Overview
You will write an 8–10-page research paper. The 8-10 pages is referring to the “text” portion of the paper and does not include the required Title page, Abstract page, or the References page(s), and each of these pages is required.
For your Application Paper: Final Paper Assignment, you may write about any topic suggested by your textbook that interests you and that you think holds value and will be beneficial for you as you pursue a career—or contemplate doing so.
Our textbook has many practical applications for the workplace. So, YOU CHOOSE THE TOPIC or ISSUE for the Application Paper: Final Paper Assignment.
Also, your topic for the Application Paper: Final Paper Assignment will serve as the topic for the Application Paper: Outline Assignment and Application Paper: Literature Review Assignment. So, this final paper for the class should be based on the outline proposal presented earlier in the term, and the literature review you completed earlier should be incorporated into this Application Paper: Final Assignment.
Your Application Paper: Final Assignment should have all following main sections (and no other main sections), all formatted according to the current APA format. These guidelines may be found at our Liberty University Online Writing Center. (Remember, however, that long sections, such as the literature review, should contain subheadings to provide context and clarity for the reader. Your Application Paper: Final Assignment should include these sections (with the appropriate APA-formatted headings) in this order:
Introduction
Literature Review
YOUR Argument/Assertion/Theory and Hypothesis (or Hypotheses)
Your Research Approach (how you went about putting together your understanding in such a way as to cause you to take a position on this subject—in this case, a LITERATURE REVIEW). Simply state in this section your research approach was a “literature review.”
Results