PART A
Required Reading
Academic Writing at the Doctoral Level
Trident Writing Workshop (2016). Available in MyTLC under My Resources or at https://mytlc.trident.edu/index.php?page=workshop&action=eng095
Writing Style Guide. Trident University International. Available in MyTLC under My Resources or at https://mytlc.trident.edu/files/Writing-Guide_Trident_2014.pdf
Deegan, A. (2016). Graduate Writing Handbook. Trident University International. Available in MyTLC under My Resources or at https://mytlc.trident.edu/files/GRADUATE_WRITING_HANDBOOK.pdf
The Writing Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Tips and Tools. Resources available at http://writingcenter.unc.edu/tips-and-tools/
Murray, N. (2008). Writing up your university assignments and research projects: A practical handbook Open University Press. Chapter 6: What are the different components of a research project?. Available at Trident Library.
Find an eBook or a Book Chapter in Tridents Digital Library.
Applied Research
Banerjee, S. and Morley, C. (2013). Professional Doctorates in Management: Toward a Practice-Based Approach to Doctoral Education. Academy of Management Learning & Education. 12(2) 173-193. Available at http://www.grad.usf.edu/inc/linked-files/academics/Curriculum/Professional-Doctorates-article.pdf
Preston, J. C. (2014). Online Doctoral Programs: Can They Produce the Business Scientists and Leaders Needed for the 21st Century?. International Journal of Leadership and Change, 2(1), Article 5. Available at http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1013&context=ijlc
Optional Reading
How to Read Journal Articles
Cherry, K. (n.d.). How to read (and understand) a psychology journal article. About.com. Retrieved June 22, 2011, from http://psychology.about.com/od/psych
ologystudytips/p/read_articles.htm
Literature Review
School of Education, Indiana University Bloomington (2013). How to recognize plagiarism. Retrieved from https://www.indiana.edu/~istd/
Cornell University Library (2013). Distinguishing scholarly from non-scholarly periodicals: A checklist of criteria. Retrieved from http://guides.library.cornell.edu/content.php?pid=318840&sid=2609009
CQ University Library (2013). Evaluating books, journals, journal articles and websites. Retrieved from http://libguides.library.cqu.edu.au/content.php?pid=88010&sid=654786
Johns Hopkins Sheridan Libraries (2017). Evaluating information found on the Internet. Retrieved from http://guides.library.jhu.edu/c.php?g=202581&p=1334997
Cummings, S. R., Browner, W. S., & Hulley, S. B. (n.d.). Conceiving the research question. Retrieved from http://www.cii.org.ar/epidemiology/Conceiving%20the%20Research%20Question.pdf
Mongan-Rallis, H. (2014) Guidelines for writing a literature review. Retrieved from http://www.duluth.umn.edu/~hrallis/guides/researching/litreview.html
University of North Carolina (2017). Literature Reviews. Retrieved from http://writingcenter.unc.edu/handouts/literature-reviews/
The George Washington University (2007). Tools for Preparing Literature Reviews. Retrieved May 2014 from http://www2.gwu.edu/~litrev/
In this assignment we will discuss the similarities and differences between Doctor of Philosophy program in Business Administration and the Doctor of Business Administration (D.B.A.) which is the program you are pursuing.
In order to complete this assignment, review this video on comparing and contrasting.
Here you have an example adapted from Saunders, M., Lewis, P. & Thornhill, A. (2012) Research Methods for Business Students 6th edition, Pearson Education Limited.