Does the work offer conjecture and possibilities based on the literature?

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SUMMARY:
• Write a short term paper titled “A Personal Position Paper on Consulting” .
• The personal position paper is a personal interpretation on selected salient points from a body of knowledge.
• It may use first person pronouns “I”, “my” etc. The paper (including references) may not exceed ten pages. Appendices are not included in the page count limit.

• Prompting questions:
○ What did I learn from reading this article?
○ What was the intention of the authors?
○ Who is the audience for the article?
○ How could I use the article?

• Pointers
○ Pick out some aspect of interest from the paper
○ Comment on it (there are no wrong answers, it’s just an opinion)
○ Link it back to design processes.
○ And consider linking your argument with pertinent external readings
• The following rubric (a protocol or procedure) on assessing a written work may also be useful…

○ Audience:
§ Who is the reading directed at?
§ Is a question formulated, is it interesting and clearly put?
§ Did the author clearly explain the purpose of the article?

○ Structure:
§ Are the thoughts/arguments connected?
§ Is there a logic to the presentation of ideas?
§ Is theory utilised?
§ If so is it treated critically or uncritically (just applied)?
§ Do the authors anticipate and respond to counter-arguments?

○ Style of evidence:
§ Does the work offer conjecture and possibilities based on the literature?
§ Does the work offer empirical matter?
§ Are assumptions stated?
§ Is a philosophical foundation indicated?

○ Validity:
§ How is the work positioned such that we understand how to test the extent of its claims, justification, rigour.

○ Rhetoric:
§ Is the article persuasive?
§ Are the findings, discussion and conclusions convincing?
§ Does the work present implications and impacts?
§ Are there behavioural, managerial, organisational consequences

• Grading :
Grading will consider the following criteria:
Contribution (and purpose) is clearly explained.
Critical positioning in literature.
Empirical justifications, data and evidence presented.
Quality of the document as a finished product

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