BISM2201 Principles of Business Analytics 代写
Article Review – Assessment Criteria
The briefing notes are suggestive of the criteria we will use in assessing the article review. More formally, we will use the following eight criteria to assess and evaluate the article reviews. The first five criteria focus on the content of your article review. The other three criteria focus on your writing ability – ability to construct the article review document. The criteria are listed below. Each
criterion has approximately equal weight to the other criteria. If one criterion is more important than the others, it is the fifth criterion – specify a question(s) of further interest (making the link to the case study).
Motivate the topic
Summarise the literature
Critically analyse the literature
Develop guidelines for practice/policy
Specify a question(s) of further interest
Structure/sequence
Language/mechanics/professionalism
Research/referencing
A brief description of the criteria follows. Your ability to motivate the topic is just that – your ability to convince the reader that the topic is important and worth exploring. Use your own logic to help motivate the topic (perhaps drawn on past research and/or past papers where appropriate). I expect you to summarise the literature in an interesting way – not simply present one summary (of an article) after another. That is acceptable and I encourage you to write summarise of each article you read. But I am challenging you to think of an interesting way to present the summarises. Can you develop and present an integrative view, can you synthesis the literature, identifying key discussion points and themes? Try to extend yourself. Further, I expect you to critically analyse the literature. I want to hear your voice and your opinions. A critical review can have positive and negative points of review. What do you like about the articles you have read? What do they contribute that is new, exciting, challenging for business, etc. What do you not like about the articles you have read? Are there points of weakness you can identify? If
yes, what are they and how easily could they be overcome?
After reading and critically analysing the literature, I expect you to develop guidelines for practice and/or policy. Based on what you have read, what are the most important lessons that business should learn? Are there any lessons that business should “unlearn?” Further, you might start to see the benefits and/or costs associated with adopting the guidelines you are developing for practice
and/or policy. What are the costs/benefits? (Develop implications for practice if your target audience is businesses, develop implications for policy if your target audience is public policymakers.)
You have probably noticed that the first five criteria map to the sections of the article review (e.g., in the background section you should motivate the topic, the review/synthesis section you should summarise the literature, etc.). In the conclusion section of the article review you should specify a question(s) of further interest. This may be a question you wish to further explore in your case
study. Maybe you are not able to specify a question that would motivate the case study – but try. In any case, I want you to – in the conclusion section – make the link between the article review and
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the case study that follows. Specifying a question that warrants further thinking and research (a case study) can make the link for you. As noted above, the final three criteria relate to your writing ability. Details of these criteria are
offered below (per the briefing notes). Sequence and structure – is your writing a logical sequence of ideas, organised into paragraphs that works to establish a clear line of argument for the reader?Language/mechanics/professionalism – have you used the vocabulary and expression appropriate for formal academic/professional writing, have you edited your work for errors in spelling, grammar,or sentence construction?
Research/referencing – have you conducted a targeted review of the relevant business literature, in order to achieve a synthesis of your own ideas and those of the literature, have you referenced your sources correctly both within your document and reference list? Finally, the University uses criterion-referenced assessment. That implies that we will score the article reviews with reference to the criteria outlined in this document. Further, we will attach meaningful descriptors to each of the criteria. The following draft criteria sheet illustrate the use of these descriptors. Take this draft criteria sheet to be indictive of the criteria sheet to be used for assessing the article reviews
Draft Criteria Sheet
Grade/Criterion Pass “4”
Functional achievement
Credit “5”
Proficient achievement
Distinction “6”
Advanced achievement
High Distinction “7”
Exceptional achievement
Motivate the topic Topic is introduced
clearly, some attempt to
motivate
Clear introduction of
topic, good motivation for
topic
Clear introduction of
topic, recognises broader
context, excellent
motivation for topic
Clear and original
introduction of topic,
recognises broader
context – makes
nonobvious links,
excellent motivation for
topic
Summarise the literature Presents one summary
after another
Presents summarises of
the articles, some
evidence of synthesis
Presents a review that
syntheses and integrates
the literature in an
interesting way
Presents a review that
syntheses and integrates
the literature in an
interest way, brings a new
perspective to the
literature and/or topic
Critically analyse the literature Some evidence of critical
analysis
Presents a critical analysis
of the literature –
identifying points of
strength and weakness
Presents a critical analysis
of the literature –
identifying points of
strength and weakness,
suggestive of how the
literature should develop
Presents a critical analysis
of the literature –
identifying points of
strength and weakness
with thoughtful and
original perspective on
possible future directions
for the literature
Develop guidelines for
practice/policy
Some consideration given
to implications for
practice/policy
Clear statement of
implications for
practice/policy
Clear and thoughtful
statement of implications
for practice/policy,
concise summary of most
important insights for
business/government
Clear, original, and
thoughtful statement of
implications for
practice/policy, concise
summary of most
important insights for
business/government
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Specify a question(s) of further
interest
Only addressed indirectly
– suggestive only of a
question(s) of further
interest
Clear specification of a
question(s) of further
interest
Clear specification of a
question(s) of further
interest, offers a rationale
for the need to address
that question(s)
Clear specification of a
question(s) of further
interest, offers a
compelling rationale for
the need to address that
question(s), recognising
the broader implications
of addressing the question
Structure/sequence Well written in parts with
a mostly logical sequence
of ideas, generally well
organised into
sections/paragraphs but
sometimes lacking a clear
line of argument for the
reader
Generally well written
with a mostly logical
sequence of ideas,
organised into
sections/paragraphs that
work to establish a clear
line of argument for the
reader
Well written throughout
with a logical sequence of
ideas, organised into
sections/paragraphs that
work to establish a clear
line of argument for the
reader
Exceptionally well written
throughout with a logical
sequence of ideas,
organised into
sections/paragraphs that
work to establish a clear
line of argument for the
reader
Language/mechanics/
professionalism
Use of expression
generally appropriate for
professional writing,
acceptable sentence
structure and generally
free of spelling and
grammatical errors
Appropriate use of
expression for
professional writing with
thoughtful sentence
structure and generally
free of spelling and
grammatical errors
Appropriate use of
expression with some
originality – appropriate
to professional writing
with thoughtful sentence
structure and completely
free of spelling and
grammatical errors
Highly appropriate and
imaginative use of
expression – appropriate
to professional writing
with thoughtful sentence
structure and completely
free of spelling and
grammatical errors
Research/referencing Review of relevant
literature but limited
synthesis of his/her own
ideas with those of the
literature, generally
correct referencing within
the document and
reference list
Review of relevant
literature and some
evidence of synthesis of
his/her own ideas with
those of the literature,
correct referencing within
the document and
reference list
Targeted review of
relevant literature with a
generally thoughtful
synthesis of his/her own
ideas with the literature,
correct referencing within
the document and
reference list
Highly targeted review of
relevant literature,
thoughtful synthesis of
his/her own ideas with
those of the literature,
correct referencing within
the document and