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Essay Assignment: Students are tasked with completing an essay assignment from a given topic. The essay assignment attempts to achieve a couple of primary objectives. First, it attempts to develop students writing skills which are essential in the business world. Secondly, it attempts to develop students’ critical thinking abilities, by challenging them to analyse the full complexity of the business world today. Thirdly, and finally, it attempts to measure the depth of students’ understanding of core topics in the course. Marks for the essay assignment will be awarded as followed: Abstract (omission reduces presentation marks) o Two paragraphs o Includes a statement of the Problem o Includes the main findings or results Use of Course Materials and Additional Research – 30 marks o Students are required to support their arguments by referencing materials from both within and outside of the course o References should be almost entirely to high-quality sources, preferably peer-reviewed academic articles (for peer-reviewed articles consult with Mr Ebrahimi. Other high quality resources accepted, including news organisations (newspapers, network television organizations etc), government and/or academic research papers or reports (available through the resources of the Telfer and central university library) or other sources where liability can be determined (on-line sources where authorship is unable to be determined and/or held accountable are not considered reliable…but are often highly entertaining) o Marks are associated both to the quantity and quality of references used as well as the ways in which the materials are used (i.e. use of quotations or other data to support arguments) o All external materials must be clearly referenced. Failure do so could result in a charge of academic fraud (see materials included below on this topic) Arguments and Content of the Essay – 60 marks o Grades for this section will be assigned based on the extent to which the student has answered the following questions: Does the essay present a clear and fully articulated position on the topic? Are the arguments grounded or supported by factual and/or logical arguments? Have alternative perspectives or opinions been identified and thoroughly discussed? Have all dimensions of the issue been identified and carefully considered? Presentation – 10 marks o Assignments must be free of spelling and grammatical errors o Assignments should be professionally presented, ensuring that any tables or graphics are cleanly presented, referenced if cited and easy to read (this may require reproducing figures, as opposed to cutting and pasting from source documents) o Do the arguments presented flow together and build upon each other? This is a written assignment and students will prepare a report of not more than 7 pages in length (single-spaced, 12-point font, Arial or Times, 1-inch margins). The Essay Assignment must be submitted at the beginning of class on the due day. Students must be prepared to discuss their work when requested.