Developing Corporate Communication Strategies

Description

Research Paper: Annotated Bibliography Assignment Instructions

Overview

In Module 8: Week 8, you will write a 10–12-page research paper on the topic of your choice from the Argenti readings (Argenti, P. A. (2015). Corporate Communication (7th ed.). McGraw-Hill Education.). The topic you select (Developing Corporate Communication Strategies) should be one that you would like to research further regarding corporate communication and one which you have not written about in prior classes.

Instructions

The Research Paper: Annotated Bibliography Assignment is a building block for your Research Paper Assignment. For Research Paper: Annotated Bibliography Assignment you will provide an annotated bibliography of 25 references that you plan to use for your Research Paper. It needs to be written in APA-7 format, with a cover page and references that each includes a summary, analysis and reflection.

A good annotated bibliography:

• encourages you to think critically about the content of the works you are using, their place within a field of study, and their relation to your own research and ideas.
• proves you have read and understand your sources.
• establishes your work as a valid source and you as a competent researcher.

An annotated bibliography is a list of sources and includes APA formatted references to the articles, books and resources, which one has compiled for a research assignment.  Following each reference is a brief description and an evaluation of the source.  The purpose of an annotated bibliography is to benefit the researcher and provide the content, relevance and quality of the sources.

Do not simply cut and paste the abstract as the annotation, as they are not the same.  Abstracts are summaries of a source, whereas annotations also include a brief analysis of the source’s fit for your research, note the source’s author (why should s/he be considered an expert) and explain the usefulness of the research being performed.

The APA format for an annotated bibliography is as follows:

Author Last Name, First Initial. Middle Initial. (Year). Name of journal article. Name of Journal, Volume(Issue), Page Number(s).

A brief summary of the article.

Assess the article according to the focus of the research and provide criticisms.

Who is the author and how are they qualified?  Reflect on the source and how it fits in the topic

chosen to research.  Is the source helpful?  Too broad or too narrow?  Explain how this research will fit into your research paper.

Note: Your assignment will be checked for originality via the Turnitin plagiarism tool.