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Good evening Trephena,
I saw a useful information for my research work but it falls outside my research period.
Can I still make use of this information without been penalised with failure?
My research period: 1 April 2012 – 31 march 2015.
Info I saw: 23 November 2011.
It is on SWOT analysis.Thank you
Also I need your clarification over your article ‘Golden Rules’…
What if an information from a source listed all the limitations of say a business model, how can this be referenced? Can it be referenced this way, for example:
Limitations of PEST analysis
+ …present information…
+ …difficult to …
+ …large info…
+ …only external… (Philip, 20*2).OR
Limitations of PEST analysis (Philip, 20*2).
+ …present information…
+ …difficult to …
+ …large info…
+ …only external…Thank you.
@favour – if you are using SWOT info from 2011 you most probably need to update it. Companies operate in a dynamic environment and the current SWOT influences the current management strategies which will have shifted since 2011. Use 2011 as a guide and look at the CEO and Directors reports for what they are now focusing on and see how this relates to building on their core competencies and overcoming their weaknesses etc.
In relation to theory of your PEST if all the ideas come from this source then you may place just one reference at the end (as in your first version). If you alternate between different sources this would mean re-referencing e.g.
++ … present information (Philip, 2012)
++…. outlines potential problems (Archer, 2013)
++… large info
++….only external (Philip, 2012)Also note you are advised under Golden rule 10 to try to express concepts in your own words (don’t though use a dictionary or thesaurus to just charge the odd word -this is because unless you are fluent in English this can create some very odd phrases and even sentences that make no sense at all!!!)
PS Philip -is this the first or family name as Philip usually is a first name and references should be based on family names?
Thank you Ma,
I assumed Philip to be the family name.
Also I saw a write up on the internet which has both a writer and an editor, I cited it thus:
( David and Solomon (ed.), 2014).
David was said to be the writer while Solomon as editor.
PS how does this deviates from the “golden rules”? Is like I did not see this type of situation among the golden rules.
Thank you.
Again, can information in PART 1 or PART 2 (T8 Research) be presented in a table?
Some academic books contain chapters by different authors brought together by an editor (or several editors). Often when published it therefore goes under the name of the editor(s) rather than the individual writers as there could be a dozen or more contributors. In the text you would normally write ( David in Solomon, 2014). Maybe however David in the example you cite was both a writer and editor. I would not worry too much for your RAP as this ‘problem’ is as I say normally only applicable to books containing a compendium of contributions so not very common and as long as you have the name of the author or editor, year, book title and publisher you will be fine.
The Golden Rule 10 was not to make too many direct citations as it is considered to be bad academic practice since copying does not demonstrate understanding.
The name convention in the English-speaking world is to show the family name after the first name when the name of the author of a book or article.
Not sure quite what you mean by the tables but be careful of using tables to circumvent the word count -the markers will add them back in if pasted as an image. Also I have seen marker comments that have told the student not to put information in boxes in tables where they go over more than one page and the marker has to scroll up and down to read them. They weren’t failed for this but it was obvious the marker found it annoying (and it is never a good idea to give them hassle).
Thank you for your great work on this forum. With your responses, I’m really on the track to pass RAP excellently.
T8 requires one comparator. With other topics such as T17 and T20 which look at best practice several comparators may at times be appropriate
Gudday Trephena,
I’ve never seen this instruction anywhere;
how is it to use “etc” in a research work: good or bad practice?
Thank you.
Again, according to our previous conversation,”the name convention in the English-speaking
world is to show the family name after the first
name when the name of the author of a book or
article”.An author’s name was quoted this way:
“Better Best”
PS which should be the family name?
Hi @favour,
We are covering for Trephena as she is on holiday at the moment. To answer your query, “Best” would usually be the family name.
I am not sure what you mean by using “etc” in your research work. I would highly discourage the use of it in a written report.
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