Research Report Assignment
Directions
Using the cited research from the textbook as a starting point, you are to find a current (as recent as possible) related journal article, preferably on the same topic. You should then read the current article and compare its' results and findings to those summarized in the text. After determining whether the results and findings are the same or different from those cited in the textbook, you then need to explain what those similarities or differences mean, in plain English.
All cited material must include both internal citations and a complete reference list at the end of the paper. A cover sheet should minimally indicate the name of the Research Report, the name of the course, the student's name and the date.
Article Specific Directions
Chapter 33, Research Report 33.1 - Transparency and collective learning
The Bernstein (2012) article recent, so it may not be possible to find something more recent than this article. This is not important. The point of the exercise is to find another article dealing with observability of workers and collective learning
effects.
To that end it may be helpful to:
1. Use the library databases to search on "collective learning", "observability of workers", "transparency", or "change" as well as the authors' names to find related articles. The chapter may provide you with useful search terms as well. If you find the journal article itself in the library databases, note the associated subject terms for the article and use those to conduct your search. Given the difficulty that you may have in finding a direct match, if you find an article that deals with either observability of workers OR collective learning effects, that will be sufficient for this exercise.
2. Use Research report 29.1 to generate search terms, as previously suggested. The narrative has useful phrases that can be used for a literature search.
3. You do not want to merely summarize the article. You want to indicate whether the article you found is consistent or inconsistent with the Bernstein (2012) findings. Then you want to discuss what these results, as a whole (both articles together), mean to leaders and managers in terms of being able to consider the effects of collective learning and transparency on change efforts.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.