Supply Chain Management in Businesses

BA105W,  Instructor: Dr. Ken Machoian, Guidelines for Report Term Paper

TOPIC:  You may choose your own topic and we will develop it in class.  Suggestion: A topic pertaining to your program of study, or career field.

1. General Information

1. Paper should be approximately 6-8 pages in length, typed, double-spaced

(Do not count the cover page)INCLUDE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.

2. Use Times New Roman font, 12 point
3. Pages should be numbered appropriately (none for the cover page and transmittal letter and i, ii, iii for the pages leading up the first page of your repor)
4. Do a cover Sheetand include the following information:

1. The title of your paper
2. Your professor’s name
3. Your name
4. The title of this class
5. Date (you may use the due date as shown at the top of this page)

5. Following the cover sheet, prepare a transmittal letter (create a letterhead for yourself)
6. Prepare and include a Table of contents
7. Prepare and include a Summary page

The paper will be graded on the following:

1. Organization

1. Summarypage
2. Clear introduction
3. Each paragraph should contain a main point or thought
4. Good transition from paragraph to paragraph
5. Clear development of topic from paragraph to paragraph
6. Include graphs or tables if necessary

1. Content and/or Analysis

1. Hypotheses or theses is stated in the first paragraph
2. Analysis and support of information

1. Grammar and punctuation

1. End of sentence punctuation (avoid run-on sentences, comma splices, fragments, etc.)
2. Agreement of subject and Verb (Verb forms and verb tense)
3. Avoid spelling errors
4. Pronoun form and agreement of pronoun with antecedent (the antecedent is the wordthe pronoun refers to)
5. Use of apostrophe s and the suffix–es
6. Use of quotation marks for all quoted words
7. Proper sentence sense (no words omitted, scrambled, or incomprehensible)

1. Bibliography and citations

1.Proper citation for all sources (quote or cite anything borrowed from another author)

2.For citations, useeither the APA orthe MLA Style

3.At least 5 cited sources (may beinternet, books, and academic research sites)