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By successfully completing this assignment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assessment criteria:
Competency 2: Evaluate the context, setting, and rationale for the business problem.
Explain each study's purpose and alignment with an identified problem.
Competency 3: Develop a research purpose statement based on stated business problems.
Compare the articles' foundational theories and concepts supporting the stated business problems' research purposes.
Competency 4: Develop research questions in support of a business problem and research purpose.
Describe the business problems' context, setting, rationale, and operational definitions.
Competency 7: Analyze different approaches to the creation of literature reviews that support applied business research.
Write in standard academic English appropriate for audience using correct grammar and current APA format.
Competency 8: Analyze requirements of ethical research.
Summarize the authors' ethical procedures and processes.
Assignment Preparation
Review the research articles by Al-Emadi and Marquardt (2011) and Marsh (2013) (ATTACHED). Applying your knowledge of critical concepts and principles of applied business research, you will compare the articles' foundational theories and concepts supporting the stated business problem's research purposes.
Assignment Instructions
Compose one formal, APA-formatted paper of no more than 700 words (word count excluding title and reference pages) that demonstrates your understanding of the following concepts for each study:
1. Context: What is the business problem? What is the specialization? Are these appropriately related?
2. Setting: What is the applied business research or research method and design (or both)?
3. Rationale: What is the value (worth) of examining the problem as applied to business? Upon whose research did the authors seek to build, that is, what is the scholarly justification for the research?
4. Research purpose: What is the purpose of the study? What is the alignment between the research purpose and problem identified by the authors?
5. Ethical procedures and processes: In summary, what actions did the authors take to ensure the ethical protections required in applied business research?
6. Operational definitions: Were specialized terms used?
7. Foundational theories and concepts frameworks: How do the articles differ with respect to their foundational theories and concepts?
Refer to the Applying Critical Concepts of Business Research Scoring Guide to ensure you meet the grading criteria.
Additional Requirements
To achieve a successful experience and outcome, you are expected to meet the following requirements:
Written communication: Written communication is free of errors that detract from the overall message, follows standard academic English usage, and uses language appropriate for the intended business and scholarly doctoral audiences.
APA formatting: Paper, references, and citations are formatted according to current APA style and format.
Length: One paper of 700 words, double-spaced. Submissions including a paper for each article will not be accepted for grading.
Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12-point.
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