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MGTS7611
Employee and Organisational Development
Course Coordinator & Lecturer: Dr Erin C. Gallagher
Seminar 6 – Assignment Advice & Workshop
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[1P1resentation Title] | [Date]
Assignment information (Literature review)
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1.Organisational Learning
2.Diversity Management
3.Mentoring as Employee Development
4.Transfer of Training
5.Work Design for Wellbeing
6.E-Learning
7.Restructuring/down-sizing/re-engineering
The Topics (Choose one topic only)
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How to narrow down the topic to a specific argument?
Because the discussions in every journal articles are
different?
There are several ways to narrow down the topic you choose for your
literature review. First, you need to select one of the topics from the list
I provided you (e.g., Diversity Management). Second, you need to
narrow that topic down to something that you can cover in depth in the
word limit you have for the assignment. For example, for the topic
Diversity Management, you might narrow your topic to ‘Training
managers to lead autistic/aged employees’.
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What is an academic article?
• It is peer reviewed
• Usually contains data
• Contains a reference list
•Can be a scholarly book or edited book.
• Will contain a reference list
• Use textbooks only for a definition
• Useful electronic databases include:
Ø ISI Web of Knowledge, EBSCO Host, ProQuest, Science Direct, etc.
Ø Data sources –ABS, OECD, ILO, Euro stat
•Media -newspaper, business magazines, -appropriate to illustrate a point or provide a case.
Sources of Material
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Academic Literature - Peer
reviewed
• Theoretical
• Data driven
Experimental
Meta-studies
• Review
• Consciousness raising
• Agenda - setting
Practitioner Literature/ Grey
Literature
• Working papers
• Conference papers
• Blogs
• Reports
• Websites
• Consulting material
• Media
Accumulating Knowledge & Types of Literature
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CRICOS code 00025B
Using literature to support your argument
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You might find this hard to do.
BUT it is important!
Would you accept advice from someone that doesn’t
really know?
Good literature is:
• evidenced-based
• Written by experts in the field
• Reviewed by experts in the field
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Electronic Searching Tips
• Useful electronic databases include ISI Web of
Knowledge, EBSCO Host, ProQuest, Science
Direct, etc.
• Search strategies
• Use various keyword combinations
• Google Scholar prioritises academic articles by citation
rates (highly-cited articles are usually more important)
• Using the Reference List of useful papers you have
already found to expand your search
• Aim for peer-reviewed journal articles (we recommend
that you include at least 10 at minimum in this
assignment)
• See http://www.ulrichsweb.com/ulrichsweb to see if your
article is from a peer-reviewed source
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CRICOS code 00025B
Does an articles
pass this
test?!??!
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• What is the big point the author is trying to
make?
• Did you learn anything from reading the
paper?
• How convincing is the argument that
author makes for the importance of their
topic?
• What is the basis for the argument?
What kind of research?
Research tradition (philosophy)
Method (s) used, and how well?
What literatures and theories are used? Are there alternatives?
And…so what? What are the academic and practical outcomes of this
paper being written and read?
How can I evaluate the content?
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Source: https://patthomson.net/2017/11/09/being-critical-starting-the-phd/
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• Single empirical studies: single perspective
• Conventional/ Narrative review: Non-systematic review contributing an idea or opinion to
scientific discourse
• Mapping review: Review aiming to provide a high level overview of the complete
literature, partially using systematic methodology (i.e. systematised)
• Scoping review: Review aiming to provide more or less detailed evidence based on an
incomplete convenience sample, partially using systematic methodology
• Rapid evidence assessment: balanced assessment using a systematic with some
concessions in relation to the breadth, depth and comprehensiveness of the search.
• Critically appraised topics: more limited form of REA, single researcher
• Systematic review: Review comprising a full search resulting in a complete literature
overview, inclusion of papers following strict criteria, tabulation of extracted data, risk of
bias assessment of included studies, and meaningful (qualitative or quantitative) synthesis
of the data
• Bibliometric review: Use broad inclusion criteria and citation analysis to analyse the
relative influence of key publications to understand the intellectual structure, “colleges” and
trends in discourse
• Meta-analytic review: statistical analysis techniques are used to combine the results of
individual studies to arrive at a more accurate estimate of effects
• Umbrella review: Review of reviews
Barends, E., Rousseau, D.M. & Briner, R.B. (Eds). (2017). CEBMa Guideline for Rapid Evidence Assessments in Management and Organizations,
Version 1.0. Center for Evidence Based Management, Amsterdam. Available from www.cebma.org/guidelines/
How do we make “conscientious, explicit and judicious” use
of scientific evidence?
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Key Resources and Tips
Address all parts of the question
Make sure that you read the marking rubric
When considering including information, ask yourself: How does this inform my
argument?
Start writing early and draft, draft, draft!
Proof-read your essay for spelling and grammatical errors, and ensure that it is
professionally presented
Make sure that you refer back to your scenario in your analysis; here, you can
describe the observed/experienced communication behaviours in more depth
and link these to the literature
Consult your facilitator or other course staff if you wish to show them your
scenarios or discuss ideas
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How to structure the essay
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Here is a document from UQ Student Services
on how to conducting a literature review J
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Topic: E.g., Diversity Management Affect on Organisational
Performance
1- Introduction (Based on literature)
Define major concepts
Brief background
Purpose, focus, structure and thesis statement.
