Complete one Literature Review Essay related to anyone one of the following topic areas:
- Effective Strategic Planning;
- Decision Making and Uncertainty;
- Effectiveness of SWOT Analysis; or
- Effectiveness of Business Forecasting or Projections.
Please use the following steps to write your Literature Review Essays.
1. Search for relevant research articles:
Search for five (5) academic social science research articles (you must use list of journals provided below) that deal with the assigned topic. Based on “key words” of the topic, search the reference article databases from our Golden Library webpage. Read and review the five (5) article abstracts from this search, then pick your article to print and read completely. Your article should be from the last 15 years (i.e. 2003 to 2018).
2. Write an “annotated bibliography” style Essay on each article:
An “annotated bibliography” style essay consists of first providing the article source information (i.e. author, title, citation), and then providing a summary of the article (note: you cannot simply copy the article’s abstract, you must create a much longer summary in your own words). Your citation must follow the American Psychological Association Style Guidelines.
The summary of each article should contain the following:
- The purpose of the article;
- The design and/or methodological approach of the article;
- The findings of the article;
- The conclusions of the article;
- Your own thoughts about the article;
- Keep quotations from the article to a minimum; and,
- Make your article summary from 800 to 1000 words in length.
All of your articles MUST come from journals in this list of academic periodicals in the field of strategic management studies. No exceptions!
- Academy of Management Journal
- Academy of Management Review
- Administrative Science Quarterly
- British Journal of Management
- European Management Journal
- Global Strategy Journal
- International Journal of Applied Strategic Management
- International Journal of Strategic Change Management
- Journal of Applied Management
- Journal of Management
- Journal of Management and Strategy
- Journal of Management Studies
- Journal of Strategy and Management
- Management Quarterly
- Organization Science
- Organization Studies
- Strategic Management Journal
- Others:
- Applied Financial Economics
- Contemporary Accounting Research
- Health Marketing Quarterly
- International Journal of Applied Forecasting
- International Journal of Production Research
- Journal of Applied Finance
- Journal of Business Economics & Management
- Journal of Marketing Management
- Journal of Economics
- Journal of Management and Marketing Research
- Journal of Product Innovation Management
- Journal of Small Business Management
- Journal of Strategic Marketing
- Systems Research and Behavioral Science
- British Journal of Administrative Management
- Portuguese Journal of Management Studies
