Week 1 Written Assignment

INTRODUCING THE KU ONLINE LIBRARY AND THE WRITING STUDIO WITH RESEARCH ASSIGNMENT for PARAPHRASING

STEP 1: On the Course Home Page click on Student Resources. In the Student Resources site click on the Library buttons and learn more about the library. Please note the telephone numbers which you may call if you need Library assistance.

STEP 2: Upon completion of your research into our Online Library, log into the Library. Do a search to find one peer reviewed, academic/scholarly journal article of interest to you on one of the following topics:

Organizational Change Management

Organizational Communication

Organizational Conflict Resolution

Organizational Culture

Organization Design

Organizational Leadership

Theories of Motivation

Find the scholarly article in the ProQuest/ABI Inform or EBSCO database on your chosen topic and read it. Review resources/handouts in your Start Here course resources folder on how to find academic articles. In the same area you will also find a key word search tutorial. Contact our librarians if you have trouble finding what you need. Our librarians are knowledgeable, friendly, and there to help you!

STEP 3: Next go to https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/619/1/ to learn to borrow from a source without plagiarizing. For more information on paraphrasing, as well as other ways to integrate sources into your paper, see the Purdue OWL handout Quoting Paraphrasing, and Summarizing. For more information about writing research papers, see the OWLàresource on this subject. Keiser University students will want to make sure that they are familiar with KUàofficial academic dishonesty policy as well as any additional policies that their professor has implemented. For example, for this class NO QUOTES are allowed. Another good resource for understanding plagiarism is the Statement on Plagiarism from the Council of Writing Program Administrators. 

STEP 4: Go to the KU Online Writing Studio at http://www.keiseruniversity.edu/writing-studio/ to learn more about this amazing resource offered to students. Download the Writing Studio form from either the web site or your getting Started link > Course resources folder in your Blackboard classroom. Save the file to your computer.

• THE ASSIGNMENT: For the week 1 written assignment: Write a 1-2 paragraph summary and 1-2 paragraph review of your chosen academic article found at the KU online library. Write a summary and review of the article in your own words and in APA. Remember: No quotes are allowed in any of your assignments for this class. Paraphrase all citing your sources both in-text as well as at work’s end. Use your APA manual listed in the syllabus as a required book for this course to ensure your citing is correct. If you have not ordered your APA manual do so now from the KU Online bookstore at http://www.keiseruniversity.edu/store/pc/home.asp
• If you have never written a review, use the resources located in your Getting Started link > Course Resources in the Blackboard classroom to guide you in the process. Also, review the steps for writing a review at  http://library.queensu.ca/inforef/criticalreview.htm
• You are encouraged to submit your review FIRST to the Writing Studio before submission to the class for grading. 
• The following videos will be helpful for this assignment:
• Types of Scholarly Articles
• User: n/a – Added: 1/12/11

YouTube URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEsAKqXSfbY

Click on the link directly above entitled åek 1 Written Assignment4o submit your Week 1 Written Assignment to receive a grade.  You have 3 chances to upload your assignment, return to check the SafeAssign score, make corrections if needed, and press START NEW for the next upload.  When you are satisfied with the last upload, stop submitting.  The last submission will be graded.  When you select START NEW, you will lose access to the previous versions and their SafeAssign scores.  So, copy these if you need them while you are making corrections.