MNG81001 Assessment 2 Review PLAN April 12, 2019 postadmin Post in Uncategorized MNG81001 Assessment 2 Review PLANAND DRAFT 11.Plan25th to 31stMarch2. Draft1st to 7thApril3. Edit8th to 14thAprilMNG81001 Assessment 2 Review PLANAND DRAFT 21.Plan25th to 31stMarch2. Draft1st to 7thApril3. Edit8th to 14thAprilGetting started1. Analyse and plan the question2. Understand how to develop an argument3. Choose your position4. Start looking for your sourcesMNG81001 Assessment 2 Review PLANAND DRAFT 3MNG81001 Assessment 2 Review PLANAND DRAFT 4 Assessment 2 PERSUASIVE EVALUATIONDocument design Short report formatDue Date Monday 15th April 9.00am (QLD time)Length 750 words +/-10%+5 PPT slides (150 words)Weight 20%No. sources Five (5) 1. The TaskYour boss, the Marketing Director of Company ABC, isdeciding whether to introduce a new virtual marketing teamwith staff located in Melbourne, Los Angeles, Shanghai andBangalore. The alternative is to keep things the way they areand continue to use the central more traditional face-to-face(F2F) marketing team based in the Melbourne headquarters.The purpose of this assignment is to write a short reportseeking to persuade your boss of your position.What will your advice be to the Marketing Director? Will youargue for the creation of a new virtual marketing team orargue to keep the central more traditional face-to-face (F2F)marketing team in Melbourne?MNG81001 Assessment 2 Review PLANAND DRAFT 52. Understand how to develop anargument• The purpose of many academic texts is topersuade and this is typically done through theuse of ARGUMENT.• Argument seeks to state a position on an issueand give reasons, supported by evidence, foragreeing with that position.• NB: In Assessment 2 you have to decide: are youin favour of the new virtual marketing team ORare you in favour of the traditional face-to-face(F2F) marketing team based in Melbourne?MNG81001 Assessment 2 Review PLANAND DRAFT 6Five paragraph structureMNG81001 Assessment 2 Review PLANAND DRAFT 7For the argument:Point 1For the argument:Point 2Against the argument =counter argument: Mainpoint +Knock down the counterargument = Rebuttal3. Choose your positionHow can I develop an argument out of the evidence tosupport my own position?• First, you need to chose your position. When you areresearching a topic, you will probably come across a rangeof positions, sometimes extremely opposed to each other.You will then have to evaluate each position and decidewhy one is more valid than another. This will help you todecide what your own position is, so that you can establishthe starting point of the argument for your paper.Sometimes your position will be determined by the amountof source material available.MNG81001 Assessment 2 Review PLANAND DRAFT 8Exercise:– Brainstorm: What are the main points of thevirtual team?– What are the main points for the F2F team?– Decide on your opinion– Consider the main points – the good and the bad(the for and against)MNG81001 Assessment 2 Review PLANAND DRAFT 9MNG81001 Assessment 2 Review PLANAND DRAFT 10MNG81001 Assessment 2 Review PLANAND DRAFT 11Structure your assignment• Introduction– Contextualisation statement– Purpose– Thesis statement– Blueprint• Body: develop your argument– Paragraph 1 FOR– Paragraph 2 FOR– Paragraph 3 AGAINST +REBUTTAL• Conclusion• References (new page)Plan your writing spatially• What is the total wordcount• How many words can youallocate to eachtopic/paragraph?• How little or how much do Ineed to read and note foreach item?MNG81001 Assessment 2 Review PLANAND DRAFT 12To help reach your own point of view on thefacts or ideas:• read some other points of view on the topic.Who do you feel is the most convincing?• look for patterns in the data or references.Where is the evidence strongest?