LITERATURE REVIEW ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS
LITERATURE REVIEW: OUTLINE ASSIGNMENT
OVERVIEW
A critical skill at the doctoral level is the ability to conduct scholarly research guided by clearly articulated research questions that address a specific issue or problem. For this literature review, your research will be guided by the following three Research Questions:
1. How do individual and group decision processes aid or impede business decision making?
2. What are the latest developments in the area of strategy development and execution?
3. How can my academic discipline (see note below), as a function within the organization, (FINANCE)
influence the process of business strategy development and execution?
The first two questions are explored from a broad business perspective, while the third question
gives you the opportunity to change your frame of reference to your specific cognate in the
Doctoral Program.
Note: The third research question deals with your Cognate (from your DCP) as a function that is
performed in a business. This is not exploring your degree program, the courses you have taken, or
higher education in any way. You will replace the words ‘my academic discipline’ in Research
Question 3 with your actual academic discipline from your DCP. Examples of academic disciplines
include Finance, Marketing, Accounting, Information Systems, International Business
Management.
The purpose of this research project is for you to create a scholarly piece of doctoral level research
and writing which conforms to current APA format.
For this initial assignment, you will be developing the outline for your literature review. Use the
Research Questions as provided in the instructions above. Your outline will include a minimum of
one level of indentation below each Research Question with not less than two sub‐headings not
including the Summary. Following each sub-heading you will provide a one to two sentence description
of what you will cover in that section of the literature review. Do not provide any narrative beyond
what is being requested and be sure to include citations for any factual assertions you make in your
descriptions. The source documents for all citations provided must be included in the Reference
section. Your headings must be descriptive to allow a reader to visualize what is included each
section and subsection. You can include more than two subheadings for each Research Question
and additional levels of indentation if required for your discussion. In the final module you will be
submitting your completed literature review.
Use the format below:
Introduction
Level 1 ‐ RQ1
Level 2 ‐ Sub heading 1
Level 2 – Sub heading 2
Summary
Level 1 – RQ2
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Level 2 ‐ Sub heading 1
Level 2 – Sub heading 2
Summary
Level 1 – RQ3
Level 2 ‐ Sub heading 1
Level 2 – Sub heading 2
Summary
Conclusion
References