Researching Business Information - Assignment Example

Researching Business Information Customer Inserts His/her Name Customer Inserts Grade Course Customer Inserts Tutor’s Name 05, 11, 2010 Question 1 Plagiarism This is an education malpractice involving the copying and use of other persons work in a way likely to imply that you are the original source of that material. Plagiarism is therefore is unethical and involves use of other peoples works without acknowledging their contributions. Use of first person in essays Use first person in written work is not encouraged since it results in the vagueness of the communication while personalising an academic discussions. Where situation of the writing requires use of first person then no one is discouraged from its use. Question 2 Paraphrasing Paraphrasing is a restatement of another person’s idea. It entails expressing other people’s ideas in own words and thinking. Paraphrasing is no synonymous with plagiarism but it should also be done in such a way that the works of the original works is acknowledged through necessary citation. Question 3 Name of my subject librarian and contacts is as follows; Manjeet Dhillon E-mail address: m.dhillon@ucb.ac.uk Daily fine for an overdue book is 50p plus an administrative fee of £5.00 irrespective of the number of days overdue. Legal photocopying Teaching, administrative, librarian and students of a university can make copies of a book or a journal within the limitations of the Copyright licensing agency. The following permissions apply; For a book photocopy of 5% or one complete chapter whichever is greater is allowed and in case of a journal whichever is greater of 5% or one article is allowed for copying. Question 4 a) Journals i. International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management This journal is in print in the UCB library and also available online in the Emerald publishing website. ii. Tourism management The library has a print copy of the journal also it can be accessed online through ScienceDirect website. iii. International Journal of Early Years Education The print copy of the journal can be accessed in the UCB library and also in full text online via the InformaWorlds’ website since 1997. iv. Journal of Sports Behaviour The print copy of the journal can be accessed in the UCB library and also in full text online from the Gales’ website. v. Journal of Sports and Social Issues The print copy of the journal can be accessed in the UCB library and also in full text online on the sages’ database. vi. Journal of Management This journal is not available in print in UCB library but available in full text online on the sages’ database b) Several databases have journals and other periodicals on my subject area of study but the most common databases are; i. Sage ii. Gale iii. Emerald iv. ScienceDirect. Question 5 E books catalogue E book Title Database In print 1) Business Guide to Information Technology Ebrary yes 2) Business continuity Strategies: protecting against unplanned disasters Ebook library yes 3) Management and organisation behaviour Dawson Books No Question 6 Searching the library catalogue The books in the reading list for researching business information are as listed below; i. Microsoft word 2007 Bible ii. Excel 2007 Bible iii. Word 2007 Foundation to expert iv. Excel 2007 foundation to Expert v. Internet research handbook vi. Research methods for business students Three of the six books in the reading list are available as e-books as listed below; Microsoft word 2007 Bible Excel 2007 Bible Research methods for business students Question 7 Online resources and blogs review Business, Management & Marketing blogspot has a number of topics which have been posted for review and comments. The blogspot has adverts of business seminars on extreme negations, availability of free copy of financial times in the library every month and classical management concepts and mind tools website advert. Question 8 Account review Borrowed books Due date Fines payable Question 9 Interlibrary loan This facility enables students and other library users’ access materials like journals, books, reports and conference papers not available in their college library. Before making interlibrary loan request one has to confirm from the library and journals catalogue that the item he is requesting is not currently in stock. Sconul Access This is a facility that enables students, staff and researchers in a college or a university to access and borrow materials directly from other libraries. The university has to be a member of the sconul libraries. Students and staff of a member institution have to register with the sconul access and acquire sconul membership card before he/she is allowed borrowing rights. Question 10 Database Descriptions i. Sage journals online It is an online collection of journals and abstracts. ii. Gale It is a collection of infotract newspapers, local and international newspaper articles, reference materials; Dictionaries and encyclopaedias. iii. Emerald its a collection of peer reviewed full text journals in management iv. ScienceDirect database of technical, scientific and medical peer reviewed journals mainly from Elsevier publishers Part B a) Searching for the article gap-year students choose jobs over jollies done on the daily telegraph. Steps On the advanced search facility in gale Database website, enter the keyword to be jollies and in the publication title row enter the name of the publication and in our case it is daily telegraph. In the other keyword row select your keyword to be entire document and fill it with the Gap-year as your filter. The filled form should be as per the print screen below; Picture here On clicking on the select icon, the results will be as displayed in the print screen window below; Picture here b) Cross cultural management- international journal search. On the journals catalogue of UCB library, this journal is identified as being available from Emerald database. By entering the emerald database and searching the journal is available in quite a number of issues as shown in the print screen below; Picture here I. Articles written by Ronald Burke II. Picture here Ronald Burke’s articles in the Cross cultural management: an international journal is found to be 129 in the Emerald database. It is a collection of articles from all the issues of the same