tips to write a literature review for your business management dissertation

1. PhD Assistance 1 Tips to successfully write a literature review for your business management dissertation

2. PhD Assistance 2 The idea behind writing a literature review should be inform the audience about the significance of a specific topic. Beyond this, it also organizes and assesses the crucial points. It also argues in the context of each source. Now let’s see some of the steps to assist students in completing a literature review

3. PhD Assistance 3 Tip 1: On selecting a topic and on outlining your research question A primary research question should guide your literature review. You are not collecting loosely related studies in a domain. You are representing background and research developments pertinent to a specific research question. This is eventually interpreted and assessed by you in a synthesized way.

4. PhD Assistance 4 Here are some key points to be followed here: Ensure that your research question is manageable. Start writing down terms that are pertinent to your question. These will come in handy for searches at later stage.

5. PhD Assistance 5 Tip 2: On contemplating on the scope of your review Think about how many studies you need to study. Also consider how extensive it should be.

6. PhD Assistance 6 Tip 3: On reviewing the literature With the help of keywords, search a computer database. Keep in mind that the reference lists of recent articles and reviews can pave way to great papers.

7. PhD Assistance 7 Tip 4: On narrowing down the topic and choosing papers accordingly You can pose questions to yourself including: What is your interest? What interests the audience? What will be the time that you will take note?

8. PhD Assistance 8 Tip 5: On extensively assessing the chosen articles You can pose questions to yourself including: What are the assumptions made by most researchers? What are the methodologies used by them? What are the opposing theories, methodologies? You can also consider the reputation of certain theories

9. PhD Assistance 9 Tip 6: On maintain a track of your searches You can pose questions to yourself including: Review the specific abstracts of research papers diligently. By doing so, you can save time. Make use of the references of research studies you identify to find others.

10. PhD Assistance 10 You can always ask your professor or an expert in the field if you are not taking into account any crucial elements in the domain.

11. PhD Assistance 11 Tip 7: On performing reviewing of the literature • You can ask these questions while reviewing the literature • What research question you are assessing? What were the key findings of those studies?

12. PhD Assistance 12 What are the implications of the research methodologies? Does the research give an incomplete look? Is there more scope of performing it in a proper manner? Why there are certain studies that are contradicting to the studies?

13. PhD Assistance 13 Tip 8: On revisiting and editing You can always read out your work aloud. This will give you a clear idea of where pauses are needed, whether any mistake should be corrected etc. Ensure that the literature review encompasses all significant, up-to-date and pertinent texts.

14. PhD Assistance 14 Ascertain that all the referencing is correct and that the appropriate style is followed. If you are not sure which style to use, you can consult your professor. Consider plagiarism. Give the references accordingly.

15. PhD Assistance 15 The text should have all the characteristics of academic writing. There should be a flow in the content.

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