(Jessica) Please follow Guidelines and student wants plagiarism reportPrinciples of Innovation and Entrepreneurship
1,000-word assignment: Answer both parts (a) and (b) of the following question:
1) a) What are the main differences between the ‘traditional’ and the ‘effectuation’ understanding of entrepreneurship? b) Describe the five principles of effectuation and why each is important.
Material covered in: Lectures 1.
MGT 2321-6/MGT2421: Essay Assignment 1 – GUIDELINES
All written work must be word-processed using good English in font size 12. (1000 words).
TITLE
Give your work a title with reference to the question selected.
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1. INTRODUCTION (Approx. 100 words)
It is meant to inform the reader about three main things: what the student is going to do; why the subject is important and for whom (i.e. contributions to theory and practice); and how this is going to be done. For example the student could start by introducing:
- general issues regarding the subject/topic in question
- main questions/hypothesis to be tackled (if relevant)
- how these questions/hypotheses will be tackled (i.e. theory and empirical evidence)
- methodology (e.g. literature review + case studies + others?) (if relevant)
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2. MAIN BODY SECTION (a subtitle here is advisable) (Approx. 800 words – Section 2 & 2.1)
This section develops the key issues introduced above i.e. by analysing the nature of the topic e.g. different schools of thought; key concepts have to be defined. For example:
- make clear who says what (theories/authors) and why this is important for your analysis
- illustrate with cases studies/examples if relevant for your essay
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2.1. DISCUSSION
- address the criticisms against the ideas/concepts/theories above (e.g. different theoretical perspectives in relation to the topic; methodological problems to prove what has been said; lack of empirical information, etc.)
- the student may also have his/her own ideas which could support or contradict what have been said earlier. This is the place to be critical on the subject
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3. CONCLUSIONS (Approx. 100 words)
- summarise what has been done
- summarise the main findings of the study
- outline your own main reflections on the subject/study (i.e. what you have learnt from it)
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4. REFERENCES
List here all of the references cited or quoted throughout the text (e.g. books; handbooks; journal articles; government reports, etc.) (use the Harvard referencing system).
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PRACTICAL ADVICE:
· Keep focus on set question
· Have a proper essay’s structure in place
· When giving examples, explain ‘who’, ‘when, ‘how’, ‘where’ otherwise not an example
· Additional bibliography to the recommended texts MUST be used
· Introductory sentences are very important
· Avoid long sentences
· Avoid colloquial language (‘a lot of...’;
‘to come out with...’; ‘does not’ instead of
‘doesn’t)
· Consistence (first or third person; font size; bold; subtitles)
· Editing work prior to submission required
· Wikipedia is not an academic source of reference; neither is a search tools like Google.com
· Each reference/citation/ quotation made in the main text must be in the Reference Section at the back and vice versa
· Avoid plagiarism
References on the main text
1. General references (Smith and McDonald, 2006) or according to Smith and McDonald (2006)
2. Quotations (Smith and McDonald, 2006:33) – page number needed
3. Three or more authors (Smith et al., 2006) or (Smith et al., 2006:33)
Citations on the Reference Section
Full reference required (author/s name + date + title + journal/book/publisher)
Example:
Smith, L. and Mc Donald (2006) “The importance of entrepreneurship and small business”,
Journal of Small Business, vol 4, 1:33)