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*ANNOTATED REFERENCE LIST AND DESIGNATION OF CASE TO BE STUDIED* > (Assignment 4) (10/12) > > Assignments Four and Five are inter-related: Assignment Four is, in > essence, laying the ground work for Assignment Five. As a consequence, > both assignments involve: > > - A topic in management > > > - A case study of an actual organization in which that topic is at > issue. > > For example, the *topic* of succession planning or the *topic* of > executive retention are both topics that could be found as an issue in th= e > American Red Cross, on which much has been published in scholarly > publications. > > *Both* of these =E2=80=93 the topic and the case =E2=80=93 must appear in= both Assignment > Four and Assignment Five or else you will not receive full credit on thos= e > assignments. > > For Assignment Four: > > 1. Pick a *management topic *that is of interest to you. > > > 1. Find a *case study *in the UMUC virtual library that involves that > management issue. A published case study is any article that discus= ses in > sufficient detail the issue facing an actual organization and how t= hat > organization addressed that issue. Some of the databases in the vi= rtual > library allow you to search using =E2=80=9Ccase study=E2=80=9D as a= criteria. However, > just because the term case study exists in the title of the article= may not > mean that the article actually gives you enough information to work= with; > you have to make that judgment. Two of the best sources of article= s =E2=80=93 > ABI/Inform Global and Business Source Complete =E2=80=93 don=E2=80= =99t allow for searches > using case study as a criteria, so you may have to do some digging. > Generally speaking, a published case study should be between 10 and= 15 > pages in length to give you enough information to work with. > > > 1. Find and read at least* five *articles in *scholarly journals* in > the UMUC library databases that discuss that management issue. Deve= lop an > annotated reference list (see Additional Information in the Syllabu= s for > discussions about both annotated reference lists and case studies), > including the UMUC the library database where the article can be fo= und and > the date your retrieved it. For any other sources on the Internet,= include > the site where you found it and the date your retrieved it. You do= not > need to include the actual URL. Your information on the management = issue > also has to come from articles in scholarly journals found in the v= irtual > library,* not *from the Internet, Wikipedia, newspapers, popular > magazines (e.g. *Time*, *Newsweek*, *Business Week*), etc. > Academic journals are those usually published by universities or by > professional societies (e.g. The Journal of the AMA). Just having = the word > =E2=80=9Cjournal=E2=80=9D in the title of the publication doesn=E2= =80=99t actually make it a > journal; after all, *The Wall Street Journal* is still just a daily > newspaper. > > On the other hand, additional information about the organization you=E2= =80=99re > studying can come from non-academic sources. While there are many > organizations that have been the subject of published case studies and ev= en > some (such as, again, the American Red Cross) that are more frequent > subjects of case studies, you may need to go outside the journals in the > UMUC library for additional information specific to that topic as it > relates to that organization. That is acceptable provided the *primary* > source of your information about the case is the study in a scholarly > journal in the UMUC library. For additional information on how the > organization is addressing the management issue, you can use non-library > resources (e.g., the organization=E2=80=99s web site, articles in newspap= ers and > general interest magazines, etc.). *Note*: do not rely on Wikipedia and > other encyclopedia-type sources. These are considered =E2=80=9Copen sour= ces=E2=80=9D and > are not subjected to the same form of editorial scrutiny as are newspaper= s > and magazines. In a similar vein, be appropriately skeptical of what > organizations post to their web sites; they can sometimes be nothing more > than puffery. A statement such as =E2=80=9Cwe have increased sales by 4.= 5% > annually for each of the past five years=E2=80=9D is one thing, especiall= y if it is > backed up by statistics; a statement of =E2=80=9Cwe are the leading provi= der of > quality widgets=E2=80=9D is another matter, especially if there are no st= atistics > provided to support that. >
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