paraphrased, summarized or directly quoted from another source  must  include documentation within the paragraph.  Directly quoted material should also include quotation marks.  Failure to properly document imposes severe grade penalty, as it is considered plagiarism.  Most paragraphs in your review should contain a citation as you are reviewing what other researchers and authors are saying about your topic.  When including your opinions or experiences within the review, make it clear that you are doing so.  If you are unfamiliar with APA documentation, consider visiting the QEP tutorial located in your class portal or the following websites: www.apastyle.org http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/ III. Conclusion The concluding section of your paper should include your opi.

1. Your research paper may be written on one of the following
topics:
The Evolution of Management Thinking
Historical Trends of Management
Managing in a Global Environment
Innovative Management for a Changing World
Corporate Culture
Managing The Adaptive Organization
Managerial Strategy
Decision Making and Problem Solving; a manager’s perspective
Managerial Planning and Goal Setting
Managing Diversity
I encourage you to ask yourself the following questions as you
decide on a topic. Do I find this topic interesting? Although
simple, this question is essential. Your personal interest about
an issue or topic can and will make a big difference when you
are researching and writing your paper. Is the topic personally
or professionally rewarding? Will the research project answer
questions about problems at work or provide you with a vehicle
for professional advancement? Projects on work-related issues

2. often result in visibility or frameworks for discussion with
fellow professionals.
The paper should contain the following sections:
I.
The Introduction
Describe why you chose this particular topic. Why do you think
that it is an important issue in management responsibilities and
practices?
II.
The Review of the Literature
The
Review of the Literature
involves locating, reviewing, and evaluating resources that
provide both background material and information on related
studies. You must include a minimum of 8-10 sources in the
review with the majority of sources being journals and
periodicals rather than books. You may
not
use websites as sources in the review; however you will be
using search engines, such as EBSCO, to locate appropriate
sources. Amberton has many online sources which you can
locate via the library tab on Amberton University’s website.
As you review your sources, look for the major subtopics of the
material and organize your literature under these various
subtopics. It is important to organize your literature review in
the sequence best ordered for a logical flow of the information.
An article-by-article presentation, stringing them together, is
much less appealing than a review organized by subtopics.

3. All material paraphrased, summarized or directly quoted from
another source
must
include documentation within the paragraph. Directly quoted
material should also include quotation marks. Failure to
properly document imposes severe grade penalty, as it is
considered plagiarism. Most paragraphs in your review should
contain a citation as you are reviewing what other researchers
and authors are saying about your topic. When including your
opinions or experiences within the review, make it clear that
you are doing so. If you are unfamiliar with APA
documentation, consider visiting the QEP tutorial located in
your class portal or the following websites:
www.apastyle.org
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/
III.
Conclusion
The concluding section of your paper should include your
opinions and personal experiences about the issues raised.
How will you use the information for personal or professional
development? What advice would you give other professionals
based on both your experiences and on the literature?
IV.
References
Your
Reference List
is an alphabetical listing of your sources by author’s last

4. name. If the source does not list an author, I prefer that you
cite by the title of the article and then list by title of the article
alphabetically in the reference list. With articles downloaded
from EBSCO as well as some other sources, you will have the
original citation. Use that original citation both within the
paper and in the reference list. With other search engines, you
will not necessarily have the original volume, issue, or pages,
although you will have the date and the journal in which the
article appeared. In that case, the complete web address should
appear in the reference citation. When checking the sources
cited within your literature review, I should be able to match
them exactly to the reference section of your paper. Check this
before submitting the assignment.
REQUIREMENTS:
This assignment is generally 10-12 pages in length and APA
format is required. If you require information about how to cite
using APA, please refer to:
www.apastyle.org