At the end of each chapter are “Review Questions”.
Please select of one of those
At the end of each chapter are “Review Questions”.
Please select of one of those “Review Questions” as the topic for your Weekly Topic Paper.
Take care to select a question that, when answered, will meet the criteria for the Weekly Topic Paper, especially Critical Analysis.
Topics selected must come from within the chapters of the textbook assigned for Week 1 and Week 2 reading only.
The Review Question I choose is:
“WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF IMPLEMENTING AN ENTERPRISE RISK MANAGEMENT PROGRAM?”
Submission Details
Your paper should be submitted to the appropriate location for the week in question.
There is no minimum or maximum word requirement. It is up to you to submit a paper that, in your estimation, best meets the grading criteria set forth below.
THE PAGE NUMBER OF THE TEXT FROM WHICH YOU PICKED YOUR TOPIC MUST APPEAR ON THE FRONT PAGE OF THE PAPER. IT DOES NOT COUNT AS AN IN-LINE TEXT REFERENCE.
Grading Rubric:
Each Topic Paper is worth 60 points. Your grade on the Weekly Topic Paper will include the following grading components.
Clarity – possible 10 points.
Clarity means that I can follow you from beginning to end.
In order to help me do so, it is helpful to include an introduction that tells me where we are going and a conclusion that tells me where we have been.
Critical analysis – possible 25 points.
The purpose of this assignment is not to demonstrate that you can read the text.
The questions in the text from which you can choose to write are designed to make you think.
Critical analysis is not the same as observations (or critical observations).
Critical observations, however, are necessary to provide an appropriate context for your critical analysis.
If a question does not provoke critical analysis on your part, choose another question.
If nothing is working, then we have a problem that should be resolved through private e-mails or a phone call.
Appearance – possible 10 points.
This is where I will deduct for everything from spelling, punctuation, capitalization, grammar and syntax errors to anything else related to the appearance of the paper.
Failure to use proper citation form for judicial decisions will also result in deductions in this category.
In-line text citation – possible 5 points.
You will be required to include a citation to the text in the body of your paper – it is not sufficient to include it only in the end references.
The citation must be in proper APA format.
This is a really easy 5 points to pick up.
Do not forget to include it.
In-line external citations – possible 5 points.
You will be required to include citations from two external sources in the body of your paper – it is not sufficient to include them only in the end references.
The citation must be in proper APA format for research or, for judicial citations, must be in proper citation form.
Remember the prohibition on using Wikipedia as a primary source.
APA formal references – possible 5 points.
Your end references must include all references in the body of your paper in proper APA citation form.
Remember, proper APA format for endnotes is not necessarily the equivalent of proper APA format for in-line citation in the body of your paper.