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  • Literature Review - Submit Here

Students, please view the "Submit a Clickable Rubric Assignment" in the Student Center.

Instructors, training on how to grade is within the Instructor Center.

Literature review for the term paper: Project Managers and Leadership, Ethics, and Technology

Due Week 4 and worth 100 points

This assignment a document to be delivered in a word processor document format. Write a two to three (2-3) page paper covering:

  1. The context of your paper.

  2. The contribution of the paper to the Literature.

  3. The gap in the Literature.

Overview

This is one of the most important steps to help you prepare for the term paper. The goal for the literature review is to understand what is already published about Project Managers and Leadership, Ethics, and Technology. You should use the library for this assignment extensively. The literature review should include the following parts.

Context of your outline. You need to explain the context of the points in your outline using the perspectives presented by the literature. You should expect several cited sources to appear here.

Contribution of the paper to the Literature. You need to explain how your paper contributes to the literature surrounding your outline.

Explain how you expect the paper to contribute knowledge and insight into the context supporting the topic. Remember, every topic has supporting context—without it, you do not have the people and processes allowing the topic to exist. So, make sure you have a contribution as to help others enhance their understanding of the topic.

Gap in the Literature. Explain how your paper fills in a missing segment (or gap) in the literature. Your unique perspective will contribute something new. Describe that niche here and how it helps build upon previous literature. 

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

  1. Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.

  2. Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

  1. Describe and demonstrate ethical practices in project management.

  2. Examine the human resource factors that can impact project management.

  3. Use technology and information resources to research issues in IT project management.

  4. Write clearly and concisely about issues in IT project management using proper writing mechanics and technical style conventions.

Click here to view the grading rubric for this assignment.

Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic / organization of the paper, and language and writing skills, using the following rubric.

Points: 100

Assignment 1: The Role of Project Managers

Criteria

Unacceptable
Below 70% F

Fair
70-79% C

Proficient
80-89% B

Exemplary
90-100% A

1. Explain the context of the paper: 25%

Did not submit or incompletely explained the context of the paper

Partially explained the context of the paper

Satisfactorily explained the context of the paper

Thoroughly explained the context of the paper.

2. Describethe contribution of the paper to the Literature: 30%

Did not submit or incompletely described the contribution of the paper to the Literature

Partially described the contribution of the paper to the Literature

Satisfactorily described the contribution of the paper to the Literature

Thoroughly described the contribution of the paper to the Literature

3. Identify the gap in the literature: 30%

Did not submit or incompletely identified the gap in the literature

Partially identified the gap in the literature

Satisfactorily identified the gap in the literature

Thoroughly identified the gap in the literature

4. Seven references
Weight: 5%

No references provided

Does not meet the required number of references; some or all references poor quality choices.

Meets number of required references; all references high quality choices.

Exceeds number of required references; all references high quality choices.

5. Clarity, writing mechanics, and formatting requirements
Weight: 10%

More than 6 errors present

5-6 errors present

3-4 errors present

0-2 errors present