Strategic MBA Orientation

Writing a Research Paper

You will probably write your first research paper as an MBA student in MGT 6351. All students are required to seek peer tutoring from the staff at the Academic Center on their MGT 6351 papers prior to submitting them to the instructor. This module is comprised of handouts which the Academic Center has developed to walk you through the entire process of writing a research paper.

• Consider the Rhetorical Situation
• Generate and Refine Ideas
• Define the Purpose, Consider the Audience, and Develop a Tentative Thesis
• Draft Your Introduction
• Draft Body Paragraphs: Topic Sentences
• Draft Body Paragraphs: Transitioning
• Use and Integrate Sources: How to Avoid Plagiarism 
• Use and Integrate Sources: How to Decide when to Quote, Paraphrase, and Summarize
• Use and Integrate Sources: How to Paraphrase
• Use and Integrate Sources: How to Summarize
• Use and Integrate Sources: How to Signal the Use of a Source
• Use and Integrate Sources: How to Signal Your Commentary of Source Material
• Draft Your Conclusion
• Formatting Your Paper in APA