• list several different interpretations. What arethe real-life implications of each one? Whichones are likely to be most useful or beneficial?Which ones have some problems?MNG81001 Assessment 2 Review PLANAND DRAFT 13General characteristics of a teamMNG81001 Assessment 2 Review PLANAND DRAFT 14Five contributions teams makeMNG81001 Assessment 2 Review PLANAND DRAFT 15MNG81001 Assessment 2 Review PLANAND DRAFT 16MNG81001 Assessment 2 Review PLANAND DRAFT 17MNG81001 Assessment 2 Review PLANAND DRAFT 18Five common dysfunctions in teamsMNG81001 Assessment 2 Review PLANAND DRAFT 19Virtual teams• Uses computer technology and groupware sothat geographically distant members cancollaborate on projects and reach common goals• A primary advantage: can utilise most talentedgroup of people in complex projects• Also present challenges:– Trust and relationships building– Shaping culture– Monitoring progress– Rewarding membersMNG81001 Assessment 2 Review PLANAND DRAFT 20What effective virtual team leaders doMNG81001 Assessment 2 Review PLANAND DRAFT 21MNG81001 Assessment 2 Review PLANAND DRAFT 22MNG81001 Assessment 2 Review PLANAND DRAFT 23MNG81001 Assessment 2 Review PLANAND DRAFT 24For the Virtual TeamFor traditional F2F team based in Melbourne• Organise your ideas– Try the concept pyramid– What is a concept? A mental representation of agroup of items which are similar in some way.– Organise concepts into hierarchies.– Each level of the pyramid shows information of adifferent category.MNG81001 Assessment 2 Review PLANAND DRAFT 25MNG81001 Assessment 2 Review PLANAND DRAFT 26Your position Argument 1 FOR Specific examplesEvidence Argument 2 FOR Counter argument Rebuttal 4. Start looking for your sourcesMNG81001 Assessment 2 Review PLANAND DRAFT 27MNG81001 Assessment 2 Review PLANAND DRAFT 281.Plan25th to 31stMarch2. Draft1st to 7thApril3. Edit8th to 14thAprilWriting drafts1. Draft 1: a quick draft to get ideas down– Use your plan– Focus on the assignment question– Clarify your key points– Write headings and sub headings– Add in supporting details– Link it up– Stick to your plan2. Draft 2: Fine-tune the structure3. Draft 3: Fine-tuning and style4. Draft 4: Finishing touchesMNG81001 Assessment 2 Review PLANAND DRAFT 29Develop a strong thesis statementThe thesis statement or main claim must be debatableAn argument piece of writing must begin with a debatable thesis or claim. In otherwords, the thesis must be something that people could reasonably have differingopinions on. If your thesis is something that is generally agreed upon or accepted asfact then there is no reason to try to persuade people.Example of a non-debatable thesis statement: Pollution is bad for the environment.This thesis statement is not debatable. First, the word pollution means that somethingis bad or negative in some way. Further, all studies agree that pollution is a problem;they simply disagree on the impact it will have or the scope of the problem. No onecould reasonably argue that pollution is good.Example of a debatable thesis statement: At least 25 percent of the federal budgetshould be spent on limiting pollution.This is an example of a debatable thesis because reasonable people could disagreewith it. Some people might think that this is how we should spend the nation’s money.Others might feel that we should be spending more money on education. Still otherscould argue that corporations, not the government, should be paying to limitpollution.MNG81001 Assessment 2 Review PLANAND DRAFT 30The thesis needs to be narrow• Although the scope of your paper might seem overwhelming at the start, generallythe narrower the thesis the more effective your argument will be. Your thesis orclaim must be supported by evidence. The broader your claim is, the moreevidence you will need to convince readers that your position is right.• Example of a thesis that is too broad: Drug use is harmful to society.• Why:1. what is included in the category ‘drugs’? Is the author talking about illegal druguse, recreational drug use (which might include alcohol and cigarettes), or alluses of medication in general?2. in what ways are drugs detrimental? Is drug use causing deaths (and is theauthor equating deaths from overdoses and deaths from drug related violence)?Is drug use changing the moral climate or causing the economy to decline?3. what does the author mean by ‘society’? Is the author referring only to aparticular country or to the global population? Does the author make anydistinction between the effects on children and adults?There are just too many questions that the claim leaves open. The author could notcover all of the topics listed above, yet the generality of the claim leaves all of thesepossibilities open to debate.MNG81001 Assessment 2 Review PLANAND DRAFT 31Example of a narrow or focused thesis: Illegaldrug use is detrimental because it encouragesgang violence.