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eg in Political Factors section, I could mention so many referenced facts from newspapers and web but that would just clutter the section, so I decided to do the following to avoid the clutter and add value by performing ‘more Analysis & Evaluation’. Here’s an extract:
“X Co. operates in country X. Studying various media sources, I have arrived at the conclusion that the political situation of Country X is volatile because of frequent political violence and regime change. Country X also lacks infrastructure because there are not many roads and bridges. Therefore, X Co. operates in adverse political conditions that will affect its growth and day-to-day operations. X Co.’s business expansion and exports will be hampered……..”
Instead of stating and referencing a lot of news from newspapers, I just wrote “Studying various media sources, I have arrived at the conclusion that …..” and then I mentioned my findings.
So my question is:
1. is this overall approach alright?
2. do I still need to reference those findings (eg. political violence, regime change, no roads/bridges) ? am I not authorized to say those stuff unreferenced….. ’cause I live in country X?I almost 99% that OBU will say no reference,FAiL
Try to reference Information which is enough ….not all of it…..don’t exceed word limit ….also don’t say less……@Kingman
1. No approach is not right, your points must be specific not overall.
2. Yes you are not authorized, because origin of information is not from your part.Comments on your paragraph.
X Co. operates in country X. Studying various media sources, I have arrived at the conclusion that the political situation of Country X is volatile (Reference?)
because of frequent political violence and regime change (Reference?)
Country X also lacks infrastructure because there are not many roads and bridges(Reference?).
Therefore, X Co. operates in adverse political conditions(Reference?)
that will affect its growth and day-to-day operations. X Co.’s business expansion and exports will be hampered……..”
Further, you do not explained how it impacted company X rather saying more about country. You are doing PESTEL on X company not X country. Refer everything you can not say on your own.
Thank You.
You must reference everything that you do not claim authorship. If you fail to reference adequately you will definitely fail.
Thanks a lot everyone for generous responses. Special thanks to @Hammad Ahmed Qureshi Sir for carefully explaining it so well. You are a good soul indeed.
X Co. operates in country X. Studying various media sources, I have arrived at the conclusion that the political situation of Country X is volatile because of frequent political violence and regime change. Country X also lacks infrastructure because there are not many roads and bridges. Therefore, X Co. operates in adverse political conditions that will affect its growth and day-to-day operations. X Co.’s business expansion and exports will be hampered……..”
Comment: My view on the above paragraph is that it is poorly organised. It is not advisable to put an in-text reference after each sentence since you have only 6500 words to write on your RAP. Always remember that your in-text references includes in your word count.
Solution: Organize the sentence structure and order your sentences well with in the paragraph. Also, make sure each para represents one single idea.
Get one good reference source that includes all or most of the information in that para. Include it in in-text reference, reference list and bibliography list.Thanks
Mohamed HussainHi, just to give you an idea of how to do it.
1. X Co. operates in country X. Studying various media sources (you should have mentioned this part in the introduction of the company [Part 1 of RAP] – include reference their. No need to mention it again just to increase word count.)
2. I have arrived at the conclusion that the political situation of Country X is volatile ( It’s you who is making the conclusion, so don’t need reference here)
3. because of frequent political violence and regime change
4. Country X also lacks infrastructure because there are not many roads and bridges ( sentence 3 & 4 needs referencing, just combine the idea and find one source for referencing)5.Therefore, X Co. operates in adverse political conditions(again its you making the final conclusion for the whole idea, so don’t need to reference)
Most of the students fail not just because of lack of reference. Sometimes students put too much referencing after every few sentences even if it is not necessary, which is of course a “poor referencing”.
….and its the most common reason why students fail.Please refere this two websites for further understanding.
https://libweb.anglia.ac.uk/referencing/harvard.htm
https://education.exeter.ac.uk/dll/studyskills/harvard_referencing.htm@myacca, are you sure, those links and stuff over there applies to OB RAP? I think those things are for UK bachelors who are submitting dissertation at the end of term.
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