IMPORTANT: You must earn at least 80 on this final revised version to successfully complete the GPO.
Conducting research is an important part of any professional career. Senior managers are frequently tasked with making decisions based upon information and data found through such research. Making a sound decision based on credible research can result in organizational success. Making a poor decision based on faulty research can be catastrophic. For this reason, we emphasize the research process in all graduate programs and courses.
The research process requires us to locate and present sound, credible data, and information, and then to present our own interpretations, opinions, recommendations, and conclusions based upon this data and information. Anyone can locate data; not everyone can use this data to make sound decisions.
Academic and professional research usually requires us to use peer-reviewed communications and literary items - articles, journals, books, etc. In this context, peer-reviewed means articles, etc., have been reviewed by subject matter experts in the field. As an example, your textbooks are all peer-reviewed.
For the most part, you will use articles for your research in your coursework. The best places to find such articles are in the databases housed in the ECPI Online Library. While there are other credible resources found through Google and other search engines via the Internet (such as company information, government information, etc., the library is the safest and easiest place for conducting research. These articles in the databases have been vetted.
Instructions
For this Research and Documentation assignment, follow the directions below, and prepare a report covering the points presented. Use APA Style to create this report in an MS Word document. Your report should be approximately two pages in length and should include a cover page, and a References page. You do not need to include an Abstract.
Your report should use headings. Your headings should come from the list below. Note: The introduction to your report does not need a heading.
- Describe the purpose of academic research and its relevance to your career path.
- Define the term "Scholarly” articles.
- For this definition, you may use the Internet or the ECPI Online Library reference collections such as the Credo Reference database. Remember to cite this information.
- FYI: (You may sometimes see the term scholarly reviewed used interchangeably with peer-reviewed. The word peer, in this case, refers to subject matter experts in that particular field. The word peer does not refer to your friends or classmates.)
- Explain the importance of using peer-reviewed resources and how such resources help professionals to make sound decisions.
- For this definition, you may use the Internet or the ECPI Online Library reference collections such as the Credo Reference database. Remember to cite this information.
- Locate a peer-reviewed article using the databases in the Online Library. (SEE ATTACHED PDF)
- This article should be important to your own career path or one that interests you.
- Provide a brief summary of the article you located.
- Remember to cite the information you found in the article.
- Include your own interpretations and opinions about the article and what you have learned. You do not cite your own interpretations and opinions.
- In conclusion, explain how the information in this article and the research process will be useful to your career path. (CRIMINAL JUSTICE)
- 💡 Pro tip- Use this template, as it will guide you through each sectionDownload 💡 Pro tip- Use this template, as it will guide you through each section (SEE ATTACHED WORD DOC) Use the APA Style Guide found in the Online Library and linked here for how to use in-text citations, how to format your report in APA style, and how to prepare the cover sheet and References page.APA Style is a learning process. However, here are some tools for you to use. Download this APA Style TemplateDownload APA Style Template to use for this assignment and for research assignments in your courses.You can also download this Research Paper OutlineDownload Research Paper Outline for full-blown research projects. Download and keep this file handy for future use. ***** We strongly recommend that you use the WAC to help you with APA style and also with in-text citations. You can also take these links for sample papers using APA style.
- https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/apa_style/apa_formatting_and_style_guide/apa_sample_paper.htmlLinks to an external site.
- https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/paper-format/student-annotated.pdfLinks to an external site.
- https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/paper-format/professional-annotated.pdfLinks to an external site.