MGMT8110 - Global Business

MGMT8110–Global Business

Winter2020

Final Essay Writing Assignment

(Worth 25% of Course Grade)

Delivery Method: Uploaded to Assignments Section of eConestoga, under category Final Essay Submission

Due Date: Tuesday, April 14, 2020 not later than 11:59 PM

Late Submissions: After Class deadline: 10% loss in marks for per day late

After 3 days: The final essay automatically receives a zero mark

Essay Requirements:

The essay is a well-structured research paper that opens with an introduction (introduces the Thesis Statement), well-

researched arguments (minimum 2-3) with a clear conclusion in support of your Thesis Statement.

Based on your approved topic write and submit an essay which has the following elements:

1) Introduction: An introductory paragraph that catches the reader’s attention and states the relevance of your topic (any background or current issues), identifying your Thesis Statement.

2) Body: The body should be formatted with arguments which support and defend the Thesis Statement. These arguments need to:

i. Be well organized and flow from a logical start to a strong conclusion.

ii. It also needs to demonstrate the significance of your topic from a global business perspective.

iii. Clearly support, defend or justify the thesis as present.

IV. Be analytical and show your abilities to develop clear ideas with originality of thought.

V. Include evidence to demonstrate width/depth of research.

VI. To be written in descriptive form by not inserting any image, graph or table etc.

3) Have good quality writing:

i. Grammar, punctuation & spelling are virtually flawless.

ii. Language and word choice are appropriate throughout.

4) Be well formatted and pleasant to read:

i. Has an opening and concluding sentence.

ii. The essay follows scholarly conventions including proper formatting, citation methods and is virtually flawless.

5) Be original:

i. Your paper can use quotes from your research, but cannot comprise more than 10% of your paper.

ii. Make sure you take advantage of the Originality Check available on eConestoga.

iii. During Originality Check on Turntin if it is found that essay content has been put in without using

appropriate citations or referencing then a case of Academic Dishonesty will be filed.

iv. Before the due date in order to conduct Originality Check, you may make a multiple number of essay submissions

into the assignment folder. However, your latest submission will be treated as your final submission.

6) Have the following length and format:

i. Between 10 to12 pages excluding title page and reference pages in

Times New Roman or Ariel, 12 points font & double-spaced

ii. Title Page must include:

? Course Name, Code and Section

? Semester – Winter2020

7) Create a thread:

Starting from the Thesis Statement, create a thread of logic that will follow throughout the essay. This thread will be

built on your research findings.

i. The thread needs to be directly related to your thesis.

ii. Creating a thread means it will have an introduction, body, conclusion – all focused on supporting the Thesis Statement.

 

8) Wrap up your essay with a strong concluding paragraph that summarizes your essay with a strong concluding paragraph

that summarizes your arguments and affirm your Thesis Statement. In references use the APA standard formatting (sixth

edition).