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Applied Research for Information System Professionals

Task Overview:

This document provides you with information about the requirements for your assessment. Detailed instructions and resources are included for completing the task. The Criterion Reference Assessment (CRA) Rubric that markers use to grade the assessment task is available on the Study Portal.

Task description:

You are required to read and critically analyse a research article. 5 papers in the Information Systems discipline will be provided to you for selection. Select one paper and then critically analyze as per the specification.

Learning Outcome 1: Perform literature review and identify gaps in the literature;
Learning Outcome 2: Evaluate strategies for the solution of applied research problems in information systems;
Learning Outcome 3: Structure and develop research plans using applied research methods;
Learning Outcome 4: Apply the principles of research ethics in all research activities;
Learning Outcome 5: Interact and collaborate effectively in teams;
Learning Outcome 6: Synthesise and communicate IS research information effectively in written and verbal communication.

Task Specification:
As part of the critical review and analysis of this research article, you are required to investigate at least three (3) relevant research articles referenced from the allocated article, and to find out more about the associated research topic.
Your critical review work must be related to the research article specially allocated to you. Failure to do so will result in your assignments being rejected and no marks will be allocated.

Report Structure
• Your report should include a title page and Table of Content.
• Make sure to state your name and student number in the report on the title page.
• State the word count of the report (from Introduction to Conclusion).

General Formatting:
Report Structure: Your Report 1 must be structured as follows:

• Title page
• Table of Contents
• Abstract
• Introduction
• Body
• Conclusion

Report: Introduction (Approximately 250 words)
Your report should include an introduction to the report.
1. Give some background information to provide a context for the report.
2. State the purpose of the report.
3. Clarify key terms and indicate the scope of the report (i.e. what the report will cover). Organisation Background (Introduction).

Report Section 1 - Critical Review

After several rounds of thorough reading of your allocated research article, write a critical review of the article. This is similar to the writing of Uncles (1998) who presented a commentary of Perry (1998) paper

Your critical review can follow the guidance provided by Professor Allen Lee in his article:
Lee, AS 1995, ‘Reviewing a manuscript for publication', Journal of Operations Management, vol. 13, no. 1, pp. 87-92.
Professor Lee's article includes fifteen (15) actionable activities that you may address in your review. This article provides guidance about addressing the actions and illustrates the actions with sample comments. In particular, the following three suggestions must be followed in your critical review:

Professor Lee's Suggestion Relevant Action
1.1 (pg. 3) developing your own summary of the research article
1.5 (pg. 7) general overall review and a list of specific,
numbered point-by-point comments
1.6 (pg. 8) article's strengths

Some of the questions that may help you synthesize information for critical literature review are listed below (adapted from Warner & Edwards n.d.

These questions are only a guide. You Will NOT need to address ALL of these questions in your critical literature review.
What is the research area/ focus/ scope of the article?
2. What is the dependent variable or topic of interest? How has it been conceptualized and studied (hypothesis or research question)?
3. What are the theories (dominant paradigms) used to explain the research topic?
4. What populations/ case studies/ artefacts/ environments have been studied?
5. What are the results and how are they measured?
6. What is novel or interesting in this research?

Report Section 2 - Additional References (750 words)

After your critical review, investigate three (3) relevant research articles that are referenced by the article allocated to you. Since you are scanning associated literature from your allocated article, the best place to get additional references is the "Literature Review" section of your allocated article.
In a table, determine the three research articles and provide the following details:
• Full Article Reference.
• A short summary of the article.
• Short account of how this article is relevant to your allocated paper.
Report Section 3 - Literature Gap (Approximately 500 words)
Identifying gaps in the literature is an important part of a critical literature review. In this section, you are required to identify the gap from your literature review exercise and formulate a research question that you think needs further research in the relevant area of the allocated research article.
An ability to find literature gaps demonstrates that you have a critical understanding of the research topic. You need to identify gaps in the research where you can suggest ways forward or possible theories of your own. You can also highlight areas where the research appears to be incomplete. You should write this section with some compelling arguments to identify literature gaps backed up by your critical literature review.
Once you have pointed the gaps in the literature, you may identify some significant issues for future study. The identified literature gap from your study should clearly highlight a research problem that then leads to a research question for further investigation. Finding the research question based on your literature review is a rigorous process of identifying a valid research problem that has not been addressed from past research. You may also suggest how to progress the research forward demonstrating you have the potential for further study and independent research.

Report: Conclusions
Your report should include a separate conclusions section.
• Sum up the main points and key findings from the body of the report
• Should clearly relate to the objectives of your report
You should not include new information in your conclusion section.

Report: Referencing

Harvard Referencing System:

Academic writing and copyright law require that you acknowledge the source when using the ideas of others. In this course, we use the Harvard AGPS Style that requires a list of references (not bibliographies) and in-text citation of sources. Include page numbers in in-text citations for quoted or closely paraphrased material. The case study should not be referenced but the ideas that you used from your prescribed text and readings must be cited in-text and included in the list of references. Only list those sources that you cited in your written work. Make sure that you follow the correct Harvard AGPS method of referencing.
** You must use at least five (5) academically sound sources other than the research article in completing this assignment.

Direct quotes of more than five (5) words will not be considered a demonstration of your knowledge and will be assessed accordingly.

Do not repeat verbatim large slabs of information from other sources such as the text - you must put the ideas/information in your own words.

Critical Review Journal and Reflection Report

Attachment:- Applied Research for Information System.rar