WHERE TO START
- Read the assignment brief
- Plan each coursework
- Think about evidence
- Writing up
- Editing and proof reading
- Submission
CW2 BUSINESS REPORT
Within the assignment brief there is a template for presentation of this report – it is important that you follow this and use the prescribed structure.
You should not exceed 1,500 words – there is no ten per cent flexibility to exceed. If the work is too brief it should flag up that you have not covered everything in sufficient detail.
FINDING THE RIGHT EVIDENCE
- use the most current evidence possible.
- which organisations produce credible evidence?
- internet sources.
- google scholar and databases.
- wikipedia – to use or not to use?
- peer reviewed and journal articles/studies
BASIC SEARCH TERM
Searching for ‘main theories related to ‘leadership in health and social care’
Boolean operators: AND, OR and NOT.
For example:
‘theories’ AND ‘health and social care leadership’
‘theories’ NOT ‘health and social care leadership’
‘theories’ OR ‘health and social care leadership’
MORE COMPLEX SEARCH TERM
Proximity searcher – or ‘near’ something. Terms have a relationship.
‘theories’ SAME ‘leadership’
‘theories’ w3 ‘leadership’
‘theories’ NEAR ‘leadership’
You can also truncate search terms.
Example:
leader*
The wildcard:
Organisation
WHAT TO DO WITH YOUR EVIDENCE
Storing evidence
Sorting evidence
Reference managers (free to use):
Mendeley
Zotero
Qiqqa
WHATS THE POINT OF EVIDENCE
Demonstration of research
Supporting points
Creating a critical argument
Making your work credible
Justification of points
EVALUATING THE EVIDENCE
There tools to help you and one of the most popular is PROMPT:
Presentation
Relevance
Objectivity
Method
Provenance
Timeliness
USING EVIDENCE CORRECTLY
Key terms: however, according to, research suggests, studies show,
Avoid referencing description
Avoid referencing the end of each paragraph
Quotations – the pitfalls and habits
HOW TO REFERENCE
Using evidence correctly
Key terms: however, according to, research suggests, studies show,
Avoid referencing description
Avoid referencing the end of each paragraph
Quotations – the pitfalls and habits
REFERENCING
Harvard formatting as standard
For each end reference you must provide an in- text citation where the evidence applies:
According to Smith (2010), leadership in health and social care can be described as………but current research suggests that……….(Molton, 2012: Brown, 2017) because the studies show……..………However in practice……and this is supported by……….(Bloggs, 2012).
Book: Author surname/single initial/year of publication in brackets/book title in italics/place of publication/publisher
Journal article: Author surname/single initial/year of publication in brackets/title of article/journal title in italics/volume number in bold/issue number in brackets, page numbers.
Finding the right evidence