Assignment: Reading Response
There will be two reading response papers this term. Each will be a response to a different article or text that will be distributed to you. Your job is to provide a very brief summary, analysis, and evaluation. We can define these important concepts as follows:
• Summary- A formal, logical, consistent way of highlighting the main points.
o Purpose:
- In school- to quickly and accurately describe something you have read
- In professional life- to provide a faster-to-read version of the material to other readers
- In personal life- to reflect as accurately as possible on people, events, and one's memories of them.
• Analysis- A taking apart of something to show its parts or pieces, often using a special system, theory, or set of theories.
o Purpose:
- In school- to think more about a subject and/or to apply the methods of an academic discipline to a specific text
- In professional life- to apply a system or idea to a specific situation so that others understand how to use something
- In personal life- to examine one's own thoughts, actions, and motives logically and consistently from a variety of perspectives.
• Evaluation- A judgment of the value of a text to society or the quality of the way it is argued or organized.
o Purpose:
- In school- to show how well or poorly something has been done, or its effects on others beyond its main ideas
- In professional life- to help decide who to hire, how well people are doing, and the quality and style of your own work
- In personal life- to look not so much at the contents of one's own thinking and acting, but rather at the quality and value of that thinking and acting.
The response should include a reference list. Double-space, using Times New Roman 12 pnt font, one-inch margins, and APA style of writing and citations.
BUSINESS READING: Is Big Business Really That Bad?- Large corporations are vilified in a way that obscures the innovation they spur and the steady jobs they produce by ROBERT D. ATKINSON AND MICHAEL LIND.