Australian School of Business Essay Criterion.docx

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Australian School of Business

Writing an Essay


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Essays allow your tutors and lecturers to assess your ability to:

le sources


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No. Detailed Evidence of Criteria Self-Rating

Abstract

1 Does your ABSTRACT have your research question, scope of the essay (theme) and the

conclusion (your thesis statement)?

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2 Is your ABSTRACT under the 300 word limit? 5 4 3 2 1

Table of Contents

3 Did you include an accurate TABLE OF CONTENTS? 5 4 3 2 1

Introduction

4 Is your research question clearly and exactly focused, and stated in youre yourabstract and

introduction?

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5 Does your introduction explain the significance and context of your topic in relation to

businesses/organizations?

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6 Does your introduction explain why your topic is worthy of investigation? 5 4 3 2 1

7 Does your introduction explain the application of existing business theory to your topic without

giving a full explanation of the theory?

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8 Did you leave out personal experience/opinion in your introduction? 5 4 3 2 1

Investigation

9 Do you have a reasoned and convincing argument in relation to your research question? 5 4 3 2 1

10 Did you use statistical data? Did you reference this data? 5 4 3 2 1

11 If you had conflicting evidence, did you explain and analyze why?

12 Did you use reliable sources? Were you critical of the sources reliabilityand you directlyquestioned it in your paper?

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13 If you used primary research did you provide specific quantitative and qualitative analysis? 5 4 3 2 1

14 Did you demonstrate relevant links between the topic, relevant business theories, data, evidence

and techniques?

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15 Did you demonstrate clear and precise use of business language and terminology? 5 4 3 2 1

16 Did you run a spell/grammar check and make corrections? 5 4 3 2 1

References

17 Did you mainly use secondary sources (internet, textbooks, research journals/literature) ? Did youreference them correctly?

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18 Do you have extensive source references? (footnotes, endnotes, or in-text) 5 4 3 2 1

19 Have you given references for all of your sources and not plagiarized? 5 4 3 2 1

20 If you used websites are you sure of their reliability? 5 4 3 2 1

21 You didnt use Wikipedia as a source. 5 4 3 2 1

Conclusion

22 Are there clear links that can easily be followed between the research question and your

conclusion?

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23 Does your conclusion have unresolved questions appropriate to your research? 5 4 3 2 124 Does your conclusion present a new synthesis in light of the discussion? 5 4 3 2 1

25 Does your conclusion answer your research question? 5 4 3 2 1

26 You didnt introduce new or extraneous matter nor did you repeat the material inthe introduction

did you?

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Works Cited / Bibliography

27 Do you have at least ten sources in your works cited page? 5 4 3 2 1

28 Are your sources in alpha-order? 5 4 3 2 1

29 Do you have a variety of sources, i.e. websites, journals, primary sources, secondary sources, etc.? 5 4 3 2 1

30 Are all your internet sources cited correctly according to your manual of style? 5 4 3 2 1

31 Do each of your printed sources have the author, title of publication, place of publication, publisher

& date of publication?

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Formal Presentation


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32 Title Page / word count? (Title, name and candidate number, date, word count) 5 4 3 2 1

33 Table of Contents? 5 4 3 2 1

34 Page numbers? 5 4 3 2 1

35 Appendices (if appropriate)? 5 4 3 2 136 Under 4000 words and over 3000 words? 5 4 3 2 1

Holistic Judgement

37 Have you met with your supervisor on a continual basis?

38 Has your supervisor seen your rough drafts and given appropriate feedback? 5 4 3 2 1

39 Have you scheduled a time for your Viva Voce? 5 4 3 2 1

40 Did you give a copy of your final EE to your mentor? 5 4 3 2 1

41 Did you save your EE on at least three secure places (hard drive, flash-drive, email, external sites,

etc

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