Homework: Literature Review and Inquiry Formulation
For this first homework, you are asked to complete a literature review on one of the topics below. You are asked to critically review 3 educational journal articles on your topic and write a 600 to 800 words literature review on the articles you've selected.
The topics are:
1) Leadership and Emotional Intelligence
2) Motivation
3) Managing Up and Across
4) Cross-Cultural Communication
Steps to complete your literature review:
1) Choose a topic that you are interested and would like to know more about. It should be looked at as an opportunity to develop your skills in that area as well.
2) Formulate an inquiry question that specifically describes what would like to know about your topic. For example, ‘Discuss the barriers that hinder effective team productivity and provide ways of confronting and preventing those challenges in the future.'
3) Search for and locate academic journal articles and books that include your topic's information.
4) Select at least 3 academic journal articles to review. Read your articles and begin to sort and classify them according to their findings.
5) Organize your articles by sorting and classifying their findings in a meaningful way, always considering your original topic and inquiry question. Identify themes and patterns in your research.
Format your homework 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 homework, 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.