Academic Writing Skills for Economics and Business Administration (2e druk)
For many students writing an academic text can be challenging. However, with diligent practice, academic writing is a skill you can learn. The online writing course Academic Writing Skills for Economics and Business Administration offers students specific practice as to various academic writing skills, including the structure of an academic text, the theoretical framework, data and methodology, results as well as citing, paraphrasing and quoting, argumentation, cohesion and sentence structure, and style, grammar and punctuation. An extensive appendix on mathematical writing is available online.
Each chapter starts with an explanation of a particular aspect of academic writing. This explanation leads to a rule of thumb and several brief online exercises. Feedback on the exercises consists of a good example, the so-called expert version, with which students may wish to compare their own work. In the end, students can apply these rules of thumb to both producing and revising their own academic writing assignments. The combination of clearly explained writing skills and exercise to practice these makes for a highly effective training course.
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Table of contents
Preface 6
Introduction 7
1. General Structure 11
1.1 Title and headings 12
1.2 The general structure of a text 14
1.3 The structure of paragraphs 15
1.4 Outline of the rules of thumb 17
1.5 Literature consulted 18
2 Structure of an empirical academic report 19
2.1The general structure of an empirical academic text 19
2.2 The abstract 28
2.3 Outline of the rules of thumb 31
2.4 Literature consulted 32
3 Theoretical framework 35
3.1 Purpose of the theoretical framework 35
3.2 Efficient writing 41
3.3 Outline of the rules of thumb 44
3.4 Literature consulted 45
4 Data and methodology 47
4.1 Data and sample selection 47
4.2 Methodology 50
4.3 Outline of the rules of thumb 54
4.4 Literature consulted 55
5 Results and academic integrity 57
5.1 Presenting research results 57
5.2 Creating figures and tables 61
5.3 Accuracy and integrity 67
5.4 Outline of the rules of thumb 69
5.5 Literature consulted 71
6 Structure of other types of research reports 73
6.1 Literature review, theoretical research and experimental research 73
6.2 Policy reports and guidance notes 79
6.3 Outline of the rules of thumb 84
6.4 Literature consulted 85
7 Citing, paraphrasing and quoting 87
7.1 Citing 88
7.2 Paraphrasing and quoting 98
7.3 Outline of the rules of thumb and citation rules 101
7.4 Literature consulted 103
8 Argumentation 105
8.1 Preparatory reflection for your report 105
8.2 Forms of argumentation 107
8.3 Citations and paraphrases 113
8.4 Outline of the rules of thumb 116
8.5 Literature consulted 117
9 Cohesion and sentence structure 119
9.1 Cohesion in a text 119
9.2 Inadvisable sentence structures 123
9.3 Outline of the rules of thumb 126
9.4 Literature consulted 127
10 Academic style of writing 129
10.1 Writing style and use of language in academic writing 129
10.2 Verb tenses and a clear use of academic language 135
10.3 Outline of the rules of thumb 140
10.4 Literature consulted 140
11 Revision and finishing touch 141
11.1 Grammar and style revisions 141
11.2 Spelling and punctuation 145
11.3 Revising the contents of your report 148
11.4 Formal requirements 150
11.5 Outline of the rules of thumb 154
11.6 Literature consulted 155
About the authors 156
Index 157
