Master’s Program: This is for Research Methods in Management Science Cousre# MGMT501.

American Public University System (APUS) Online Library must be used for to get all the inforamtion needed to completed both assignments.  NO EXCEPTIONS

1. Annotated Bibliography

Using the APA format, compose an annotated bibliography as a MSWord document. The minimum length should be approximately 100 words per annotation (8 – eight annotations–see details below) with no maximum specified. Make sure your annotations are lengthy enough to adequately describe the source you are listing!  The OWL link shows how an annotation using APA should look See: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/614/03/

For the sake of clarity, you are expected to present your annotations in APA format.

You will use the topic that you have chosen to research during this course to find sources, and then create an annotated bibliography as if your end goal were to write a research paper. Your annotated bibliography should include two (2) scholarly journal articles, two (2) non-scholarly journal articles, two (2) website sources, and two (2) books. Note that there are eight (8) annotations minimum in all. Please organize the annotated bibliography with the four categories of sources and use APA formatted headings. Please refer to the APA Helps and links so that you will know how to present the various types of sources/references used in this assignment with appropriate level headings. NOTE: SELECT RESOURCES THAT WERE PUBLISHED WITHIN THE LAST TEN YEARS.

NOTE: Do not use macros or automatic referencing in your papers for this course. The auto features usually cause unforeseen problems in format. Plus, part of this course involves the student’s acquisition of the essentials of the APA style format

2. Article Review (The article name must be clear, complete, and come from the APUS Online Library)

Submit an article review of a scholarly journal article using the instructions/concepts presented in the lecture this week (Introduction, Summary, Reflections, Implications). Continue to use the same topic you selected back in week one and locate an article that continues to build your understanding of that overall topic. (Note that this week you may select a “lecture-type” article that informs your topic without conducting data analysis.) Here is a link to an example of an Article Review (click here).

Include the following items and headings in your article review: abstract (incl. key words), introduction, summary, reflections, and implications. Note that this is the first assignment in this course that requires an abstract.  Note that abstracts give a concise snapshot as to what is contained in the paper you are writing, not the article you are reviewing.

The article review should be 450-600 words in the main body of text and should be formatted in APA using a title page, abstract, and references page. Upload the completed Word.doc as an attachment in the Assignments section. .  NOTE: SELECT AN ARTICLE THAT WAS PUBLISHED WITHIN THE LAST TEN YEARS.

NOTE: Do not use macros or automatic referencing in your papers for this course. The auto features usually cause unforeseen problems in format. Plus, part of this course involves the student’s acquisition of the essentials of the APA style format