Business Question

Literature Review Assignment Instructions

Literature Review: Outline Assignment

Overview

A critical skill at the doctoral level is the ability to conduct scholarly research guided by clearly articulated research questions that address a specific issue or problem. For this literature review, your research will be guided by the following three Research Questions:

How do individual and group decision processes aid or impede business decision making?

What are the latest developments in the process of strategy development and execution?

How can my academic discipline(see note below), as a function within the organization, influence the process of business strategy development and execution?

The first two questions are explored from a broad business perspective, while the third question gives you the opportunity to change your frame of reference to your specific cognate in the Doctoral Program.

Note: The third research question deals with your Cognate(from your DCP) as a function that is performed in a business. This is not exploring your degree program, the courses you have taken, or higher education in any way. You will replace the words ‘my academic discipline’ in Research Question 3 with your actual academic discipline from your DCP. Examples of academic disciplines include Finance, Marketing, Accounting, Information Systems, International Business Management.

• The purpose of this research project is for you to create a scholarly piece of doctoral level research and writing which conforms to current APA format.
• For this initial assignment, you will be developing the outline for your literature review. Use the Research Questions as provided in the instructions above. Your outline will include a minimum of one level of indentation below each Research Question with not less than two sub?headings not including the Summary. Following each sub-heading you will provide a one to two sentence description of what you will cover in that section of the literature review. Do not provide any narrative beyond what is being requested and be sure to include citations for any factual assertions you make in your descriptions. The sources documents for all citations provided must be included in the Reference section. Your headings must be descriptive to allow a reader to understand what is included each section and subsection. You can include more than two subheadings for each Research Question and additional levels of indentation if required for your discussion. In the final module you will be submitting your completed literature review.