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Assignment
Research-Based Critique
Details:
Susan Webber asserts that management is fixated on business metrics. Based on the conceptual foundations and current practices covered in the course and additional relevant academic and professional literature, develop a research-based critique of the Webber article.
General Requirements:
•Read "Management's Great Addiction" by Webber. You may wish to structure your personal notes as an article review though these notes will not be submitted as part of this assignment.
• Use APA style for their writing assignments.
•This assignment requires that at least two additional scholarly research sources related to this topic, and at least one in-text citation from each source be included.
Directions:
Write a position paper of 1,250 -1,350 words that includes the following:
1. A brief description of the development of business theories leading to Webber's conclusions in the article.
2. A research-based critique of the theory Webber proposes in the article and its relation to current business practices.
3. A research-based discussion of how Webber's theory can be refuted or be modified or extended for enhanced application to business
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