Use a theory that justifies the link between your proposed strategy
and the desired outcome.
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Introduction (example)
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Body (example)
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Conclusion (example)
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You must acknowledge your sources of information
You should use the APA 6/AMJ referencing style. Be consistent
There should be at least 10 peer reviewed academic references appropriately used,
and other high-quality sources can be used in addition to the journals. It is
recommended at least 7 of your articles be published in the last 5-7years.
Please check that you have used the correct format for the ‘List of References’.
The library does have resources available in regards to the APA 6 referencing style.
Appendices
This section contains useful facts and findings that you would like to include but that
are not vital to the assessment
References
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The references should
be listed by family
name first, followed by
initials of their first 2
names. And all the
references are
arranged in
alphabetical order i.e.
those with family
name starting A
comes first followed
by the family name
that starts after A.
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Punctuations count in
APA referencing.
Example, where to put
a comma after family
name, full stop after
initial of first and
second name;
brackets for the year
followed by a full stop.
Journal article in italics
followed by a comma,
volume and issue in
brackets, followed by
the page numbers of
the article.
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DeFazio (1999) claims that referencing conventions for technological
resources will become more consistent with wider use.
Conventions for referencing the internet will gain greater consistency with
increased use in scholastic work (DeFazio, 1999).
The rules for referencing sources are “formulaic and very strict” (DeFazio,
1999, p.107).
In-Text Referencing
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A new page at the end of your assignment
Arranged in alphabetical order according to author’s surname
Includes all references cited in-text
The Reference List
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Style, format referencing (the technicalities)
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MGTS7608 Business and Society
ØA minimum of 10 Academic References, other high-quality sources (at least 7
of which should be published in the last 5-7 years) can be used in addition to
the journals
ØAPA/AMJ referencing style
WØekD6ue 7th of October 2022, 2pm
The fundamentals of how the essay should be finished and presented include:
Ø2000-2,250 words
ØTyped, 1.5 or double spaced, 12 pitch, Times Roman
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Acting with the values of honesty, trust, fairness,
respect and responsibility in learning, teaching and
research.
(Universities Australia, 2017)
Academic integrity is:
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Institute for Teaching and Learning Innovation
Academic
integrity
Personal
integrity
Professional
integrity= =
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High standards of academic integrity protect you, the University and
the community:
• You have the pride and confidence that comes with knowing you have
developed your knowledge and learnt new skills
• You understand how new knowledge is created and how to apply that
knowledge to your studies and future career
• You model the practices of integrity we want for society
• The community has faith in the value of a UQ qualification
• Your employer, your clients and your patients know you are knowledgeable
and skilled.
Benefits of academic integrity
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Staff know that cheating occurs and will be looking for:
Types of academic misconduct
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Plagiarism Collusion
Falsification Fabrication
Impersonation Contract cheating
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Plagiarism: Copying or paraphrasing someone else's work and presenting it as
your own. This includes using your own work without authorisation in a different
context.
Collusion: Working with others on a task in which individual answers are required.
This is sometimes called unauthorised collaboration, and it may occur
unintentionally or intentionally.
Falsification: Manipulating, changing or omitting research data and presenting the
results, which will not be valid.
Fabrication: Making up research data and presenting them as results.
Impersonation: Pretending to be another person in an assignment, or getting
someone else to do an assessment for you. For example, sitting a test or
examination on behalf of another student.
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Contract cheating: Commissioning someone else to complete an assessment or task for
you, either paid or unpaid.
A student gets someone else to produce academic work on their behalf and then submits it to an
educational institution as if it were theirs.
It could:
• involve payment or favours, or may not
• be friends or family or an unknown
• be purchased on line through a contract cheating site
• be a legitimate learning site such as discussion, tutoring or file sharing site
• Bb a legitimate non-learning site such as an auction/selling site (Gumtree), a labour market (airtasker) or
a file sharing site where you get credits which you can cash in
• Involve getting someone to sit your live or on-line exam for you.
Emphasise Contract cheating
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Risks of contract cheating
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Rowland, Slade, Wong and Whiting (2018).
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Incidences
Jan 2017 – Jan 2019: >1400 cases of academic misconduct
Penalties
Penalties include:
• re-submission of an assessment or automatic failure of a
course (lower-end offences)
• suspension or expulsion (more serious or repeated
misconduct).
UQ takes academic misconduct seriously
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Access the Academic Integrity module
1. Go to learn.uq.edu.au
2. Click on the Academic Integrity Module link
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• Direct copying of paragraphs, sentences, a single sentence or significant parts of a
sentence with an end reference but without quotation marks around the copied text.
• Paraphrasing, summarising or simply rearranging another person's words, ideas,
etcwithout changing the basic structure and/or meaning of the text.
• Offering an idea or interpretation that is not yours without identifying whose idea or
interpretation it is.
• A ‘cut and paste' of statements from multiple sources.
• Presenting as independent, work done in collaboration with others.
• Copying or adapting another student's original work into a submitted assessment
item.
Plagiarism is not ok!
Plagiarism is not ok!
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