• In this example the topic of drugs has beennarrowed down to illegal drugs and thedetriment has been narrowed down to gangviolence. This is a much more manageabletopic.MNG81001 Assessment 2 Review PLANAND DRAFT 32THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE DIFFERENTPIECES OF INFORMATION = SYNTHESISATIONWhat is synthesising?• Synthesising is an important and complex skill required in academicwriting. Synthesising involves combining ideas from a range of sourcesin order to group and present common ideas or arguments. It is anecessary skill used in essays, literature reviews and other forms ofacademic writing.• Unlike summarising and paraphrasing, which only uses one author’sideas at a time, synthesising combines ideas from more than one textor source.• Synthesising allows you to:– combine information and ideas from multiple sources to develop andstrengthen your argument(s)– demonstrate that you have read widely on the topic– use and cite multiple sources.MNG81001 Assessment 2 Review PLANAND DRAFT 33• Structure your writing– Group ideas togetherMNG81001 Assessment 2 Review PLANAND DRAFTBox ABox BMNG81001 Assessment 2 Review PLANAND DRAFT 35MNG81001 Assessment 2 Review PLANAND DRAFT 36Source: http://learninghub.une.edu.au/tlc/aso/aso-online/academicwriting/synthesising-evidence.phpMNG81001 Assessment 2 Review PLANAND DRAFT 37Source: http://learninghub.une.edu.au/tlc/aso/aso-online/academicwriting/synthesising-evidence.phpMNG81001 Assessment 2 Review PLANAND DRAFT 38Organise your argument: Structuralelements• Claim/position: The overall thesis the writer will argue for.• Data: Evidence gathered to support the claim.• A bridge: Explanation of why or how the data supports the claim,the underlying assumption that connects your data to your claim.• Backing: Additional logic or reasoning that may be necessary tosupport the warrant.• Counterclaim: A claim that negates or disagrees with thethesis/claim.• Rebuttal: Evidence that negates or disagrees with the counterclaim.MNG81001 Assessment 2 Review PLANAND DRAFT 39When you rebut or refute an opposing position, use thefollowing three-part organisation:1. The opponent’s argument: At the beginning of your paragraph,you need to state, accurately and fairly, the main points of theargument you will refute.2. Your position: Next, make clear the nature of your disagreementwith the argument or position you are refuting.3. Your refutation: The specifics of your counterargument willdepend upon the nature of your disagreement. If you challenge awriter’s evidence, then you must present more recent evidence. Ifyou challenge assumptions, then you must explain why they donot hold up.MNG81001 Assessment 2 Review PLANAND DRAFT 40Claim: Hybrid cars are an effective strategy to fight pollution.Data1: According to Smith (2018) driving a private car is a typical citizen’smost air polluting activity.Bridge 1: Because cars are the largest source of private, as opposed toindustry produced, air pollution, switching to hybrid cars should have animpact on fighting pollution.Data 2: Each vehicle produced is going to stay on the road for roughly 12 to 15years (Jones 2017).Bridge 2: Cars generally have a long lifespan, meaning that a decision toswitch to a hybrid car will make a long-term impact on pollution levels.Counterclaim: Instead of focusing on cars, which still encourages a culture ofdriving even if it cuts down on pollution, the nation should focus on buildingand encouraging use of mass transit systems.Rebuttal: While mass transit is an environmentally sound idea that should beencouraged, Wilson (2018) claims it is not feasible in many rural andsuburban areas, or for people who must commute to work; thus hybrid carsare a better solution for much of the nation’s population.MNG81001 Assessment 2 Review PLANAND DRAFT 41Gambling has become an accepted reality ofsociety. Playing the weekly lottery and bettingon horses are just a few of the many forms ofgambling. Although it is considered to be aharmless hobby to some people, it is an illnessto others. Despite the studies that indicate thatgambling can have negative effects on thefamily, health sector, and the law andenforcement system, it