Writing Tips for Organizational Information Systems by Professor Duane Truex III - Prof. D, Papers of International Business

Download Writing Tips for Organizational Information Systems by Professor Duane Truex III - Prof. D and more Papers International Business in PDF only on Docsity! Decision Sciences and IS Professor Duane Truex III Agenda More Writing tips Professor Truex Organizational Information Systems Case Memo and writing Feedback(1) : Plagiarism • Representing someone else’s words and thoughts as your own. – It is wrong, it is against the rules – It will result in a failing grade or worse (see the syllabus) • Even in a simple case analysis ATTRIUBTE YOUR SOURCES • IF you are quoting then enclose by quotes and identify the source and page number • IF you are paraphrasing then say something akin to: – according to xxx … – The authors say that… • The general principle is FULL DISCLOSURE, when in doubt err towards the conservative. Professor Truex Organizational Information Systems Toulmin's Layout of Argumentation 1. Rhetorical instantiation of principles derived from formal logic Professor Truex Organizational Information Systems Professor Truex Organizational Information Systems Feedback(4) – Rhetorical and Style points • Make a bridge or transition between paragraphs • Support points/claims • Beware of gratuitous throw-away and filler statements like: – As everybody knows (they don’t) – It is obvious or obviously (It rarely is ‘obvious’) – It is common knowledge that… – The general assumption is…. • Most parenthetical phrases (you know the added mid sentence material) appear to be after thoughts. – If it is important enough to include make it a separate sentence. Otherwise dump it.