This question will be three assignments in one, please review carefully before accepting this assignment:
1. First Assignment: Case Study Analysis one:
Read: Cash and Corporate Control (Faleye, 2004).
The purpose of this article review is for you to learn to seek out information and to write an evaluative and critical review of a journal article. Your review must be submitted as a Word document. Use your name in the filename, along with the assignment name. For example: Smith,Fred.ArticleReview1.
Your written review will be approximately 3-4 double-spaced narrative pages, plus a title page (with Running head), page numbers, and in keeping with APA guidelines. An abstract is NOT required for the article review.
It is important for you to learn how to write about another author’s work, which is different from regurgitating what the author wrote. Your review should not read as though you are the author of the article or material as opposed to reading form a critical perspective. The reader should clearly understand the difference between the author’s contribution and your interpretation and evaluation of that contribution. Your review should show that you can recognize arguments and engage in critical thinking about the course content. Keep questions like these in mind as you read, make notes, and then write the review or critique. Critical thinking and application of course content is necessary for this assignment.
2. Second assignment… Case Study Analysis two:
Read: Knowing versus Telling Private Information about a Rival (Bagnoli & Watts, 2013)
The purpose of this article review is for you to learn to seek out information and to write an evaluative and critical review of a journal article. Your review must be submitted as a Word document. Use your name in the filename, along with the assignment name. For example: Smith,Fred.ArticleReview1.
Your written review will be approximately 3-4 double-spaced narrative pages, plus a title page (with Running head), page numbers, and in keeping with APA guidelines. An abstract is NOT required for the article review.
It is important for you to learn how to write about another author’s work, which is different from regurgitating what the author wrote. Your review should not read as though you are the author of the article or material as opposed to reading form a critical perspective. The reader should clearly understand the difference between the author’s contribution and your interpretation and evaluation of that contribution. Your review should show that you can recognize arguments and engage in critical thinking about the course content. Keep questions like these in mind as you read, make notes, and then write the review or critique. Critical thinking and application of course content is necessary for this assignment.
3. 3rd Assignment: Scholarly Paper:
You are to write a scholarly paper of 5-7 pages (plus cover page, abstract, and reference list) in length on some aspect of the research and/or theories of strategic or financial management that relate to the material in this course. You are free to critique a theorist or model, but you need to use scholarly sources. Your paper should be based on the literature and use appropriate citations using APA style. The topic of your scholarly paper must be specifically related to this course.
Required Textbook:
Harvard Business Review Press (ED.) Guide to Finance Basics of Managers. (2011). Boston: Harvard Business Review Press.
Bolman, L., & Deal, T. (2008). Reframing Organizations: Artistry, Choice, and Leadership (6th ed.). New York: John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 9780787987992.
Required Articles
Cash and Corporate Control. doi:10.1111/j.1540-6261.2004.00691. FALEYE, O. (2004). Journal Of Finance, 59(5), 2041-2060. Available in Peirce Library.
Journal of Accounting Research, American Accounting Association Vol. 25 DOI: 10.2308/jmar-50487, 2013, pp. 3557. Knowing versus Telling Private Information about a Rival. Mark Bagnoli,Susan G. Watts Purdue University. Available in Peirce Library.
Kaplan, S. & Beinhocker, E.D. (2003). The Real Value of Strategic Planning.MIT Sloan Management Review. Cambridge, MA. Vol. 44, No. 2. Located in “Files” section of course.
Please use as much as of the course material as possible and reach out with any questions, comment or concerns you may have.
