Objective:
Critique of scholarly journal articles ( I will upload the journals articles )designed to deepen your understanding of the theory and practice of international organisational behaviour (IOB).

Topic:
Working individually choose one of the five topics covered on the IOB syllabus and review two(will be uploaded ) scholarly IOB journal articles pertaining to one of the topics (psychological testing, motivation, interpersonal relationships, decision-making, problem-solving and negotiating, leading and influencing). Examples of IOB scholarly journals include Journal of Organizational Behavior, Organization Management Journal, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes.

Prepare a maximum 3,500 word critique of the articles. In your critique:
• Provide a short summary of the articles.
• Outline your reasons for choosing the articles.
• Review critically the articles, referring to appropriate academic contributors.
• Follow the requirements outlined in the assessment criteria as a basis for your critique.
• Utilise journal article sources appropriate to academic critiquing in IOB arena.
• Source articles that are not part of the content provided for the IHRM/IOB module.

Instructions:
• Submit typed individual article critique during class in week 13 of semester one (Thursday 10 December 2015).
• Hard copy only accepted.
• Keep within a maximum word count of 3,500 words (excluding appendices and bibliography).
• Late submission penalties as per your School Guidelines will apply.
• Structure and format assignment appropriate to an academic work.
• Engage with the literature and apply this knowledge utilising appropriate theoretical framework(s).
• Use the APA (American Psychological Society) system of referencing which is a Harvard (name-date or “in-text”) referencing system.
• Type using double spacing and times new roman (size 12), aligning text to both left and right margins (i.e. straight lines on the left and right margins).
• Include copies of the two scholarly IOB journal articles in the appendices (web links will not suffice).
• Non-inclusion of articles may be subject to a maximum capped grade of 40%.
• Include cover sheet (attached) as first page of submission.
• Questions about the continuous assessment will be dealt with in class during lecture time only.

Weighting of Assessment:
• Assessment worth 20% of the overall marks for the module:
Summary Scoring Sheet for DT350-1: Continuous Assessment II for International Organisational Behaviour (2015/2016)

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Assessment: Individual Written Scholarly Article Critique (3,500 words)

Weighting: Worth 20% of overall marks for module

Assessment Criteria:

Assessed on the following categories (unequal weighting per criterion):
• Individual written scholarly article critique:-
o Summary of articles and an explanation for choice of articles (20%).
o Critique of articles including analysis of abstract, introduction, literature review, data collection and analysis, discussion of findings, conclusion and recommendations for each article (35%).
o Link articles to additional relevant scholarly theories and models and the application of overall topic to practice (35%).
o Academic presentation and coherence – appropriate writing style, structure, logic, headings and sub-headings, font, format, pagination and adherence to APA referencing (10%).