Signature Assessment (300 points):The signature assignment for this course will require research, academic writing, critical thinking, and analysis on a current issue facing the area of Managing in a...

Signature Assessment (300 points):The signature assignment for this course will require research, academic writing, critical thinking, and analysis on a current issue facing the area of Managing in a Global Environment. Through this assignment, you will demonstrate your ability to conduct academic research. The signature assignment requires a minimum of6000 words (approximately 20-pages - not including cover page, abstract, table of contents, and references), double-spaced, APA formatted academic research paper.Chose a topic from the textbook that you are interested in, and submit it to the professor for approval –no later than the first day of the residency.Please note that this course requires you to focus your research based on existing research literature frompeer-reviewed articles(a minimum of 15 sources are required). The academic research paper will include the basic components of a non-empirical research paper, which requires the following:

• An introduction

1. Identification of a contemporary “Managing in a Global Environment” problem to be addressed;

2. A purpose statement;

3. Significance of the issue under study;

• A literature review; and


• A conclusion (recommendations and managerial implications)