• An overview describing the importance of the research topic to current business and professional practice in your own words.
• The purpose of Research should reflect the potential benefit of the topic to the current business and professional practice and the
larger body of research.
• Review the Literature summarized in your own words. Note that this should not be a “copy and paste” of literature content, nor should
this section be substantially filled with direct quotes from the article. A literature review is a summary of the major points and findings of
each of the selected articles (with appropriate citations). Direct quotations should be used sparingly. Normally, this will be the largest
section of your paper (this is not a requirement; just a general observation).
• Practical Application of the literature. Describe how your findings from the relevant research literature can shape, inform, and improve
current business and professional practices related to your chosen topic.
• Conclusion in your own words
• References formatted according to APA style requirements
• Research/find a minimum of at least five peer-reviewed articles on your topic. The article(s) must be relevant and from a peer-reviewed source. While you may use relevant articles from any time frame, current/published within the last five (5) years are preferred. Using
literature that is irrelevant or unrelated to the chosen topic will result in a point reduction.