journal over years. By adding the authors’ details to the advanced search window in the Emerald databases all the details of the various articles by Burke are listed down as per the above print screen. III. Names of articles written by Burke in 2010. In 2010 alone under the Cross Cultural Management: An International Journal, Ronald Burke has done two articles in the Issue 1 volume 17 of the journal. The articles are as listed below and confirmed in the print screen. Workplace stress and well-being across cultures: research and practice Work hours, work intensity, satisfactions and psychological well-being among hotel managers in China Picture here c) Articles from two different databases within Athens. The Keyword search to be used is working while studying and the articles should relate to UK and dated 2000 onwards. Picture here The two articles selected which conformed to the topic are; A research paper from Emerald database on The reluctant workforce: undergraduates’ part-time employment An article in the independent news paper on Parents Guide: Learning on the job; Part-time work is almost a necessity of student life today. And from catering to translating, there are many options for a grafting undergraduate education. This article is extracted from the gale database. The print screen below shows the search results from which the two articles were selected from; d) Evaluation essay Working while studying Introduction A student working while studying is not an amusing scenario in today’s very demanding world. In order to sustain themselves, many campus students currently seek part-time jobs within the vicinity of their colleges. Proceeds from part-time employment are not only the pocket money for the students subsistence expenditures but also critical on job skills and work experience. The later are very essential in their curriculum vitae as most employers are desirous to employer people with work experience. In the traditional education systems most people concentrated on their studies and later began a job hunting mission. This process has proved to be very backward in that most students do have a few hours as their free time and they can capitalise on this to ensure that they have acquired additional and practical skills on the job market. Paper will analyse two presentations on working while studying. Why work study programs and part-time work is necessary in the current education systems Working while studying has been perceived by many especially parents as being a disruptive to the education programs. This notion has further promoted the idea of focussed study. Most students in the today’s universities have been appreciative of the work study programs because it has earned them money to sustain their basic needs in college. These needs cannot satisfactorily be meet by their parents or even student loans. According to Curtis & John (2002), the increasing debts to students have forced them to seek further payment from part-time employment and some even could have quitted university were it not of the part-time jobs they have been doing. The need for part-time job therefore has been much more driven by the high cost of living and the less financing awarded to the university students. The experienced gained by students on part-time employment has been found to be very beneficial to the overall learning process. The experience not only brings out the practical application of different lessons but it also enhances the understanding of the students on various theories. Some student are privileged to be on a work study program that is relevant to their training program and this has much more benefits of providing practical skills and enhancing the students’ employability prospects on completion of their education programs. Most employers do absorb the students who have in their studies program worked with them on part time or during summers. The work study programs have not only given the students the financial and experience gains but it has also equipped them with very crucial skills like; increased confidences, analytical and problem solving skills, time management and even corporate communication skills. These interpersonal skills mostly are learned through socializing and are essential skills most corporate employers are looking for in their workforce. Setbacks of working while studying Even though with much benefits, working while studying programs do pose lots of challenges especially to students since it adds some burden to them. Most students on part-time programs do give financial reasons for their desire to work not academic. This brings the nature of the general dissatisfaction the students do have inherently regarding the part-time work. Most students do have pressures relating to their studies and work and this has been a major source of stress amongst students. Earning from the part-time employment has been blamed for significantly contributing to the increasing number of students of drug abuse and alcoholism habits. These challenges have further lead to increased number of students dropping out of colleges. Conclusion As much as we find part-time work while on college a challenge to the attainment of academic goals by students, there should be further understanding that it facilitates the increased quality of education and employability of graduates. Part-time work and study should therefore be balanced in such a way that the student shall not lose focus on their study goals but rather it adds more vigour to critical research and learning. A good part-time work should therefore be relevant to the area of study of a student. Both articles do agree that working while studying is currently unstoppable as long as the challenges of financing and job experience as still at large. The research paper on ‘The reluctant workforce: undergraduates’ part-time employment’ is a well researched academic paper by senior professors of management. References C Millar, ‘Parents Guide: Learning on the job; Part-time work is almost a necessity of student life today. And from catering to translating, there are many options for a grafting undergrad.’ Independent, 19 August 2000, pp 8, retrieved. 7 November 2010, InfoTrac Full Text Newspaper database. S Curtis & W John, ‘The reluctant workforce: undergraduates’ part-time employment’, Education + Training, Vol. 44 no. 1, 2000, pp.5 - 10 Read More