Question Business Research

Q Undertake a literature search on a management topic of your choice and then select two academic journal articles from your topic and perform an article critique on each. Presentation: Submission in a word document only. Include appropriate headings; font Arial 11. Harvard referencing style required..

Assessment criteria: Refer to the assessment rubric on learnline

Background to the task The assessment requires you to select two academic journal articles from an area of literature that you have chosen to review and perform an article critique on each. An academic article critique requires you to engage with the articles that you have selected by summarising key points or arguments and evaluating or critiquing the way in which the author conducted or has presented the research.

You will need to report the articles main findings or ideas, contribution to knowledge and or methodologies used in the research, along with limitations, and or identification of future research. It is expected that you will critique these articles based on the concepts and understandings that you have gained about conducting research from this unit and the knowledge that you have in the area you have selected. This is an opportunity to show your understanding and in- depth knowledge in a scholarly area.

Hint: Select your articles carefully as not all academic articles in your selected area will present you with information that will enable you to critique easily, or provide you with the opportunity for thoughtful engagement. Also, remember what you have been learning in class about research including methodologies, ethical considerations, qualitative and quantitative research and reliability, validity, analysis techniques.

Some suggested topics

Below are some suggested topics that I have put together that may be relevant to you and you may wish to select your articles from

 The links between leadership skills and attributes and retention of employees

 Sustainability in the Northern Territory  The impact of culture on learning for international students studying in Australia

 The impact of outsourcing on the performance of an organisation

 The impact that leadership styles in management have on employee motivation and performance