DMG6000 Project 1: Evaluate a Scholarly Article

Project 1: Evaluate a Scholarly Article

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In this project, you will develop scholarly article evaluation competencies that are foundational evidence-based management skills. You will begin by completing the reading (or review, depending on your background) of the principles of scholarly argument construction and deconstruction, as well as critical thinking. Then, you will practice what you learned in that reading both in Discussions with colleagues and, finally, in a formal scholarly article evaluation.

The timeline for this project is four weeks and the project has eight steps. Before starting work, review all the steps of the "Evaluate a Scholarly Article" project so that you understand the project's overall process and goals. Then, begin with Step 1: "Investigate an Evidence-Based Management Orientation (Reading)."

When you submit your project, your work will be evaluated using the competencies listed below. You can use the list below to self-check your work before submission.

1.1: Construct an argument using scholar-practitioner communication skills

1.2: Write using APA style and format.

5.3: Appraise a piece of collected evidence, such as a scholarly article.

Instructions for Evaluating the Proof-of-Concept Target Article

In this assignment, you will evaluate a scholarly article in accordance with generally accepted academic standards and practices of evaluation.

Ultimately, the question that you'll answer in your scholarly article evaluation is, "How do you assess this piece of scholarship?" There is no right answer to this question, but there are stronger and weaker arguments to be made.

First, you will want to make sure you've studied the resources provided to you on scholarly article evaluation. Perhaps you will search for a few more in the library, and on Google and YouTube.

Second, you'll want to make sure you've read the scholarly article closely. Think critically about the quality of the article, particularly in light of what you've learned about evidence evaluation. Do not use any of the resources you've studied as an evaluation template; your evaluation should make sense with the given article. If a potential evaluation area is neither particularly good nor particularly bad, there's probably no reason to address it.

Third, outline the arguments (claims and evidence) you plan to make in your thorough evaluation. The criteria against which you are measuring the quality of the scholarly article should be clear.

Finally, write your formal evaluation of the scholarly article. Speak to your target audience—a professional organization for which you want to consult—through your writing, and clearly explain your assessments and judgments. Proofread. Ensure that your audience can tell whether you find the article overall to be strong or weak, and whether you consider the article trustworthy as evidence or not. Ensure that there are not errors in grammar or spelling.

The scholarly article evaluation should be about 6–8 pages of content, plus title page and references. You do not need an abstract. The evaluation should adhere to the standards of APA style, especially in terms of the following:

title page

page format: proper placement of page number, margins, font

in-text citations

references (Note that all in-text citations should appear in the References list; all items in the References list should appear at least once in-text.)

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