BUS854 Individual assignment_ REPORT Cross Cultural 代写


Individual assignment
Report–(Individual assignment- 40%)
The assignment is research based and requires the student to become more knowledgeable about using varied research sources and understand research methodology. The assignment will develop critical thinking and analytical skills and enable students to synthesize information and develop informed views.
This assignment requires students to explore and apply an advanced body of knowledge in a range of current contexts in the Cross Cultural Management/Business or Cross Cultural Leadership/International Businessdiscipline.
The research paper will begin with identifying a current topic in theprofessional practice or discipline of Cross Cultural Management/Business or Cross Cultural Leadership/International Business.
The next step is to develop a proposal which covers the objective of the research to be addressed, the methodology to be used, and the strategic plan for accomplishing the project. Feedback needs to be obtained from the unit coordinator before proceeding with the project. An acceptable topic will be negotiated between the student and unit convener
The third step is conducting a literature review to advance the theoretical knowledge and develop your cognitive skills in the discipline. The literature review will enable you to identify gaps in the existing literature and develop research propositions for your project. Students will identify one or two theories from the vast knowledge in the area and investigate their research informed by these theories.Select an appropriate research methodology and validate its appropriateness for theproject. Collect quantitative or qualitative data, secondary data or case studies to support your research.
The last step is to analyse the data and draw outcomes and conclusions. This section will end with addressing limitations of your research project and suggestions for future research in the topic area.
Sample topics
Topics may include the significance of culture in international management, the meaning and dimensions of culture, comparative international management and leadership styles, managing communication across cultures, ethics and social responsibility in global management, cultural views of intellectual property around the world, cross-cultural negotiation and decision-making, cross-cultural leadership and motivation, forming and managing global teams, culture and consumer behaviour and developing the international and global manager.
 

BUS854 Individual assignment_ REPORT Cross Cultural 代写
Please prepare your research paper, using the following guidelines:

Format	All files should be submitted as a Word document: Times Roman, Font 12.
Article Length	Articles should be between 6000 and 8000 words in length. This includes all text including references and appendices.
Article Title	A title of not more than eight words should be provided.
Structured Abstract	Purpose Design/methodology/approach Findings Research limitations/implications Practical implications Originality/value Maximum is 250 words in total (including keywords)
Keywords	Please provide up to 10 keywords, which encapsulate the principal topics of the paper.
References	References to other publications must be in Harvard style and carefully checked for completeness, accuracy and consistency. You should cite publications in the text: (Adams, 2006) using the first named author's name or (Adams and Brown, 2006) citing both names of two, and (Adams et al., 2006), when there are three or more authors. At the end of the paper a reference list in alphabetical order should be supplied:
For books	Surname, Initials (year), Title of Book, Publisher, Place of publication. e.g. Harrow, R. (2005), No Place to Hide, Simon & Schuster, New York, NY.
For book chapters	Surname, Initials (year), "Chapter title", Editor's Surname, Initials, Title of Book, Publisher, Place of publication, pages. e.g. Calabrese, F.A. (2005), "The early pathways: theory to practice – a continuum", in Stankosky, M. (Ed.), Creating the Discipline of Knowledge Management, Elsevier, New York, NY, pp. 15-20.
For journals	Surname, Initials (year), "Title of article", Journal Name, volume, number, pages. e.g. Capizzi, M.T. and Ferguson, R. (2005), "Loyalty trends for the twenty-first century", Journal of Consumer Marketing, Vol. 22 No. 2, pp. 72-80.
For published  conference proceedings	Surname, Initials (year of publication), "Title of paper", in Surname, Initials (Ed.), Title of published proceeding which may include place and date(s) held, Publisher, Place of publication, Page numbers. e.g. Jakkilinki, R., Georgievski, M. and Sharda, N. (2007), "Connecting destinations with an ontology-based e-tourism planner", in Information and communication technologies in tourism 2007 proceedings of the international conference in Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2007, Springer-Verlag, Vienna, pp. 12-32.
For unpublished  conference proceedings	Surname, Initials (year), "Title of paper", paper presented at Name of Conference, date of conference, place of conference, available at: URL if freely available on the internet (accessed date). e.g. Aumueller, D. (2005), "Semantic authoring and retrieval within a wiki", paper presented at the European Semantic Web Conference (ESWC), 29 May-1 June, Heraklion, Crete, available at: http://dbs.uni-leipzig.de/file/aumueller05wiksar.pdf (accessed 20 February 2007).
For working papers	Surname, Initials (year), "Title of article", working paper [number if available], Institution or organization, Place of organization, date. e.g. Moizer, P. (2003), "How published academic research can inform policy decisions: the case of mandatory rotation of audit appointments", working paper, Leeds University Business School, University of Leeds, Leeds, 28 March.
For encyclopedia entries  (with no author or editor)	Title of Encyclopedia (year) "Title of entry", volume, edition, Title of Encyclopedia, Publisher, Place of publication, pages. e.g. Encyclopaedia Britannica (1926) "Psychology of culture contact", Vol. 1, 13th ed., Encyclopaedia Britannica, London and New York, NY, pp. 765-71. (For authored entries please refer to book chapter guidelines above)
For newspaper  articles (authored)	Surname, Initials (year), "Article title", Newspaper, date, pages. e.g. Smith, A. (2008), "Money for old rope", Daily News, 21 January, pp. 1, 3-4.
For newspaper  articles (non-authored)	Newspaper (year), "Article title", date, pages. e.g. Daily News (2008), "Small change", 2 February, p. 7.
For electronic sources	If available online, the full URL should be supplied at the end of the reference, as well as a date that the resource was accessed. e.g. Castle, B. (2005), "Introduction to web services for remote portlets", available at: http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/library/ws-wsrp/ (accessed 12 November 2007). Standalone URLs, i.e. without an author or date, should be included either within parentheses within the main text, or preferably set as a note (roman numeral within square brackets within text followed by the full URL address at the end of the paper).

 BUS854 Individual assignment_ REPORT Cross Cultural 代写