is the attractive revenuethat gambling provides to governments thathelp t o reveal that the benefits of thelegalisation of gambling are greater than thecosts.BackgroundinformationBeginning ofargumentagainstBeginning ofargument forExample: Should gambling be legalised[Introduction]MNG81001 Assessment 2 Review PLANAND DRAFT 42Source: (Adapted from) http://write-site.athabascau.ca/paragraphresource/pdf/Annotated-Argumentation.pdfThe most prominent argument as to why the legalisation ofgambling has been so popular is the enormous revenue itgenerates for governments. With a venture that grosses overfifty billion a year, many governments view gambling as anattractive way of bringing in money to the state (Smith2018). Brown and Wilson estimate that the prohibition ofgambling would result in a tax increase between ten andfifteen per cent to replace gambling revenues. Given the factthat eighty-two per cent of Australian households in 2017took part in some form of gambling, taking this activity awayfollowed by increasing taxes would not resonate well withthe public (Jones & White 2017). Such a high percentage ofpeople gambling illustrates how the popularity of legalisedgambling can attract people to cities, therefore providing aboost to the city’s tourism industry.Topic sentenceintroduces first proargument listed in thethesisCitations fromdifferent sourcessynthesised with theargumentExplanationParagraph in favour of legalising gamblingMNG81001 Assessment 2 Review PLANAND DRAFT 43Second paragraph ‘for’The legalisation of gambling has allowed the stateto take the control away from the underworld.This has weakened the power of embezzlers,forgers, and armed robbers, all ofwhom use gambling as an arena for their work(Peterson,2016). It is important to realise thatprior to its legalisation, those in control ofgambling ‘completely dominated the underworld’(Garner 2017, p.55). While it appears that thelegalisation of gambling hasprovided society with positive results, one mustalso recognise the negative effects that it has hadon the family, health sector, and the area of lawand enforcement.Topic sentenceintroducingsecond mainargument for.EvidenceTransitionsentence leadingto againstarguments listedin the thesisMNG81001 Assessment 2 Review PLANAND DRAFT 44Third paragraph: againstWhen analysing the cost-benefit effects of thelegalisation of gambling, one should also examine theimpact on health. One problem is that gambling hasprovided everyone with an opportunity to take part inan act that can potentially impact people’s health andthe health of those closest to them. Studies suggestthat spouses of gamblers have a high rate ofdepression (Jones & Smith, 2011). Understanding thatthe spouses of gamblers do require help from thehealth system, it is important to recognise that only aminority have problems (White, 2012). Therefore, theargument of those opposing the legalisation ofgambling on the rationale that it takes its toll on ourhealth care system does not carry much weight, as thestrain on the health sector is minimal.Topic sentenceintroduces firstagainst argumentlisted in the thesisRefuting conargument withevidence anddocumented detailsMNG81001 Assessment 2 Review PLANAND DRAFT 45[Conclusion]Legalised gambling has provided governments with a greatsource of revenue, it has helped to provide a tourist attractionto many cities, and it has provided a safer environment forpeople who enjoy gambling. One cannot dismiss the potentialdangers of gambling; however, one must always accept theresponsibility for their actions. Family members, schoolsystems, and any business profiting from the gambling industryshould do their part in helping to ensure that gambling isregarded as a social outing, or in the case of the purchaser of aweekly one dollar lottery ticket, a fun hobby.Conclusion makingfull circle andrestating thesisClearly showing whichside of the argumentthe writer supportsReinforcing stanceMNG81001 Assessment 2 Review PLANAND DRAFT 46Two excellent videos to watch !https://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_345067849&feature=iv&src_vid=oAUKxr946SI&v=h2I6N5tsKhchttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAUKxr946SIMNG81001 Assessment 2 Review PLANAND DRAFT 47MNG81001 Assessment 2 Review PLANAND DRAFT 48